The Roseate Cross-body Bag

Hello friends! Welcome back to my blog! Today I have for you the Roseate Cross-body Bag. This bag has been on my crochet pattern vault for over a year, and I was finally able to write it down for you guys.

I think this bag is perfect for summer; it’s not too big, and you can easily fit your wallet and keys in it.

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For the bag, you will only need one skein on Lion Brands Rewind yarn, isn’t that awesome? I love one skein projects!

Materials

1 skein of Lion Brand rewind or other size 5 yarn
6.00 mm crochet hook
purse strap click here to see the one that I used for this project
scissors
measuring tape

Crochet Terms

CH-chain
ESC- extended single crochet-Insert your hook in stitch, yarn over and pull up a loop (2 loops on hook), yarn over and draw through 1 loop, yarn over and pull through two loops.
BLO- back loop only
HDC- half double crochet
ST- stitches
STS- stitches

Notes

Chain 2 always counts as a stitch
You will slip stitch to the Chain 2 at the end of each round.

Finishe size

11″ long 9 1/2″ across

Pattern

Make a magic circle and CH 2

Round 1: Make 9 ESC into magic circle. SS to CH 2 to close. (10 STS)

Round 2: CH 2, make a ESC in the same ST as CH 2, Increase on every ST. SS to CH 2 to close. (20 STS)

Round 3: CH 2, make a ESC in the same ST as CH 2, make 1 ESC in next ST, * increase in next ST, 1 ESC in next ST.* repeat from *to* SS to CH 2 to close. (30 STS)

Round 4: CH 2 make a ESC in the same ST as CH 2, make 1 Esc in the next 2 STS, * increas in next ST, 1 ESC in next 2 STS* repeat from *to* SS to CH 2 to close (40 STS)

Round 5: CH 2 make a ESC in the same ST as CH 2, make 1 Esc in the next 3 STS, * increase in next ST, 1 ESC in next 3 STS* repeat from *to* SS to CH 2 to close (50 STS)

Flat circle should meassure 5” in diameter

Increases stop at this point.

Round 6: CH 2, make a Esc in the BLO in each ST all around. SS to CH 2 to close (50 STS)

Round 7-22: CH 2, make a ESC in each ST all around. SS to CH 2 (50 STS)

Round 23: CH 3, skip 1 ST, HDC in next, * CH 1, skip 1 STS, HDC in next ST* Repeat from *to* until you reach the end of the round. SS to CH 2 to close. This round will create the holes to instert your cord and tassels. (50 STS)

Round 24: CH 2, make a ESC in every ST including the CH 1 space. SS to CH 2 to close. (50 STS)

Round 25: CH 2, make a ESC in every ST. SS to CH 2 to close. (50 STS)

Cord & tassels

Cut 6 strands 36 inches long, leave 4 inches and tie them together with a knot.

Now separate the strands into sets of 2 and braid them together.

When you reach the end leave another 4 inches unbraided and tie another knot.

Now we are going to add more strands to our tassel. cut 16 strands about 10″ long you will need 8 for each side of the cord.

click on the video below to learn how to add the tassels to the cord.

place 1 strand across and place 3 strands on top about half way making a cross.

Now place the cord on top of the bottom half of the 3 previous strands.

Place 3 more strands on top of the cord.

Now tie all of them together with the back strand.

Bring all the strands down.

And finally use the last strand to tie a knot again like a normal tassel. Trim the fringe and repeat again for the other side of the cord.

Once you added more strands to both of your tassels you are ready to insert it trough the holes on your bag that were made on round 23.

And now you will just clip the purse strap to the sides of the bag and you are done!

If you don’t have a purse strap you can make one using the same method we used to make the cord for the purse just make the strands longer and tie them to the sides of your bag.

Here is a roseate bag from one of my crochet testers @missmimi_shop I love the fun colors she used for her bag!