Everyday Zip Pouch
One plain rectangle, folded and seamed, with a ready-made zip - the quickest useful make in the library.
Bag · Beginner · 3–4 hours · About 20 cm wide and 14 cm tall when finished, calculated from the stated gauge - measure your own swatch before you start
Yarn and tools
- weight: Aran / Worsted (CYC 4)
- fibre: Cotton - a firm, non-stretchy yarn keeps the zip flat
- amount: 90 g Seafoam, 5 g Bubblegum
- examples: Drops Paris, Paintbox Cotton Aran, Hobbii Cotton 8/8
- hook: 3.5 mm
- gauge: 16 sc x 18 rows = about 10 cm x 10 cm (estimate)
Notions
- One closed-end zip, 20 cm
- Tapestry needle
- Sewing needle and thread to match the zip
- Optional: 20 x 30 cm of lining fabric
- Pins or clips
Stitches used
- Chain (ch)
- Single Crochet (sc)
- Whip Stitch & Mattress Seam (seam)
Notes
- The body is one rectangle, 32 sc wide and 52 rows tall. It folds in half (26 rows per side) so the two short ends become the zip opening.
- At the stated gauge, 32 sc is about 20 cm and 52 rows is about 29 cm, so the folded pouch is about 20 cm wide and 14 cm tall. A different gauge changes both sizes; check your swatch first.
- To change the width, add or remove chains in multiples of one. To change the height, add or remove rows in pairs and keep the zip length equal to the width.
Pattern
Body - Seafoam
Worked flat in rows. Turn at the end of every row.
- Ch 33. (33 ch sts)
- Sc in the 2nd ch from hook and in each ch across. (32 sts)
- Ch 1, turn. Sc in each st across. (32 sts)
- Ch 1, turn. Sc in each st across. (32 sts)
- Ch 1, turn. Sc in each st across. (32 sts)
- Ch 1, turn. Sc in each st across. (32 sts)
- Ch 1, turn. Sc in each st across. (32 sts)
- Ch 1, turn. Sc in each st across. (32 sts)
- Ch 1, turn. Sc in each st across. (32 sts)
- Ch 1, turn. Sc in each st across. (32 sts)
- Ch 1, turn. Sc in each st across. (32 sts)
- Ch 1, turn. Sc in each st across. (32 sts)
- Ch 1, turn. Sc in each st across. (32 sts)
- Ch 1, turn. Sc in each st across. (32 sts)
- Ch 1, turn. Sc in each st across. (32 sts)
- Ch 1, turn. Sc in each st across. (32 sts)
- Ch 1, turn. Sc in each st across. (32 sts)
- Ch 1, turn. Sc in each st across. (32 sts)
- Ch 1, turn. Sc in each st across. (32 sts)
- Ch 1, turn. Sc in each st across. (32 sts)
- Ch 1, turn. Sc in each st across. (32 sts)
- Ch 1, turn. Sc in each st across. (32 sts)
- Ch 1, turn. Sc in each st across. (32 sts)
- Ch 1, turn. Sc in each st across. (32 sts)
- Ch 1, turn. Sc in each st across. (32 sts)
- Ch 1, turn. Sc in each st across. (32 sts)
- Ch 1, turn. Sc in each st across. (32 sts)
- Ch 1, turn. Sc in each st across. (32 sts)
- Ch 1, turn. Sc in each st across. (32 sts)
- Ch 1, turn. Sc in each st across. (32 sts)
- Ch 1, turn. Sc in each st across. (32 sts)
- Ch 1, turn. Sc in each st across. (32 sts)
- Ch 1, turn. Sc in each st across. (32 sts)
- Ch 1, turn. Sc in each st across. (32 sts)
- Ch 1, turn. Sc in each st across. (32 sts)
- Ch 1, turn. Sc in each st across. (32 sts)
- Ch 1, turn. Sc in each st across. (32 sts)
- Ch 1, turn. Sc in each st across. (32 sts)
- Ch 1, turn. Sc in each st across. (32 sts)
- Ch 1, turn. Sc in each st across. (32 sts)
- Ch 1, turn. Sc in each st across. (32 sts)
- Ch 1, turn. Sc in each st across. (32 sts)
- Ch 1, turn. Sc in each st across. (32 sts)
- Ch 1, turn. Sc in each st across. (32 sts)
- Ch 1, turn. Sc in each st across. (32 sts)
- Ch 1, turn. Sc in each st across. (32 sts)
- Ch 1, turn. Sc in each st across. (32 sts)
- Ch 1, turn. Sc in each st across. (32 sts)
- Ch 1, turn. Sc in each st across. (32 sts)
- Ch 1, turn. Sc in each st across. (32 sts)
- Ch 1, turn. Sc in each st across. (32 sts)
- Ch 1, turn. Sc in each st across. (32 sts)
- Ch 1, turn. Sc in each st across. (32 sts)
- Fasten off and weave in the ends. The piece is 32 sts wide and 52 rows tall. (— sts)
Pull tab - Bubblegum
- Ch 9. (9 ch sts)
- Sc in the 2nd ch from hook and in each ch across. (8 sts)
- Ch 1, turn. Sc in each st across. (8 sts)
- Ch 1, turn. Sc in each st across. (8 sts)
- Ch 1, turn. Sc in each st across. Fasten off, leaving a 15 cm tail. (8 sts)
Assembly
- Fold the body in half so the two short (32-stitch) ends meet. The fold is between rows 26 and 27. (— sts)
- Seam the two side edges (26 rows each) with Seafoam, using slip stitches or a mattress stitch. Leave the short ends open. (— sts)
- Pin the zip along one short end inside the pouch, with the zip teeth just below the edge. Backstitch it in place with sewing thread, then repeat on the other short end. (— sts)
- Thread the tab through the zip pull, fold it in half and sew the ends together with the tail. (— sts)
- Optional: sew a line of running stitch in Cocoa 3 cm below the zip for decoration, and sew a fabric lining inside by hand. (— sts)