Are you ready for date night? With this cute clutch crochet purse pattern, you’ll be ready for any date!
It’s the perfect size to fit your phone, wallet, and keys.
Crocheted in a flat rectangle then folded and sewed, it’s great for beginners and experts alike.
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Before you Start your Crochet Clutch Bag
Materials
- 4 mm / US G – 6 crochet hook.
- Fingering weight (1): Knitcrate Uru.Yarn Sugared Sock (70% Superwash Merino, 20% Nylon, and 10% Stellina, 399 yards (365 m) / 100 g) in Stony Outcrop color. (March 2020 all-natural sock crate), one skein worked 2 strands at a time
- Tapestry needle to weave in ends
- 1 1” loose leaf metal binder ring
- 1 10mm button (make your own with this tutorial)
Size
The purse is 21 cm by 13 cm / 8.25” by 5”.
Gauge
Gauge is not important for this pattern. As an indication, my gauge is 23 st by 24 rows in stitch pattern (repeats of Row 3 below) for a 10 cm by 10 cm / 4” by 4” square.
Abbreviations & Instructions
This pattern follows US notations
- st = stitch
- ch = chain
- sc = single crochet
- skip = miss stitch
Special stitches and Techniques
- Bobble stitch (find a detailed tutorial with video here):
- Yarn over, insert hook into stitch and pull up a loop. Yarn over, pull through two loops. It’ll look like half of a double crochet.
- Repeat in the same stitch/space until you have a total of 6 loops on your hook.
- Yarn over, pull through all loops then secure the stitch with a ch 1.
- Magic ring, aka magic circle for the wrist wrap. If you’re not familiar with this technique, this detailed photo and video tutorial should help you.
Notes
Work instructions between [] the indicated number of times or until the end of the round.
The final number of stitches is indicated at the end of the round between < >.
The turning ch 1 doesn’t count as stitches throughout the pattern.
Stitches above a ch-1 are worked in the ch-1 space.
The pattern is written in crochet shorthand. For example:
- “sc 1” means to single crochet in the next stitch,
- “sc 2” means to single crochet in each of the next 2 stitches,
- and “2 sc” means to single crochet twice in the next st.
The Actual Crochet Purse Pattern
Body Part of the Crochet Purse Pattern
With a 4 mm / US G – 6 crochet hook, using a double strand of yarn, chain 50 + 1.
Row 1: Sc in each stitch, turn. <50 st>
Row 2: Ch 1, [ch 1, skip 1, sc] across, turn.
Row 3: Ch 1, [ch 1, skip 1, sc in the ch-1 space] across, turn.
Repeat Row 3 until your project reaches 24 cm / 9.5”.
Front Flap
From now on you’ll be making the front flap with the bobble pattern.
Row 1: Ch 1, sc, bobble st, sc, [sc, ch 1, skip 1] 22 times, sc, bobble st, sc, turn.
Row 2: Ch 1, [ch 1, skip 1, sc] across, turn.
Row 3: Ch 2, skip 1, sc 2, bobble st, sc, [sc, ch 1, skip 1] 20 times, sc, bobble st, sc, ch 1, skip 1, sc, turn.
Row 4: Repeat Row 2.
Row 5: Ch 1, [ch 1, skip 1, sc] twice, sc, bobble st, sc, [sc, ch 1, skip 1] 18 times, sc, bobble st, sc, [ch 1, skip 1, sc] twice, turn.
Row 6: Repeat Row 2.
Row 7: Ch 1, [ch 1, skip 1, sc] 3 times, sc, bobble st, sc, [sc, ch 1, skip 1] 16 times, sc, bobble st, sc, [ch 1, skip 1, sc] 3 times, turn.
Row 8: Repeat Row 2.
Row 9: Ch 1, [ch 1, skip 1, sc] 4 times, sc, bobble st, sc, [sc, ch 1, skip 1] 14 times, sc, bobble st, sc, [ch 1, skip 1, sc] 4 times, turn.
Row 10: Repeat Row 2.
Row 11: Ch 1, [ch 1, skip 1, sc] 5 times, sc, bobble st, sc, [sc, ch 1, skip 1] 12 times, sc, bobble st, sc, [ch 1, skip 1, sc] 5 times, turn.
Row 12: Repeat Row 2.
Row 13: Ch 1, [ch 1, skip 1, sc] 6 times, sc, bobble st, sc, [sc, ch 1, skip 1] 10 times, sc, bobble st, sc, [ch 1, skip 1, sc] 6 times, turn.
Row 14: Repeat Row 2.
Row 15: Ch 1, [ch 1, skip 1, sc] 7 times, sc, bobble st, sc, [sc, ch 1, skip 1] 8 times, sc, bobble st, sc, [ch 1, skip 1, sc] 7 times, turn.
Row 16: Repeat Row 2.
Row 17: Ch 1, [ch 1, skip 1, sc] 8 times, sc, bobble st, sc, [sc, ch 1, skip 1] 6 times, sc, bobble st, sc, [ch 1, skip 1, sc] 8 times, turn.
Row 18: Repeat Row 2.
Row 19: Ch 1, [ch 1, skip 1, sc] 9 times, sc, bobble st, sc, [sc, ch 1, skip 1] 4 times, sc, bobble st, sc, [ch 1, skip 1, sc] 9 times, turn.
Row 20: Repeat Row 2.
Row 21: Ch 1, [ch 1, skip 1, sc] 10 times, sc, bobble st, sc, [sc, ch 1, skip 1] 2 times, sc, bobble st, sc, [ch 1, skip 1, sc] 10 times, turn.
Row 22: Repeat Row 2.
Row 23:Ch 1, [ch 1, skip 1, sc] 11 times, sc, ch 4, skip 4, [sc, ch 1, skip 1] 11 times, sc, turn.
Row 24 – 26:
Repeat Row 2.
Wrist Wrap
The wrist wrap is made by a long tube sewed together.
With your 4mm / US G – 6 hook and a double strand of yarn, work 6 sc in a magic circle 6.
Sc in the round continuously until you reach 29 cm / 11.5”.
Bind off and use the tail to sew the cord in an oval shape pinching the ends.
Button (Optional)
With only one thread of yarn make a button. You can find the button pattern here.
Blocking and Sewing
Block the main part of the bag.
Fold the body part in half up to the start of the bobbles.
Sew up the sides.
Attach the button in front of the buttonhole.
Use the leaf metal binder ring to connect the wrist wrap to the bag (just slide it between 2 stitches).
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