Boba tea crochet pouch with zipper

Pin It

 

Materials:

Medium worsted weight yarn 2 strands held together

G/4 mm crochet hook

Zipper

Black felt sheet

Half beads for eyes - 2

Embroidery skein - black

Stitches/Abbreviations Used:

[ ] - Repeat instructions within brackets as a set as many times as directed

ch - chain

st/sts - stitch/stitches

sl st - slip stitch

sc - single crochet

Note:

• The pattern is written in standard US terms
• The pouch is worked using 2 strands of yarn held together. Holding 2 strands gives sturdiness to the pouch. Instead you can also substitute with a single strand of chunky weight yarn
• Only the base has the ends of the rounds joined with a sl st. The body is worked in continuous rounds without joining.
• Use stitch markers at the 1st st of each round to identify the beginning of the round.
• To make a larger pouch work more rounds of increase at the base. 

WATCH VIDEO TUTORIAL HERE

Instruction

Base

Round 1: Make a magic ring, ch 1, 8 sc into ring. Join with a sl st to the 1^st sc. (8 sts)

Round 2: Ch 1, 2 sc in each st around. Join with a sl st to 1^st sc. (16 sts)

Round 3: Ch 1, repeat [sc in next st, 2 sc in next st] 8 times. Join with a sl st to 1^st sc. (24 sts)

Round 4: Ch 1, repeat [sc in 2 sts, 2 sc in next st] 8 times. Join with a sl st to 1^st sc. (32 sts)

Round 5: Ch 1, repeat [sc in next 3 sts, 2 sc in next st] 8 times. Join with a sl st to 1^st sc. (40 sts) 

Body

Note: From the next round onwards do not join at the end of each round. Work in continuous rounds placing a stitch marker in the 1^st st of each round.

Round 6 (back loop only): Ch 1, sc in the back loop of each st around. (40 sts)

Round 7 to 9: Sc in each st around. (40 sts)

Round 10: [sc in 19 sts, 2 sc in next st] 2 times (42 sts)

Round 11 to 13: Sc in each st around. (42 sts)

Round 14: [sc in 20 sts, 2 sc in next st] 2 times (44 sts)

Round 15 to 17: Sc in each st around. (44 sts)

Round 18: [sc in 21 sts, 2 sc in next st] 2 times (46 sts)

Round 19 to 21: Sc in each st around. (46 sts)

Round 22: [sc in 22 sts, 2 sc in next st] 2 times (48 sts)

Round 23 to 27: Sc in each st around. (48 sts)

Fasten off and weave in the loose ends.

Finishing

Cut out 2 circles of about 1.5 cm diameter from black felt sheet. I glued 2 half beads on the circles and glued the eyes to the pouch 

Cut out tiny black circles from black felt sheet and glue them to the bottom of the pouch. Alternately you can also embroider the circles, in which case the stitches will be visible on the inner side and may require lining to hide it.

Attaching zipper to pouch

Measure and cut zipper to size. 

Create a stopper at the cut end by placing a stitch across the teeth of the zipper.

You can pin the zipper on one side to the top edge of the pouch to hold it in place.

Sew from one end to the other  

Before sewing the other side, open the zipper, pin the other side to the pouch in place and sew from one end to the other.