Valentine Purse

Here
is an interesting crochet project for you for this Valentine’s Day.
This pattern is for a small valentine’s purse by Suzie’s Stuff.
Please be sure to visit her website. There are so many different fun filled patterns there!

MATERIALS:
Worsted
Weight Yarn (2.5 ounces of main color and small amount of contrasting
color)
Sample is Red Heart Super Saver soft white and cherry.
G
hook (4.25mm) or hook needed to get a firm gauge of about 15 sc = 4
inches
3/4 yard of ¼ inch ribbon to match contrasting yarn
[optional]
One ¾-1 inch button
6 inches of 1/8 inch
ribbon to match contrasting yarn [optional]
Yarn needle for sewing
and weaving ends
Needle and thread for sewing on button

SIZE:
6.5 inches X 7.5 inches excluding strap
Size is easily adjusted.
For a deeper purse repeat round 21 until an inch less than desired
depth. Then proceed with round 22. For wider purse start with a
longer chain.

Ch 28

ROUND
1: Make 2 sc in 2nd chain from
hook, sc in each chain (25) to last chain, working over yarn tail for
remainder of this round, 3 sc in last ch, work in opposite side of
starting chain and sc in each of 26 chain stitches. DO NOT join
rounds. [56 sc]

ROUND 2:
Slipstitch in first sc of round 1 (counts as first sc), sc in each sc
around. [56 sc]

ROUNDS
3-21: Sc in each sc around. [56
sc]

Lay purse flat and mark center two stitches on on upper
edge.

ROUND 22:
Sc in each sc until first of marked stitches, ch 2, skip two stitches
[buttonhole], continue to sc around. [56 sc]

ROUND
23: Sc in each sc around,
working sc over the two chain stitches. Ending the last round at the
side fold with a slipstitch in that sc. [56 sts]

ROUND
24: Ch 1, sc in same st as
slipstitch. *Skip 1 st, 5 dc (shell) in next st* repeat around. Join
with slipstitch in first sc. [14 shells]

ROUND
25: Join red yarn with a sc in
round 24 join. Sc in each st around, and join in first sc with a
slipstitch.

HEART
MOTIF

ROUND
1: With red, ch 4, make all
stitches in the first chain. 3 trc, 3 dc, ch 1, 1 trc, ch 1, 3 dc, 3
trc, ch 2, slipstitch to join. Fasten off.

ROUND
2: Leaving an 8 inch tail, join
soft white yarn with a slipstitch in round 1 join. Ch 3, in first trc
make sc and hdc, in next stitch 3 hdc, in next stitch 2 hdc, 1 sc in
next four stitches, chain1 dc in trc chain 1, sc in next four
stitches, 2 hdc in next stitch, 3 hdc in next stitch, hdc and sc in
next stitch, chain 3 and slip stitch in beginning slipstitch. Fasten
off leaving an 8 inch tail for sewing heart to purse.

ROUND
3: Join red yarn with a
slipstitch in the first ch. *Ch 2, slipstitch in next stitch* repeat
around until trc at point. Work slipstitch ch 2, slipstitch in trc.
*Ch 2, slipstitch in next stitch* repeat around, ending with
slipstitch in final ch, DO NOT join. Fasten off and turn heart over
and tie the two red tails together in a tight knot.

Sew heart
centered on side of purse opposite the buttonhole.

STRAP:

ROW 1:
Leaving an 8 inch tail for sewing, ch 4, dc in first ch, ch 2, 2 dc
in same ch. DO NOT chain turn.
ROWS
2-36: Slipstitch in 2 dc, and
ch 2 space, ch 3, dc, ch 2, 2 dc in same space. DO NOT chain turn.
Fasten off leaving an 8 inch tail for sewing to purse.

OPTIONAL
RIBBON: Weave ribbon in and out
of strap. Sew ends of ribbon to ends of strap.

Sew strap to inside of purse.

Sew
button to inside opposite the buttonhole.

OPTIONAL RIBBON:
Thread 1/8 inch ribbon through button and under yarn of a sc, tie in
a knot and trim ends at an angle.

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