Crochet Blocks Draw-string Purse Free Crochet PatternMATERIALS:
Bernat Baby Coordinates yarn in Soft Turquoise and Iced Mint and H hook or hook to obtain gauge.
GAUGE: 4 hdc = 1”, 3 rows hdc = 1”
FINISHED SIZE: 5” tall X 4-1\2” wide.
PURSE:
With Turquoise and H hook ch-3, sl st to form a ring.
RND 1: Ch-1, work 12 hdc in ring, sl st top beg hdc, ch-1, turn. (12 sts)
RND 2-3: (2 hdc next st, hdc next st) around, sl st top beg hdc, ch-1, turn. (18 sts)(27 sts)
RND 4: (2 hdc next st, hdc next 2 sts) around, sl st top beg hdc, ch-1, turn. (36 sts)
RND 5: (2 hdc next st, hdc next 2 sts) around, sl st top beg hdc, ch-1, turn. (48 sts)
RND 6-10: Hdc ea st around, sl st top beg hdc, ch-1, turn.
You will be working the dropped yarn behind sts.
RND 11: Hdc next 4 sts, join Mint, drop Turquoise, hdc next 4, (drop Mint, pick up Turquoise, hdc next 4, drop Turquoise, pick up Mint, hdc next 4) around, sl st top beg hdc, ch-1, turn.
RND 12-13: Rep color sequence at established, sl st top beg hdc, ch-1, turn. End rnd 13 sl st in Turquoise.
RND 14: Hdc next 4 sts, (pick up Mint, drop Turquoise, hdc next 4, drop Mint, pick up Turquoise, hdc next 4) around ending with hdc 4 Mint, sl st top beg hdc, ch-1, turn. (color sequence is now reversed)
RND 15-16: Rep color sequence as established, sl st top beg hdc, ch-1, turn. End rnd 16 fasten off Mint.
RND 17-22: Hdc ea st around, sl st top beg hdc, ch-1, turn.
RND 23: (Hdc next 2 sts, ch-2, sk next 2 sts) around, sl st top beg hdc, ch-1, turn.
RND 24: Hdc ea st and ch around, sl st top beg hdc, ch-1, turn. (48 sts)
RND 25: Hdc ea st around, sl st top beg hdc, fasten off.
DRAW STRINGS:
ROW 1: With Mint and H hook ch-3, hdc 3rd ch from hook, ch-1, turn. (1 st)
ROW 2-54: Hdc only st, ch-1, turn. End rnd 54 fasten off.
-make 2. Thread one draw string over and under sts in rnd 23 of purse and sew short ends tog. Rep with other draw string only under and over (reverse of 1st string) and sew short ends tog.
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