Lime Coin Purse

Crochet, cotton and citrus – the three C’s and a match made in heaven. As the days are getting warmer, what better way to get ready for summer than to crochet something with cotton? And lime is a perfect summer fruit to squeeze over a salad or slip into a favourite drink. Combined they inspired this cute cotton purse that is just the right size to hold a couple of coins to take out on a hike or for a trip to the ice cream van.

An inexpensive add-free pattern with full instructions for inserting the zip is for sale on Ravelry.

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Materials

• Scheepjes Catona in Old Lace
• Scheepjes Catona in Kiwi
• 3mm crochet hook
• Embroidery needle
• 10cm green zipper
• Green sewing thread
• Sewing needle

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Size

Approx 12cm x 6cm

Dual Duty XP All Purpose Thread 250 yds, Lime

Pattern notes

The pattern is written using UK terminology, for a conversion chart to US terminology click this link.

[Stitches written in brackets like these are worked into the same stitch]

Special stiches

DC – double crochet
MC – magic circle
SS – slip stitch

Instructions

Sides

Make 2
The sides are worked in rows. At the end of each row, chain 1 and change the direction you are working in.

Foundation: Use Old Lace. Mc with 3 dc. (3)

Row 1: [2dc]. 3 times. Fasten off. (6)

Row 2: Use Kiwi. 1dc, [2dc]. 3 times. (9)

Row 3: 2dc, [2dc]. 3 times. (12)

Row 4: 3dc, [2dc]. 3 times. (15)

Row 5: 4dc, [2dc]. 3 times. (18)

Row 6: 5dc, [2dc]. 3 times. (21)

Row 7: 6dc, [2dc]. 3 times. (24)

Row 8: 7dc, [2dc], 4dc, [2dc], 3dc, [2dc], 7dc. (27)

Row 9: 8dc, [2dc]. 3 times. Do not fasten off but hold the final stitch with a stitch marker. (30)

Row 10: Use Old Lace. SS in each stitch around. Fasten off. (30)

Row 11: Use Kiwi and work into the stitches of row 9 (behind the ss). 9dc, [2dc]. Fasten off. 3 times. (33)

Assembly and Decoration

Use Old Lace and an embroidery needle to sew in two white lines to show the limes segments.

Insert the zip using the sewing thread. Here is a guide for inserting zips into crochet.

Once the zip is in place, join the remaining sides using ss to form the purse.

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