Kitty Bagpack

Kitty Bagpack by Mel Garcia Tello

What is Being Made

The Kitty Bagpack is a crocheted backpack designed by Mel Garcia Tello. This project creates a functional bag with a playful feline theme, suitable for everyday use. The pattern is scalable, allowing crafters to adjust the final size by modifying hook size, yarn weight, or both to achieve their desired dimensions.

Craft and Technique Overview

This is a crochet project classified as beginner level, making it an excellent introduction to constructing structured accessories. The bag is worked in continuous rounds rather than joined rounds, which creates a seamless construction method. Stitch markers are used throughout to track round progression, ensuring consistent shaping as the piece develops.

Stitches Used

The Kitty Bagpack employs a range of fundamental and intermediate crochet stitches:

• Magic Ring (MR): Used to create the foundation for circular construction
• Chain (ch): The foundational stitch for creating spaces and edges
• Slip stitch (slst): Used for joining and finishing
• Single crochet (sc): The primary building stitch for structure and density
• Half double crochet (hdc): Provides medium height and flexibility
• Double crochet (dc): Creates taller stitches for varied texture
• Single crochet 2 together (sc2tog): Used for decreasing and shaping
• Single crochet 3 together (sc3tog): A special decrease stitch that combines three stitches into one, created by inserting the hook into three consecutive stitches, pulling up loops, and drawing the yarn through all loops on the hook simultaneously
• Back loop only (BLO): Stitching through only the back loop to create textured ridges

Materials Required

The Kitty Bagpack is worked with the following materials:

• Yarn: Worsted weight yarn is specified. The pattern suggests Hilados LHO Nachito and Nube Soft 4/7 as recommended options
• Hook: 3.5 mm crochet hook
• Fiberfill: For stuffing details and structure
• Yarn needle: For weaving in ends and seaming pieces together
• Stitch markers: Essential for tracking rounds in continuous circular construction
• Scissors: For cutting yarn

Gauge Considerations

This pattern does not require a specific gauge measurement. The scalable nature of the design means that crafters can customize the finished size by adjusting hook size, yarn weight, or both without affecting the pattern's integrity. This flexibility makes the Kitty Bagpack adaptable to personal preferences and available materials.