Haleiwa Drawstring Purse
Design by Jennifer Q.
FINISHED MEASUREMENTS
211/2 inches circumference x 8 inches long, excluding handles
MATERIALS
• Lily Sugar’n Cream medium (worsted) weight cotton yarn (21/2 oz/
120 yds/71g per ball):
2 balls each #102001 jute and
#101004 soft ecru
• Size G/6/4mm crochet hook or
size needed to obtain gauge • Stitch markers
• Tapestry needle
• 2 wooden beads
GAUGE
5 sts x 9 rnds = 4 inches in pattern
PATTERN NOTES
Weave in loose ends as work progresses.
Join with slip stitch as indicated unless otherwise stated.
Chain-2 at beginning of round counts as first single crochet unless otherwise stated.
SPECIAL STITCH
Fan stitch (fan st): (Sc, 2 dc) in indicated st.
PURSE BOTTOM
Rnd 1: With jute, form a slip
ring (see illustration), 6 sc in ring, do not join, place st marker at beg of each rnd. (6 sc)
Rnd 2: 2 sc in each st around. (12 sc)
Rnd 3: (Sc in next st, 2 sc in next st) 6 times. (18 sc)
Rnd 4: (2 sc in next st, sc in next 2 sts) 6 times. (24 sc)
Rnd 5: (Sc in each of next 3 sts, 2 sc in next st) 6 times. (30 sc)
Rnd 6: Sc in each of next 2 sts, 2 sc in next st, (sc in each of next 4 sts, 2 sc in next st) 5 times, sc in each of next 2 sts. (36 sc)
Rnd 7: (Sc in each of next 5 sts, 2 sc in next st) 6 times. (42 sc)
Rnd 8: Sc in each of next 3 sts, 2 sc in next st, (sc in each of next 6 sts, 2 sc in next st) 5 times, sc in each of next 3 sts. (48 sc)
Rnd 9: (Sc in each of next 7 sts, 2 sc in next st) 6 times. (54 sc)
Rnd 10: Sc in each of next 4 sts, 2 sc in next st, (sc in each of next 8 sts, 2 sc in next st) 5 times, sc in each of next 4 sts. (60 sc)
Rnd 11: (Sc in each of next 9 sts, 2 sc in next st) 6 times. (66 sc)
Rnd 12: Sc in each of next 5 sts, 2 sc in next st, (sc in each of next 10 sts, 2 sc in next st) 5 times, sc in each of next 5 sts. (72 sc)
Rnd 13: (Sc in each of next 11 sts, 2 sc in next st) 6 times. (78 sc)
Rnd 14: Sc in each of next 6 sts, 2 sc in next st, (sc in each of next 12 sts, 2 sc in next st) 5 times, sc in each of next 6 sts. (84 sc)
Rnd 15: Sc in each st around, change to soft ecru. Fasten off jute. (84 sc)
BODY
Rnd 16: Ch 2 (see Pattern Notes), 2 dc in same st as beg ch-2, sk next 2 sts, *(sc, 2 dc) in next st, sk next 2 sts, rep from * 27 times,
join (see Pattern Notes) in 2nd ch of beg ch-2. (28 fan sts)
Rnd 17: Ch 2, 2 dc in same st as beg ch-2, sk next 2 dc, * fan st (see
Special Stitch) in next sc, sk next 2 dc, rep from * around, join in 2nd ch of beg ch-2. (28 fan sts)
Rnds 18–37: Rep rnd 17.
Rnd 38: Ch 1, sc in same st as joining, sc in each of next 2 dc, (sc in next sc, sc in each of next 2 dc) around, join in beg sc. (84 sc)
Rnds 39–41: Ch 1, sc in each sc around, join in beg sc. At the end of rnd 41, leaving a 24-inch length of soft ecru, change color to jute, fasten off soft ecru.
Rnd 42: Sl st in each sc around, join in beg sl st. Fasten off. (84 sl sts)
TIE
With jute, ch 100, leaving a 12-inch length, fasten off.
Place 8 markers on Purse between rnds 36 and 37 in indicated sc sts only of rnd 36 starting at the beg of rnd 36 as follows: 7th, 25th, 37th, 40th, 46th, 49th, 61st and 79th.
Weave the Tie in sps between rnds above marked sc sts, insert in at 46 (left edge center front of
purse), out at 49, in at 61, out at 79, in at 7, out at 25, in at 37 and out at 40 (right-edge center front of purse).
Insert each end of Tie through a wooden bead, knot each end to secure bead.
HANDLE
Following steps for sc cord A
(see illustration) as work progresses, with jute, ch 2, sc in B A 2nd ch from hook (A), *turn work clockwise, sc in lp of bump at beg (B), rotate clockwise (C), insert hook B in 2 lps of C bump (D), yo, draw A up a lp and A draw through 2 lps on hook B
(E), rep from * until cord (F) measures 88 inches, C leaving a 12-inch length, fasten off.
Working between rnds 36 and 37, insert end of cord between 21st and 22nd sts, and 63rd and 64th sts. Sew ends of cord tog and adjust cord so ends are even Single on Crochet each Cord side of purse to form 2 Handles.