Crochet Cupcake Purse
Cupcake Drawstring Bag Designed by Rachel Choi
SKILL LEVEL FINISHED SIZE
4 1/2” (11.5 cm) wide, 5 3/4” (14.5 cm) tall when flat
MATERIALS
Medium Weight Yarn
Approximately 25 yards each of bottom color and top color
Crochet hook US I (5.50 mm)
Stitch marker (or safety pin, or scrap of contrasting yarn)
GAUGE Round 1 – 3 in pattern measure 3 1/2” in diameter.
STITCHES AND ABBREVIATIONS USED
Ch (chain)
Bpdc (back post double crochet) Dc (double crochet)
Fpdc (front post double crochet) Hdc (half double crochet)
Sc (single crochet)
Sl st (slip stitch)
St (stitch)
Sts (stitches)
CUPCAKE DRAWSTRING BAG
Round 1 (right side): with bottom color (brown in photo), ch 2, 12 dc in second
ch from hook, place marker: 12 dc Round 2: 2 dc in each dc around: 24 dc
Round 3: (2 dc in next dc, dc in next dc) 11 times, 2 dc in next dc, sl st in next dc: 36 sts
Round 4: working in back loops only, dc in each st around: 36 dc Round 5 - 7: (fpdc in next st, bpdc in next st) around
Round 8: (fpdc in next st, bpdc in next st) around, sl st in next st, finish off: 18 fpdc, 18 bpdc
Round 9: with top color (pink in photo) start with a slip knot on hook, working in both loops, sc in each sc around, place marker: 36 sc
Round 10: working in back loops only, dc in each sc around: 36 dc Round 11 - 13: dc in each dc aroundRound 14: (skip 1 dc, dc in next dc) around, sl st in next dc: 18 dc Do not finish off, continue with finishing instructions.
Slip Stitch Finishing: turn, working in a spiral from the top of the cupcake to bottom, sl st in each front loop omitted during round 11 to round 14: 144 sl st
Do not finish off, continue with shell finishing instructions.
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Shell Finishing: working in front loops omitted during round 10, *sc in next st, (hdc, dc, hdc) in next st, sc in next st, repeat from * around, sl st in first sc made, finish off: 60 sts
Crochet a drawstring by chaining 50 or a chain as long as desired. Weave the string between the double crochet stitches on the last round of the bag.
