Pinata Bag Crochet Pattern Download

This functional hook and project tote is made fabulous by combining simple motifs and stitches with rich colors and then felting for durability. You can make it more or less ornate by personalizing the color and stripe combinations as you like them.

Finished Size: About 10" wide, 12" long, and 11" high, excluding handles.

Yarn: Stitch Nation Full o’ Sheep (100% Peruvian wool; 155 yd [142 m]/3 ½ oz [100 g]): #2925 passionfruit (pink; A) and #2550 plummy (B), 3 skeins each; #2260 clementine (C), #2529 mediterranean (blue; D), and #2640 thyme (E), 2 skeins each.

Yarn Weight: #4 – Medium

Hook: Size J/10 (6 mm). Adjust hook size if necessary to obtain correct gauge.

Gauge: 13 sts and 8 rows = 4" in hdc before felting.

Notions: Yarn needle; sewing thread; sewing needle; 1 set rolled leather handles (Muench Yarns Grayson E used), 6" of ¼" wide ribbon; four 1" buttons.

Originally Published: Interweave Crochet, Fall 2010