Crochet: Long Drawstring Pouch

Creator: Suiforest

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About

This crochet project is made up of mostly double crochet patterns as they are easy to work up in length. I have also not seen many pouches made using double crochet patterns so I decided to make my own.

It is made of alternating colours which are useful if you are running out of yarns (which was the case for me).

This long drawstring pouch was created to replace the old pouch for my laptop stand, but you are free to adjust the measurements to store any desired items!

Measurements

Laptop Stand

• Height: 26.5 cm

• Width: 6 cm

Drawstring Pouch

• Height: 31 cm

• Width: 8.5 cm

Materials Used

• 4 mm crochet hook

• Yarn needle

• Less than 50g 4-ply milk cotton yarn - blue

• Less than 50g 4-ply milk cotton yarn - grey

US Terms

• ch - chain

• sl st - slip stitch

• sc - single crochet

• dc - double crochet

• hdc - half double crochet

Steps

Base of Pouch

1. Make a foundation chain of your desired width

2. ch3

3. dc into 4th stitch

4. dc into every stitch until one last stitch left

5. 3dc into last stitch (rotate your work as you dc)

6. dc into every stitch

7. sl st into the outer loop of the first stitch to join the round

Body of Pouch

Round A

1. ch2

2. dc into the same sl st

3. dc into next stitch, repeat for every stitch

4. sl st into the first stitch to join the round

Round B

1. ch2

2. dc into the next stitch, repeat for every stitch

3. dc into the middle between the last stitch and the slip stitch (to make up for the first missing dc)

4. sl st into the first stitch to join the round

Repeat Round A and Round B until you reach about 4 cm away from the desired height.

Change colour after every 5 rounds.

Progress after 12 rounds

Drawstring Area

Repeat Round A and Round B to add another 2 rounds.

Round C

1. ch1

2. sc into the same slip stitch

3. sc into next stitch, repeat for every stitch

4. sl st into the first stitch to join the round

Round D (forming the gaps for the drawstring)

1. ch1

2. hdc into the same slip stitch

3. ch1, skip 1 stitch, hdc into next stitch (repeat until you reach the end of the round)

4. sl st into the first stitch to join the round

Frills

Round E

1. sl st into first gap, ch1, 5hdc into the same gap

2. sl st into next gap, 5hdc into the same gap (repeat for every gap)

3. sl st into the first stitch to join the round

Drawstrings

1. Make 2 foundation chains, each twice as long as the width of the pouch. These will be your drawstrings.

2. Use a yarn needle to guide the first drawstring into each gap, alternating in and out each gap.

3. Guide the second drawstring into the same gaps as the first drawstring.

4. For each drawstring, tie the ends together.

Congratulations, you have completed your crochet project!