Crochet coin purse pattern — three pieces, 34 rounds written out
About 10 cm wide, 8 cm tall and 3 cm front to back: a free crochet coin purse pattern, worked on a 4.0 mm hook in four colours over about two and a half hours. The flap is not a shape of its own — it is the purse's foundation oval and its two increase rounds worked again and stopped at 38 stitches instead of turning upward, so the lid and the base are the same three rounds with different endings. The body, the flap and the button cord are written out separately, 19 rounds, 3 and 12, each stating the count it ends on.
Maths verified, not yet made. Every one of the 34 rounds was checked against the round before it by machine — the counts, the increases and the decreases all add up. What nobody can promise you yet is how it sits in the hand.How we check
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Why it is rated Easy
Easy: the shaping is six increases spread over two rounds. What takes care is pinning the flap along nineteen stitches of the back before sewing it down.
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00What you need before you start
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What you need before you start
Yarn — four colours, all weight 4
~65 g, most of a 100 g ballAran-weight cotton, worked firmly
small amount (~16 g)Aran-weight cotton, same weight as the mustard
small amount (~8 g)Aran-weight cotton, same weight as the mustard
scraps (~5 g)Aran-weight cotton, same weight as the mustard
Tools
5 you probably own, 1 to buyYou likely have
Tapestry needle
Scissors
Stitch markers
Measuring tape
Sewing needle and thread, for the button
You need to buy
One button, 18–20 mm across
Optional
A row counter
A stitch marker in a contrast colour for the round start
Rustproof pins, for holding the flap in place while you sew it
A scrap of cotton fabric to line the inside
A sew-in snap fastener, if the purse is for a small child
Gauge and finished size
the last check before you cast onTension
Firm. Hold the wall up to a window: you should not see daylight through the fabric, because coins find every gap there is. If you can, drop half a hook size.
Finished size
~10 cm wide and 8 cm tall, about 3 cm front to back
How to make the coin purse, piece by piece
Switching rewrites every round:USthe foundation oval, 26 scUKthe foundation oval, 26 dcWork a US sc as a UK single crochet and the fabric comes out looser and taller.
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01The body
An oval base, then sixteen rounds of nothing but single crochet. The…19 RNDS
starts in mustard· picked up· Piece 1 of 3
First six rounds[26] [32] [38] [38] [38] [38]
The oval base
RND 1–31[26]
2[32]
3[38]
Straight sides
RND 4–164[38]
5[38]
6[38]
7[38]
8[38]
9[38]
10[38]
11[38]
12[38]
13[38]
14[38]
15[38]
16[38]
The cream band
RND 17–1917[38]
18[38]
19[38]
US termschchainmrmagic ringscsingle crochetincincreasebloback loops onlyst(s)stitch, or stitches
When this piece is doneFasten off and weave the cream tail down the inside of the wall. Turn it inside out and check the base sits flat — the back-loop round on round 4 gives it a fold to sit on. Set it aside while you make the flap.
2
02The flap
The same oval base as the purse, stopped after three rounds and left…3 RNDS
starts in denimBlue· picked up· Piece 2 of 3
First three rounds[26] [32] [38]
1[26]
2[32]
3[38]
US termschchainmrmagic ringscsingle crochetincincreasebloback loops onlyst(s)stitch, or stitches
When this piece is doneLeave a long cream tail. Lay the purse down with the mouth open, count 19 stitches across the back of it, and pin the flap along that edge stitch for stitch. Sew through both edges with the tail, then fold the flap forward — it should reach about 3 cm down the front.
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03The button loop
Four stitches in a magic ring, then twelve rounds of four. It comes…12 RNDS
starts in cocoa· magic ring· Piece 3 of 3
First six rounds[4] [4] [4] [4] [4] [4]
1[4]
2[4]
3[4]
4[4]
5[4]
6[4]
7[4]
8[4]
9[4]
10[4]
11[4]
12[4]
US termschchainmrmagic ringscsingle crochetincincreasebloback loops onlyst(s)stitch, or stitches
When this piece is doneFind the middle of the flap's free edge. Sew one end of the cord a stitch to the left of it and the other end a stitch to the right, so the cord stands up in an arch. Close the flap, mark where the arch lands on the front, and sew the button there.
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Nine notes on the coin purse
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01An original Crochet Genie design.
02The body and the flap both start on an oval instead of a magic ring, which is what makes the purse wider than it is deep. Work it like this: ch 12, then 11 sc along the chain, 2 sc in the end chain, 11 sc back along the underside, and 2 sc in the first chain. That is round 1, and it comes to 26 stitches. The app counts it as 26 plain sc — the chain and the turn around the ends happen before the counting starts.
03The 6 increases in rounds 2 and 3 all go at the two rounded ends, 3 at each. The two long sides stay plain, so the oval stays an oval instead of rounding out into a circle.
04Round 4 of the body is worked in back loops only. It is still 38 stitches in and 38 out, so nothing changes on the counting screen — only which loop your hook goes under. The free front loops leave a crisp ridge where the base stops and the sides stand up.
05Rounds 4 to 19 have no shaping in them at all. That is the part to take somewhere with a film on.
06The flap is a small flat oval worked in the round, not in rows. Half its edge is 19 stitches and the back half of the purse mouth is 19 stitches, so they sew together one stitch to one stitch with nothing to ease.
07The button loop is a four-stitch tube — a crochet i-cord. It curls into a round cord on its own. Sew both ends to the middle of the flap's free edge so a loop stands proud of it.
08A sewn-on button is a choking hazard for a small child. Use a sew-in snap fastener instead and leave the loop off.
09Worked in a continuous spiral — nothing to join and nothing to turn. Mark the first stitch of every round.
Four questions this pattern answers
Not questions anybody asked. Each one is written from this pattern's own record, and every answer is read off the fields it names.
How many pieces make up the coin purse?
How much yarn will the coin purse take?
What hook will the coin purse need, and what is the finished size?
How long will the coin purse take to crochet?
A round that will not add up?
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