Flowery Coin Purse

Flowery Coin Purse Crochet Pattern by RaffamusaDesigns

Project Overview

The Flowery Coin Purse is a beginner-friendly tapestry crochet project designed to create a small, functional accessory. This downloadable PDF pattern produces a finished coin purse measuring 4 inches (10 cm) tall and 4.5 inches (11.5 cm) wide, with a circular base approximately 3 inches (8 cm) in radius. The purse is completed with a 10-cm (4-inch) zipper for secure closure, making it an ideal project for crafters new to tapestry crochet techniques.

Craft Technique: Tapestry Crochet

This pattern utilizes tapestry crochet, a colorwork technique that allows you to create intricate floral designs by carrying multiple yarn colors throughout your work. Rather than changing colors abruptly, tapestry crochet involves carrying unused colors inside your stitches, creating a seamless, reversible fabric with vibrant patterned details. This method produces a sturdy, dense fabric ideal for small accessories like coin purses that require durability and structure.

Stitches and Techniques Used

• Magic Circle (MC): The pattern begins with a Magic Circle foundation, a technique for creating a tight, adjustable center point for working in the round. A detailed tutorial is provided on page 4 of the pattern document.
• Single Crochet (Sc): The primary stitch throughout the project, worked consistently to build the purse structure in rows.
• Increase (Inc): Created by working two single crochet stitches in the same indicated stitch, used to shape the circular base and expand the purse dimensions.
• Chain (Ch): Used for foundation and transitional stitches as needed within the pattern.
• Slip Stitch (Sl St): Utilized to join rounds and create seamless transitions between pattern sections.
• Yarn Over (Yo): A fundamental crochet motion incorporated throughout stitch construction.

Materials and Yarn Specifications

The Flowery Coin Purse pattern calls for 100% cotton yarn in sport weight (5 PLY, Fine 2 classification). Cotton yarn is recommended for its durability, breathability, and crisp stitch definition—ideal qualities for a small accessory that will experience regular handling and wear. The pattern suggests using yarns such as Rio from Lammy Yarns or Schachenmayr Catania as suitable options.

You will need yarn in seven distinct colors to complete the tapestry design: blue, green, yellow, orange, red, pink, and white. These colors work together to create the floral motif that gives the purse its distinctive appearance.

Tools and Notions Required

• 3.0-mm Crochet Hook (Size 3 USA, 11 UK): The specified hook size works with sport-weight yarn to achieve the correct gauge and fabric density.
• 10-cm (4-inch) Zipper: Provides the closure mechanism for the finished purse.
• Tapestry Needle: Used for weaving in yarn ends and assembling the purse components.
• Sewing Needle: Required for attaching the zipper securely to the crocheted fabric.
• Stitch Marker: Helps track your position when working in the round, ensuring you don't lose your place during color changes and increases.

Gauge and Sizing

The pattern specifies a gauge of 25 single crochet stitches over 27 rows in 4 inches (10 cm). Achieving this gauge is essential for the purse to reach its intended finished dimensions. Crocheting a gauge swatch before beginning the project ensures your tension matches the pattern requirements, resulting in a properly sized accessory.

Pattern Construction

The Flowery Coin Purse is worked in the round, beginning with the Magic Circle foundation at the center of the circular base. From this starting point, you work outward and upward, using increases to expand the base and then continuing in rounds to build the height of the purse. The tapestry crochet colorwork is integrated throughout the construction, with colors carried inside stitches to create the floral design without visible color changes on the fabric surface.

This beginner-level pattern