Vladia's handmade: Summery handbag for little girls

Pattern for crochet handbag (granny circle, butterfly applique)

Adamko, my son, has a friend - a little girl called Leuška, so I decided to crochet a handbag especially for her as she wants to have a handbag as big girls do :) I made a pattern to it, so you can crochet this handbag for your little girls, too. If you do not understand anything, or need help, please leave a comment. Thank you.

Happy crocheting :)

What you need:

yarn (different colours), hook (3,5 body of handbag, 4,5 handle, hem, butterfly)
cloth to sew ligning
scissors, needle

Abbreviations:

mr - magic ring
sc - single crochet

dc - double crochet

slst - slip stitch

ch - chain
st - stitch

PATTERN

Yellow yarn: Start with mr

1. Crochet ch 2, dc, ch 2, slst to the top of the dc, dc - this will make the first petal, continue crocheting *ch 2, dc, dc with slst to the top of the dc, dc*, repeat between ** to make altogether 5 petals, slst to the 2nd ch, that we made at the beginning of the round. Cut the yarn. Pull tight to close the mr.

ch 2

ch 2, dc

ch 2, dc, ch2

slst to the top of the dc

first petal

two petals with ch 2 in between

five petals

slst to the 2nd ch from the beginning

closing the magic ring

2. Red yarn: Slst to any of the 5 gaps between the petals. Work ch 2, dc, ch 2, slst to the top of the dc, dc - this will make the first petal (the first half of little red heart), continue crocheting in the same ch (loop) ch 1, dc, dc with slst to the top of the dc, dc - this will make the second petal (the second part of the heart). Continue crocheting the petals, two in each ch (loop) to make altogether 10 petals (5 hearts), slst to the 2nd ch, that we made at the beginning of the round. Cut the yarn.

slst with red yarn

first two petals (one heart)

four petals (two hearts)

ten petals (five hearts)

3. Violet yarn: Crochet one petal in each ch (loop), that we made in the round before. There should be ch 1 between each petal, altogether 10 petals in 10 ch (loops). Cut the yarn.

ten petals

4. Blue yarn: as the second round, altogether twenty petals (ten hearts) in ten ch (loops). Cut the yarn.

twenty petals

5. Grey yarn: as the third round, altogether twenty petals in twenty ch (loops). Cut the yarn.

twenty petals

6. Green yarn: Crochet one petal in each ch (loop) but this time the petals consists of three dc. Altogether you should have twenty petals. Cut the yarn but leave a long tail for sewing.

two petals

Now you have one side of your handbag done. Crochet the same way the other one, as you need two :)

Now it is time to sew these two circles together. Do not sew it all around as you need some opening for your handbag.

sewed body of handbag

The hem is easy. I crocheted it with yellow yarn (vanilla like) and slightly bigger hook. Slst at one end of your sewing, *ch 3, slst*, repeat that to the end of your sewing.

When you are at the end, do not cut the yarn. Continue crocheting chains to make the handle. Crochet as many chains as you need.

Slst to the start of your hem.

Turn around and crochet sc in each ch of the handle.

Slst to the end of your handle. Cut the yarn. Hide the tail.

Almost done :)

Butterfly applique (pink yarn)

1. Start with mr, crochet 5 sc in the mr, slst to the first sc, close the mr

2. Crochet ch 3 to make the first small loop (foundation for lower wing), slst to next st, ch 5 (foundation for upper wing), slst to the second st, ch 3, slst to next st, ch 5, slst to the first st

3. At first we crochet the lower wing. Slst to the loop made from ch 3 from the previous round, ch 2, dc, dc, ch 2, slst to the first ch of just made chains, dc, dc, dc, slst to the second loop made from ch 5 from the previous round.

lower wing

4. Upper wing - crochet dc 5 times, ch 2, slst to the second ch from the hook, dc 5 times, slst to the next loop.

upper wing

5. Upper wing - as in the fourth step.

two upper wings plus one lower wing

6. Lower wing - as in the third step. Slst to the second ch from the beginning. Cut the yarn but leave a tail for sewing.

Now it is time for the brown body of the butterfly. Cut two pieces of yarn.

Make a tie at one end of one piece. This will make antennae.

To make a head tie two pieces of yarn close to the antennae.

Place the head on top of the upper wings, Tie it around the wings to make the body. This may be a little bit difficult, but try to make it to look like this: