Shall we make this beautiful crochet handbag for little and not so little girls? 🥰
I made this crochet handbag for my little 2 years old girl. But, if you will make strap longer – older girls definitely will love it as well 🙂
Size of this crochet handbag is approximately 14 cm width, 11 cm height, and 42 cm height with a strap. Of course, finished size will depend on the size of yarn and hook you are going to use. My measurement are based on using 3mm crochet hook and DK yarn.
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Materials and tools required:
- 30g of red yarn DK yarn
- Approximately 10g of pink DK yarn and 10g of DK purple yarn
- Material for lining (I used old pillowcase)
- 3.0mm crochet hook (look at this clover hook)
- Scissors
- Tapestry needle
- 1 button
Abbreviations (US terms):
SC – single crochet
SL ST – slip stitch
CH – chain
DC – double crochet
ST – stitch
Crochet Handbag – main body
Start with chain of 32 stitches.
Row 1 (Starting from 3rd CH): DC in next 30 ST [30]
Row 2-28: Start every row with CH 2, DC in the same ST, DC in the next 29 st [30]
You will end up with rectangle approximately 16cm wide and 22cm long:
Fold rectangle in half and with wrong sides together whip stitch along the side seams. After finishing, turn it inside out:
Now we are going to make lining for our bag.
Choose preferred material and colour (I used old pillowcase). Make rectangle approximately same width but a few cm longer. Over sew the edges, fold over top 2cm and sew upside seam. After that carefully sew the lining into the bag:
Finished lining:
Strap for Crochet Handbag
When making strap, chain the desired length. I was doing my crochet handbag for my little 2 years old girl, so my strap was made with chain 135 (approximately 72cm).
Row 1 (Starting from the second CH): 1 SC in each ST [133]
Row 2-4: CH 2, DC in the same ST, DC in each ST till the end of the row [133]
Row 5: CH 1, SC in the same ST, SC in each ST till the end of the row [133]
Finish off leaving tail for sewing. Finished strap is in the picture below:
Doily Flap
I made doily flap out of 2 colours – pink and purple.
Round 1: start with magic circle, CH 2 (counts as DC), 9 DC. Pull tight, join with SL ST to complete round [10]
Round 2: CH 2 (counts as DC), DC in the same stitch, 2 DC in next 9 ST. Join with SL ST into CH 2 from the beginning of our round [20]
Dolly after finishing round 2:
Round 3: CH 2 (counts as DC), DC in the next ST, CH 2, (DC in next 2 ST, CH 2) x repeat around, finish round with SL ST into CH 2 from the beginning of our round [10 x 2 DC pairs]
Dolly after finishing round 3:
Round 4: SL ST to 2 CH space from prevoius round. CH 2, DC, CH 3, 2 DC in the same space, 2 DC into next space, CH 3, 2 DC into same space. Repeat around. Join with SL ST into CH 2 from the beginning of our round.
Dolly after finishing round 4:
Round 5: SL ST to 2 CH space from the previous round. CH 2, 2 DC, CH 3, 3 Dc in the same space, 3 DC into next space, CH 3, 3 DC into same space. Repeat around. Join with SL ST into CH 2 from the beginning of our round.
After finishig round 5 change yarn colour to purple.
Dolly after finishing round 5:
Round 6 (using purple yarn): SL ST into 2 CH space from the previous round. CH 2 (counts as DC), 8 DC into first 3 CH space. 9 DC into each remaining 3 CH space around. Join with sl st.
Dolly aftre finishing round 6:
Round 7: CH 2 (counts as DC), DC around. Finish with SL ST into CH 2 from the beginning of our round and leave long tail for sewing.
Dolly after finishing round 7:
Crochet handbag assembly
Step 1: Using tapestry needle attach strap to the handbag as shown in the picture below:
Step 2: Using tapestry needle attach doily to the back of purse, approximately one third of the way down. after attaching the dolly, attach the button where it fits best:
That’s it, only 2 steps of assembly and our adorable crochet handbag is complete 😊
If you would like to add beautiful rainbow keyring for this handbag then check this link 😉
Please share your finished crochet handbag pictures in comments as I’m really curious to see it.
Thanks for reading and enjoy your day!