Free Tapestry Zipper Pouch Pattern

Pattern Description:

The Tapestry Crochet Zipper Pouch Mila is a compact and stylish accessory ideal for storing small essentials such as cards, keys, and cosmetics.

The pouch is crocheted in continuous rounds with no joining, creating a seamless tube with clean colorwork.

Using modified single crochet (msc) in the back loop only, the pouch showcases crisp tapestry design elements guided by a color chart.

Once crocheted, the flat top is finished neatly and later prepared for sewing in the zipper and lining.

Yarn: Thin cotton yarn or any light-weight fiber suitable for tapestry crochet. Sample uses Madame Tricot Paris Almina 8/4 mercerized cotton, 100% cotton, 50 g = 169 m.
Colors:
- Color A: Black (9999)
- Color B: Beige (5309)
Hook: Size recommended on yarn label; sample uses 2.0 mm hook.
Other Tools:
- Stitch marker (essential for tracking the beginning of each round)
- Scissors
- Tapestry needle
- Optional: Sewing needle, zipper, and fabric for lining.

Modified Single Crochet (msc):
This stitch is worked like a standard sc in the back loop only, except you yarn under instead of yarn over when completing the stitch. This technique gives tapestry crochet a tighter, smoother surface.
Continuous Rounds:
Do not join at the end of each round. Instead, continue directly into the next round, working in a spiral. A stitch marker is mandatory to maintain round accuracy.
Colorwork:
Follow the tapestry chart for Rounds 2–23. Each square equals one stitch, and each row equals one round. Read all rounds right to left.
Carrying Yarn:
Carry the unused color along the inside of the work. To change colors cleanly, complete the last yarn-under of the msc with the new color.

Using Color A (black), ch 35.
Begin in the 2nd ch from hook, work 1 sc.
Continue sc across the chain to the end.
At the final chain, work 3 sc in the same stitch to turn.
Rotate your work and crochet along the opposite side of the chain, placing 1 sc in each st.
At the final ch on this side, work 1 sc, then another sc in the same st (this gives the second corner 2 sc, matching the opposite end’s increase).
You should now have a total of 70 sc.
Do not join; simply place a marker in the next stitch to mark the start of Round 2.

All stitches in these rounds are msc worked in the back loop only.

Round 2:
- Insert the hook into the back loop of the first stitch of Round 1.
- Begin your first msc with black, then before completing it, introduce beige:
  - Place beige behind the hook, in front of the black strand.
  - Yarn under with black to complete the stitch. The beige is now secured and ready for use.
Working msc:
- Insert hook into next back loop, yarn over or under with the active color as needed:
  - Yarn over to draw up a loop (2 loops on hook).
  - Yarn under the same color to complete the stitch.
Changing Colors:
- Change color on the last pull-through of the stitch before the color change. Example:
- To switch from black to beige:
  - Work the stitch until 2 loops remain.
  - Lift beige, yarn under beige, and pull through to finish the msc in beige.
- To switch back, repeat the same process in reverse.
Rounds 2–23:
- Continue msc in each st, following the color chart carefully.
- Maintain tight, even tension for crisp motifs.

After Round 23:

Your tapestry pouch body is complete. Install a zipper and add a fabric lining for a polished finish.