Skill Level: Intermediate
Style: Casual crossbody bag with texture and structure
Perfect for: Everyday essentials, quick outings, or summer adventures
Pattern Description:
The Whimsy Satchel is a fun, textured crochet bag designed for function and flair. With its compact size and sturdy hemp yarn, it’s ideal for carrying the basics, keys, phone, and wallet, without weighing you down.
The satchel features a bobble-accented body, curved flap closure, and a strap that wraps seamlessly around the bag’s sides for a clean finish.
Finished Measurements:
- Width: 10 inches
- Height: 8 inches (excluding strap)
Materials Needed:
- Yarn: Lion Brand Just Hemp (Bulky, #5), Color: Cocoa
- Yardage: Approx. 265 yards (3 skeins)
- Hook: US I/5.5mm crochet hook
- Notions: Yarn needle, scissors, stitch markers (2-4 optional)
- Gauge: 4” x 4” = 13 single crochets and 14 rows
Abbreviations & Stitches:
- ML – Magic Loop
- Sc – Single Crochet
- Ch – Chain
- Inc – Increase (2 sc in same st)
- St – Stitch
- FLO/BLO – Front/Back Loop Only
- RS/WS – Right/Wrong Side
- Sl St – Slip Stitch
- YO – Yarn Over
- Sp – Space
- Bobble – (YO, insert hook into st, YO, pull up loop, YO, pull through 2) three times in the same st (4 loops on hook), YO, pull through all 4 loops.
Pattern Notes:
- The bag is worked mainly in one piece starting from the flap.
- Do not count ch 1 as a stitch.
- RS is the side where bobbles are visible.
- Use stitch markers to align side panels for neat joining.
Stitching Instructions for Making the Whimsy Satchel Crochet Pattern:
Front Flap (worked in rows):
Start with a Magic Loop.
- Row 1: 4 sc in ML, pull tight, turn. (4)
- Row 2: Ch 1, inc in each st, turn. (8)
- Row 3: Ch 1, 1 sc, inc repeat across, turn. (12)
- Row 4: Ch 1, 2 sc, inc repeat, turn. (16)
- Row 5: Ch 1, 3 sc, inc repeat, turn. (20)
- Row 6: Ch 1, 4 sc, inc repeat, turn. (24)
- Row 7: Ch 1, sc across, turn.
- Row 8: Ch 1, inc, 5 sc repeat, turn. (28)
- Row 9: Repeat Row 7.
- Row 10: Ch 1, 6 sc, inc repeat, turn. (32)
- Row 11: Repeat Row 7.
- Row 12: Ch 1, inc, 7 sc repeat, turn. (36)
- Row 13: Repeat Row 7.
- Row 14: Ch 1, 8 sc, inc repeat, turn. (40)
- Row 15: Repeat Row 7.
- Row 16: Inc, 9 sc repeat across. (44) Do not turn.
Main Body (worked in rows):
- Row 1: Ch 1, work 33 sc evenly along the row edges of the flap: start in the side of Row 16, continue to center, sc into ML, then along the opposite side, turn. (33)
- Row 2: Ch 1, sc in FLO across, turn.
- Rows 3-6: Ch 1, sc across, turn.
- Row 7: Ch 1, sc in BLO across, turn.
- Row 8: Ch 1, 7 sc, bobble, repeat 3 times ending with 7 sc, turn. (30 sc, 3 bobble)
- Rows 9-11: Ch 1, sc across, turn.
- Rows 12-27: Repeat Rows 8-11.
- Row 28: Repeat Row 8.
- Row 29: Ch 1, sc across, turn. (33)
- Rows 30-35: Repeat Rows 2-7.
- Rows 36-55: Repeat Rows 8-11.
- Row 56: Repeat Row 8.
- Row 57: Ch 1, sc across. Fasten off.
Sides and Strap:
- With RS facing, join yarn with sl st to Row 34 of body.
- Row 1: Ch 1, sc in same sp and next 4 rows (Rows 30-33), turn. (5)
- Rows 2-170: Ch 1, sc across, turn. (5)
Assembling:
- With WS up, bring the strap across the bottom and align the last row of the strap with Row 34 on the opposite side of the bag. Join with sc through both layers for 5 sts.
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