Drawstring Coin Pouch
One evening, one ball of yarn, a perfect little gift.
Bag · Beginner · 2 hours · About 5 cm across, about 11 cm tall (estimate only, not measured)
Yarn and tools
- weight: DK (CYC 3)
- fibre: Cotton or a cotton/bamboo blend
- amount: 50 g — a single ball
- examples: Scheepjes Catona 50 g, Ricorumi DK, Paintbox Cotton DK
- hook: 3.5 mm
- gauge: No measured swatch is available. At 16–22 sc per 10 cm, a 30-st base would be about 4–6 cm in diameter. Measure the base and wall; the finished size is an estimate.
Notions
- Tapestry needle
- Stitch marker
- 50 cm cord (or make the slip-stitch chain cord below)
Stitches used
- Magic Ring (MR)
- Single Crochet (sc)
- Increase (inc)
- Back Loop Only (BLO)
- Chain (ch)
- Slip Stitch (sl st)
Notes
- 30 sts divides by 5 into exactly 6 eyelets — the drawstring closes perfectly evenly.
Pattern
Base — Pistachio
- MR, 6 sc into the ring. (6 sts)
- Inc x6 (12 sts)
- [Sc 1, inc] x6 (18 sts)
- [Sc 2, inc] x6 (24 sts)
- [Sc 3, inc] x6 — base is the stated 30 sts (about 5 cm across, estimate). (30 sts)
Sides
- Sc in BLO of each st around. (30 sts)
- Sc around. (30 sts)
- Sc around. (30 sts)
- Sc around. (30 sts)
- Sc around. (30 sts)
- Sc around. (30 sts)
- Sc around. (30 sts)
- Sc around. (30 sts)
- Sc around. (30 sts)
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- Sc around. (30 sts)
- Sc around. (30 sts)
Eyelets + band — Bubblegum
- Change to Bubblegum. Sc around. (30 sts)
- EYELET ROUND: [sc 4, ch 1, skip 1 st] x6 (24 sc + 6 eyelets sts)
- Sc in each st and 1 sc into each ch-1 space around. (30 sts)
- Sc around. (30 sts)
- Sl st in each st around for a firm rolled edge. Fasten off. (30 sts)
- Cord: ch 90, sl st back along the chain. Thread through the 6 eyelets and knot both ends together. (— sts)