Textured Coin Purse Clutch

Beautiful textured purses ideal to carry money or other tiny stuff. These are worked flat and involves no sewing. It also makes a perfect last-minute gift for the wonderful ladies in your lives.

Sizing:

Size:

o   Coin Purse: 5” wide × 4” tall

o   Clutch: 12” wide × 6” tall

Materials:

·        Worsted weight mercerised cotton yarn in 3 colors (60 yds of MC for coin purse and 250 yds for clutch)

o   For Cream purse: MC- Cream, CC1- Lilac, CC2- Mint

o   For Lilac Purse: MC- Lilac, CC1- Cream, CC2- Mint

·       4 mm crochet hook

·       Yarn needle

·       Buttons (size ¾”)

Abbreviations (American terminology):

·       Ch = chain

·       St/s = stitch/es

·       Sc = single crochet

·       Dc = double crochet

·       RS= right side

·       WS= wrong side

Gauge:

·       15 sts by 12 rows = 4” by 4” for both the stitch pattern

Notes:

·       Ch 1, does not count as a stitch.

Pattern:

Lilac Purse

Row 1 (RS): With MC, ch 35, sc in 2^nd ch from the hook and in each ch. (34 sts). Do NOT fasten off MC. (For clutch, ch 63 instead of 35.)

Row 2: With CC1, ch 1, turn, sc in same st as ch-1, *dc in next st, sc in next st*, repeat from * to ** to last st, dc in last st.

(For clutch, work last rows with same color one more time). Fasten off CC1.

Row 3: Repeat last row with CC2.

(For clutch, work last rows with same color one more time). Fasten off CC1.

Row 4-14: Repeat last row with MC. (For clutch, work up to row 36 and then follow the following instructions).

Row 15: ch 1, turn, sc in each st.  

Fasten off MC.  Weave in the ends. Proceed to finishing.

For cream purse pattern, click here.

Finishing:

With WS facing, and the color sdcipes lying vertically, fold the edge up, leaving approx 8-9 sts for the flap.

o   Flip it over and join MC in bottom right corner at fold.

o   Working through both layers, sc in each st across to flap, continue to work sc across flap. Add 3 sc in corner for turning.

o   Sc across the flap, when you reach cendce of the flap, ch 4, continue to work sc across flap adding 3 sc in corner for turning.

o   Work sc across another side, working through both layers.

o   Attach a button to corrospond to the ch-4 loop.

o   Fasten off, weave in ends.

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