Instructions on How to Make a Beaded Handbag
You can make yourself a bright, eye-catching handbag using a lightweight fingering weight yarn, a crochet hook and a handful of pony beads. This handbag is casual and it’s been dressed up with the pony beads. You should be comfortable with single crochet, piecing different parts together and adding beads to your work. Once you’ve finished crocheting your handbag, you’ll have a creation that your friends will be asking you to make for them.
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Things You'll Need
- Size B crochet hook
- Fingering weight yarn, red
- 20 pony beads, red
- Large-eye tapestry needle
- Scissors
Instructions
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Front
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Chain (CH) 41 for your foundation chain.
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Single crochet (SC) in second chain from hook for row one and SC in each chain across and turn for 40 stitches (ST).
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CH one and SC in each SC across, turn for 40 ST. Add one pony bead for every other stitch, beginning with the second SC across to the end of row two. Do not fasten off yarn. Repeat for rows three to 40.
Bottom and Back of Bag
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CH one for row 41 and SC in back loop of each SC across, turn work for 40 SC.
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CH one and SC in both loops of each SC across, turn work for 40 SC. Repeat for rows 42 to 48.
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Repeat row 41 for 40 SC. Do not fasten off yarn.
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Repeat row 42 for rows 50 to 88. You should have 40 SC. Do not fasten off yarn.
Handle of Bag and Assembly
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CH 141 for handle of bag.
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SC in second CH from hook for row one and SC in each CH across, turn work for 140 ST.
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CH one and SC in each CH across for rows two to eight and turn work for 140 SC. Fasten off yarn, leaving a long length for sewing.
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Weave in ends. Place wrong sides of bag and handle together. Align ends of handle to the bottom of the bag. Pin the long edges of the handle to the sides of the bag. Using your large-eye tapestry needle and yarn, sew the handle to the bottom and sides of the bag.
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Tips & Warnings
Add beads to this handbag by feeding a bead onto your hook at each stitch where you want to place the bead. Position the bead where you want it to sit then make one last yarn over for each bead to secure it in place.
This bag has an open top that is not secured with a zipper or any kind of fastening.
References
- "Stitch ‘n Bitch Crochet--The Happy Hooker; Debbie Stoller; 2006
