Free Patterns by woodlandmermaidmakes

Looking for a whimsical, cottagecore-inspired accessory to brighten up your spring style? Crochet this cute strawberry drawstring purse and add a pop of fruity fun to your look!

Materials and Tools

6.5mm crochet hook

3.5mm crochet hook

Yarn Needle

Worsted Weight Yarn

Colors: Pink for the body, white for the flap, (optional) green for the pouch string

Stuffing (this could be scrap yarn if you do not have stuffing)

Optional: i-Cord tool (for this project, I made a make shift i-cord tool by taping 2 of the same size crochet hooks to a paper towel roll stuffed with more cardboard to make it sturdy). I have also used a lucet fork.

Crochet Stitches and Abbreviations

Note: These are US crochet terms

ch – chain

sl st – slip stitch

sc – single crochet

hdc – half double crochet

sc2tog – single crochet 2 together (a standard decrease)

BLO – back loop only

BO – bind off

Pattern Notes

Strawberry Colored Body

6.5mm crochet hook

In your main color (pink)

Ch 26 (can or or less to change length)
Row 1: Turn, hdc in the second ch and hdc across
When you reach the end, hdc 2 more in the last st

Continue in the round

When you reach the starting ch, hdc 3 in that sitch. Sl st.

Row 2: Repeat row 1 (68 stitchs) 

Note, you can continue the working increase rows if you want a longer and wider piece

Row 3: BLO hdc in of each stitch 
Repeat row 3 in the round until desired height is reached (I made a sqaure)
Bo

Bag Flap

6.5mm crochet hook

White (flap) yarn

Note: The bag flap is a half circle

Row 1: 6 hdc in magic loop
Row 2: Turn, hdc 2 in each st (12)
Row 3: Turn, *1 hdc, hdc inc,* repeat from * until the end
Row 4: Turn, *2 hdc, hdc inc*, repeat from * until the end
Row 5: Turn, *3 hdc, hdc inc*, repeat from * until the end
Row 6: Turn, *4 hdc, hdc inc*, repeat from * until the end
Row 7: Turn, *5 hdc, hdc inc*, repeat from * until the end
Row 8: Turn, *6 hdc, hdc inc*, repeat from * until the end (48)
Note: Continue or decrease if you made you starting length of the bag longer or shorter The flat edge should be about the same width as your bag

Row 9: *sc in the next st, skip 1 st, 5dc in the next st, skip 1 st*, repeat from * until the end

Instead of turning at the end, continue and sc across the top to finish the border
Bo

Bag Strap

Use the i-cord tool with your pink (body) yarn to create a strap of your desired length. Attach the strap to either side of the bag.

Alternatively, you can use an existing bag strap with clasps. To do this, be sure to add ch loops (approx 8 ch) to either side of the bag to clip onto.

Strawberry Seeds

6.5mm crochet hook

3.5mm

White yarn

Note: Make a few using both hook sizes for variation

Create individual bobbles, then sew them randomly onto the body of the bag.

Bobble stitch: ch 3, work into the first ch. Yarn over, insert hook into stitch and pull up a loop. Yarn over, pull through two. (This is essentially completing the first half of one double crochet stitch.). Repeat until you have a total of 6 loops on your hook. Yarn over, pull through all 6 loops at once. Slip stitch and bind off.

Note: If you have pearl beads, you can swap out the bobbles for beads or mix the two togehter!

Mini Strawberries

Make 5, 3 will go on the bag flap, 2 will go on the pouch strings

3.5mm

Pink (body) yarn

Row 1: 3sc into magic loop
Row 2: 2sc in each (6)
Row 3: *1sc, sc inc*, repeat from * to the end (9)
Row 4: *2sc, 2sc inc*, repeat from * to the end (12)
Row 5-6: sc in each st
Row 7: *2sc, sc2tog*, repeat from * to the end
Row 8: *1sc, sc2tog*, repeat from * to the end
Stuff will filling
Cut yarn with extra length to stitch through and scrunch the rest closed
Stitch in white seeds

Sew 3 of the strawberries, evenly spaced, across the flap.

Pouch String

6.5mm crochet hook

Green Yarn

Step 1: Make a crochet chain of your desired length.

Step 2: Attach a strawberry on either side

Step 3: Attach the pouch string to the under side of the flap (directly in the middle, towards the bottom)

Step 4: With your pink (body) yarn, crochet chain stitch a small loop to the body of the pink bag directly where the pouch string meets the body of the bag with the flap is closed. This crochet chain should be long enough to fit on of the strawberries through

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