Advent calender day 21

This pattern is for a little coin purse. this came about as I had a commission to create a purse for a book project and I ended up buying a few of the purse frames to have a play around. You can get the frames of amazon or any good craft shop they are really cheap but make these purses have a great professional finish. I got slightly addictive to making them and came up with loads of different patterns for them so I thought I'd add this one as a little taster to the advent calender.

I hope you have a go at making this and I hope you enjoy it as much as I did x

Advent calendar day 21

Coin purse by Liz Ward

You will need:

Dk weight yarn in your choice of colour

4mm crochet hook

Lining fabric

Coin purse frame

Abbreviations

Sl st–slip stitch

dc – double crochet

htc – half treble crochet

tc – treble crochet

dtr – double treble crochet

st/sts – stitch/stitches

dc2tog – double crochet the next two stitches together

Popcorn stitch - To work popcorn stitch first work 5 treble crochet stitches into the same stitch. Next take the working loop off the hook. Thread the hook through the top of the first treble stitch in the group. Pick up the working loop and draw back through the first treble stitch.

Bobble stitch - Yarn over, insert hook in stitch, yarn over, draw loop through, yarn over, draw through 2 loops on the hook, (yarn over, insert hook in same space, yarn over, draw loop through, yarn over,  draw through 2 loops on hook)repeat 4 times, yarn over,  draw through all 6 loops on hook

Purse

Make 2

Rnd 1 – Ch 3, work 11 tr in 3rd ch from hook, sl st to join rnd. 12sts

Rnd 2 – Ch 2, tr in first st, ch 1, (2tr, ch 1) in each stitch around, sl st to join round. 24sts, 12 ch spaces

Rnd 3 – Sl st to next ch space Ch 3 counts a first tr in first bobble stitch (popcorn stitch, ch3) in ever ch space around, sl st to join round. 12 popcorns, 12 ch spaces

Rnd 4 – 4tr in each ch sp. 48sts

Rnd 5 – (bobble st in the first st, ch 1, skip next st, tr in next st, ch 1, skip next st) repeat around, sl st to join. 12 bobbles.

Rnd 6 – ch2, 2tr in the next nine ch sts, 2dc in remaining ch sts, sl st to join.

Fasten off leaving a long tail of yarn to sew together.

Making sure the treble stitches from round 6 are at the top. Sew together leaving a 10cm gap at the top of the purse

Lining

Cut two circles of lining fabric a few cms larger than the purse rounds ( I used a dvd as a template). Sew together leaving a third open at the top.

Place inside the purse, turn the hem at the top and sew in place.

Using matching thread sew the purse to the purse frame using the holes along the frame edge.

Weave in any loose ends and fasten off well.