Lime Crochet Coin Purse - Free Crochet Pattern

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.

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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

Coats & Clark 36
Red Heart Fur Yarn, Fur Lime
Dual Duty XP All Purpose Thread 250 yds, Lime
Red Heart Classic Yarn, 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
Sewing a zip into crochet
Lime Crochet Coin Purse - Free Crochet Pattern

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)

Summer Crochet Coin Purse - Free Crochet Pattern
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Sewing a zip into crochet

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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Summer Crochet Coin Purse - Free Crochet Pattern

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