Santorini Pom Pom Clutch in Hoooked Spesso Eco Barbante and Hoooked Somen - Downloadable PDF

Santorini Pom Pom Clutch Crochet Pattern – Hoooked Spesso Eco Barbante and Somen

The Santorini Pom Pom Clutch is a stylish, beginner-friendly crochet bag pattern by Hoooked that produces a charming handheld clutch purse adorned with playful pompom trim. Delivered as a downloadable PDF, this pattern is an excellent introduction to simple bag construction, combining two complementary Hoooked yarns for a beautifully textured result. The finished clutch has a relaxed, summery aesthetic — perfectly suited to its Mediterranean-inspired name — and can be further accessorized with an optional clip-on handle for a more polished, pochette-style finish.

What Is Being Made

The project is a small crocheted clutch bag — a flat, handheld purse constructed from a single crocheted rectangle that is folded, seamed along the sides, and turned inside out to conceal the seams. The exterior is then decorated with eight pompoms (each 35 mm in diameter) made from the contrast yarn, attached along the sides of the bag. The result is a compact, textured clutch with a clean finish and a fun, tactile pompom border.

Materials Used

• Hoooked Eco Barbante Spesso – a chunky-weight cotton yarn, used as the main body yarn; one 500g ball is required. The sample shown uses the colorway Spesso Almond.
• Hoooked Somen – a DK-weight yarn used as a contrast and accent yarn; one 100g ball is required. The sample uses the colorway Somen Oro.
• 9mm crochet hook – both yarns are held together throughout the main body of the bag, creating a chunky, dense fabric from the combination of the two weights.
• A pompom maker (35 mm) or cardboard template for making the pompoms.
• A tapestry or yarn needle for seaming.

Techniques Used

• Holding two yarns together – the Somen and Spesso yarns are worked simultaneously throughout the rectangle, which adds body, structure, and a subtle tonal blending effect to the fabric.
• Folding and seaming – the crocheted rectangle is folded in half with the right side facing inward, then the two side edges are sewn closed using a whip stitch (slingersteek) with the Somen yarn.
• Turning inside out – once seamed, the bag is turned right-side out so that the seams are hidden neatly on the interior, a simple but effective finishing technique commonly used in crochet bag construction.
• Pompom making – eight pompoms are created using Somen yarn with a 35 mm pompom maker or a homemade cardboard template, then hand-sewn onto the sides of the clutch as decorative trim.

Stitches Used

• Chain stitch (losse) – used to create the foundation chain of 20 stitches (approximately 29 cm / 11.31 inches wide), plus a turning chain at the end of each row.
• Single crochet / double crochet (vaste) – the primary stitch used throughout the rectangle; worked in every stitch across each row for a total of 30 rows, reaching approximately 37 cm (14.43 inches) in height. This stitch creates a firm, dense fabric well-suited to bag construction.
• Half single crochet (halve vaste) – worked as a final finishing row along the top edge of the rectangle before fastening off, adding a neat and slightly different texture to the opening edge of the clutch.
• Slip knot – used to begin the work before the foundation chain.

Difficulty and Suitability

This pattern is rated beginner level, making it an ideal project for those who are new to crochet or new to making bags. The construction relies entirely on basic stitches — chain, single crochet, and half single crochet — and the shaping is achieved through simple folding rather than increases, decreases, or complex shaping rows.