My little girl has a jewel obsession. Her dad says he feels sorry for her future husband. Luckily, these days she thinks plastic jewels are just as good as the real thing, and so my hubby and I are not in the dog house. The thing is, it isn’t just jewels that she adores (although they are the most popular). She loves anything small, Shopkins, legos, marbles. Her fine motor skills are getting quite good (and I am very excited to begin the crochet lessons soon;), and other than stepping on the toys or the occasional vacuuming up of them, we are happy to indulge this passion.
Which brings me to this weeks project. Treasure satchel #2. I recently made a treasure satchel for my daughter’s friend. I had posted the tutorial for this a few months ago. My daughter eyed my work jealously because, of course, she wanted to keep it! So, I decided to give it another go and make my jewelry loving little one something new.
Materials
Light weight cotton yarn (3) – I used four colors, green blue, pink and yellow
crochet hook E
Needle
scissors
Instructions
Front of satchel:
Foundation row (with green): ch 12, sc in 2nd ch from hook, and next 10 ch, ch 1, turn.
Rows 2-5: sc in first sc and in the next 10, ch 1, turn.
Rows 6-12 (with blue): sc in first sc and in next 3, ch 1, sk next sc, sc in next 3, ch 1, sk next sc, sc in last 3, ch 1 turn.
Rows: 13-15: sc in first sc and in the next 10 sc or ch. Bind off.
Flower Stems:
Starting from the last row of green, chain stitch vertically in last green sc and next 7 open ch spaces.
Back of Satchel:
Foundation row (with pink): ch 12, sc in sc ch from hook, and next 10 ch, ch 1, turn.
Rows 2-6: sc in first sc, and in next 10, ch 1, turn.
Rows 6-11 (with green): sc in first sc, and in next 10, ch 1, turn.
Rows 12-17 (with blue): sc in first sc, and in next 10, bind off.
I made sure to block both sides before stitching them together.
Yellow edging:
With yellow yarn and needle, wrap front and back edges together to make a cord-like edging. Top of the back should be 3 sc above the front top edge.
Flowers:
Make 1 pink and 1 yellow.
ch 5, sl st last ch to first to make a ring
sc 10 times in the ring, sl st with first sc
ch 2, {in next sc – 3 tc, ch 2, sl st in next sc], repeat around, should have five petals. bind off.
Line up each flower with the stem and sew to the top back edge.
Cord:
Ch to desired length, turn, sl st in back loops to the end.
Happy Crocheting!
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