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Envelope Style Pop Tab Purse
Free Crochet Pattern
Free Crochet Pattern
By Donna Collinsworth of Donna’s Crochet Designs
MATERIALS NEEDED:
1 skein Bernat Baby Sport in Funny Prints, size F crochet hook, needle to take yarn, 276 pop tabs total (252 pop tabs for the purse, 24 for the strap), small amount of fabric for lining, snap, sewing needle and sewing thread for lining.
FINISHED SIZE: 7” X 9-1\2”.
PURSE FIRST SECTION:
* place 2 pop tabs tog wrong sides facing, sc around top opening both, ch-3, sc around bottom opening both, ch-3 * rep bet ** 18 times, open pop tabs to lay flat, turn to work top sc top 1 pop tab, you are now working across one side of the open tabs, rep bet ** to last tab, turn to work across the bottom, sc top last tab, ch-3, sc top next tab, you are now working across the last side of pop tabs, rep bet ** across, sc top last pop tab, ch-3, sl st top beg sc, fasten off.
NEXT STRAP:
* place 2 pop tabs tog wrong sides facing, sc around top opening both, ch-3, sc around bottom opening both, ch-3 * rep bet ** 18 times, open pop tabs to lay flat, turn to work top sc top 1 pop tab, you are now working across one side of the open tabs, Joining: * ch-1, sl st corresponding lp next strap, ch-1, sc next opening pop tab*, rep bet ** to last tab, turn to work across the bottom, sc top last tab, ch-3, sc top next tab, you are now working across the last side of pop tabs, rep bet ** across, sc top last pop tab, ch-3, sl st top beg sc, fasten off.
Rep next strap 6 more times.
EDGING:
With Prints and F hook join in any ch on outer edge of finished purse, ch-1, work 2 hdc in ea ch lp and (hdc, ch-2, hdc) in ea corner around, sl st top beg hdc, fasten off.
Using finished piece as a pattern, cut 2 of fabric allowing 1\2” all around. Pin wrong sides of fabric tog, sew 1\2” seam all around leaving a space open for turning. Turn, press, sew opening closed. Sew lining to wrong side of finished purse. With needle and yarn sew sides tog. Sew snap at top.
STRAP (You will need 24 pop tabs to make this):
With yarn and F hook (sl st around top of pop tab, ch-5, sl st side of 2 nd opening sa pop tab, ch-1,) rep bet () 24 times, ch-4, sl st top sa pop tab, turning so you are now working across the other sides, ch-5, sl st 2 nd opening, ch-1, rep bet () 23 times, ch-5, sl st bottom, ch-4, sl st top beg sl st, fasten off.
With needle and yarn sew to ea side of finished purse.