Quick Easy Eco-friendly Crochet Bag – Daisy Clutch

Sunshine just makes everything better doesn’t it? We all desperately needed it when I wrote this Daisy Clutch crochet bag pattern, after the Winter in lockdown and a year of very limited socialising! The thoughts of summer flowers, picnics and garden parties with friends filled my mind.

This was my chief inspiration for the Darling Daisy Clutch, a perfectly summery crochet bag, that’s just the right handy size for parties and weddings.

It had to be yellow and it had to have daisies! That’s my summery happiness right there in bag form!

I do love a quick and eco-friendly make, so naturally a bulkier recycled yarn was the strongest contender for my yarn choice.

I chose the amazing Hoooked Ribbon XL in gorgeous bright yellow (Lemon colourway) to work up my cheery bag and found a deliciously cute daisy fabric for the perfect lining, on Amazon.

Of course the Darling Daisy Clutch will look utterly fabulous in ANY colour and I can’t wait to see all the colours you amazing crocheters choose (scroll down to see my testers gorgeous bags).

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Pattern uses US crochet terminology with UK shown in brackets in the list of abbreviations.

Recommended Yarn

Bag: Recycled Ribbon Super Bulky #6 weight yarn – approx. 100-120m (109-131 yds), 1 skein

Daisy Flower: DK or Aran weight cotton #3 or#4 weight yarn – approx. 2m (2.2yds) in yellow and white

Yarn used:

Bag: Hoooked Ribbon XL in Lemon Yellow. Substitute: Any similar thickness ribbon yarn. Alternatively, you could substitute with chunky cotton or use 2 strands of #4 weight held together. You can make a smaller version by using single strand aran weight and choosing an appropriate hook size for the yarn.

Daisy Flower: Hoooked soft cotton in Malaga Sun and Moscow White. Substitute: stash yarn scraps in #3 or #4 weight.

Hook & Other Materials

US Size L-11 (8mm) crochet hook and E (3.5mm) crochet hook

Big Eye Yarn needle

Sew on Magnetic fastening 18mm

Sharp scissors

Stitch Markers – locking ones are the best and the only ones I use.

Fabric to line (optional) I used a daisy print fabric in 100% cotton bought from Amazon UK a few years ago. There are LOADS of fabrics if you do a search.

Fuseable hem webbing tape (optional)

Skill Level EASY

Uses sc throughout, basic sewing skills are also needed. Instructions are included in the pattern for any special techniques, along with photo tutorials.

Abbreviations used

Ch – Chain | St(s) – Stitch(es) | Sl st – Slip stitch | Sc – single crochet (UK: Dc – Double Crochet)              

Sizes/Finished Measurements

Approx. Height 6” (15cm) Width 10” (25.5 cm)

Notes

1. Ch-1 at the start of rows/rounds does NOT count as a stitch.
2. Use a stitch marker to mark the first stitch if helpful.
3. Always check your stitch count to ensure you don’t miss or add any stitches.
4. Stitch count is shown at the end of each row/round in bold.
5. The bag is worked in 1 piece, has 1 oval end and 1 straight, and is folded with sides seamed together to make into the bag.
6. The daisy is worked in the round.

Gauge

Not crucial for this pattern, but to match stated measurements:

10 sc = approx.4” (10 cm)  2 rows = approx. 1”(2.5 cm)

To check gauge, make a small swatch as follows:

Ch 13, sc in 2^nd ch from hook, sc in next 11. – 12

Measure how many stitches you have to 4” (10cm) and measure the height of the row. Adjust your hook size and re-swatch accordingly to meet gauge.

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This pattern has been tested for errors by a team of crocheters with varying skill ability, this helps to ensure the pattern is free of errors, but should you find any errors or run into difficulties please reach out to me so I can help.

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Daisy Clutch Crochet Bag Instructions

Bag:

Using yellow ribbon yarn and L-11 (8mm) crochet hook, with a slightly loose tension: Ch 26

Row 1: Working in top loop only. sc in 2^nd ch from hook (mark 1^st st), sc in 23, in last ch: 3 sc. Rotate to work around the other side of the chain, sc in 23, sc last st (the other side of the 1^st ch worked in). Turn. – 51

Row 2: Ch 1, sc in 24, 2 sc in next 3, sc in 24. Turn. – 54

Row 3: Ch 1, sc in 25, *2 sc, sc, repeat from * 2 more times, sc in 23. Turn. – 57

Row 4: Ch 1, sc in 24, *2 sc, sc in 2 repeat from * 2 more times, sc in 24. Turn. – 60

Row 5: Ch 1, sc in 25, *2 sc, sc in 3 repeat from * 2 more times, sc in 23. Turn. – 63

Row 6: Ch 1, sc in 26, *2 sc, sc in 4 repeat from * 2 more times, sc in 22. Turn. – 66

Row 7: Ch 1, sc in 26, *2 sc, sc in 5 repeat from * 2 more times, sc in 22. Turn. – 69

Row 8: Ch 1, sc in 27, *2 sc, sc in 6 repeat from * 2 more times, sc in 21. Turn. – 72

Row 9: Ch 1, sc in 28, *2 sc, sc in 7 repeat from * 2 more times, sc in 20. Turn. – 75

Row 10: Ch 1, sc in 28, *2 sc, sc in 8 repeat from * 2 more times, sc in 20. Turn. – 78

Row 11: Ch 1, sc in 29, *2 sc, sc in 9 repeat from * 2 more times, sc in 19. Turn. – 81

Row 12: Ch 1, sc in 29, *2 sc, sc in 10 repeat from * 2 more times, sc in 19. Turn. – 84

Row 13: Ch 1, sc in 84, continue to sc along straight edge (1 in each row end including the 1 just worked – 24 sts). Join with slst or invisible join to 1^st sc. Fasten off leaving a 30-35” tail. – 108  

Place a stitch marker in each corner of the straight side (in st 85 and the joining st).

On each side count 25 sts from the marker up the long edges and place a stitch marker into this stitch. This marks where you will start seaming the sides.  

Daisy Flower:

Using yellow DK yarn and 3.5mm hook, make a magic circle and ch 1.

Round 1: 10 sc into the magic circle, join with slst to 1^st sc, Fasten off leaving a tail of 7-8” and pull closed. – 10

Round 2: Join white yarn, *ch 8, join to same st with slst, slst to next st, repeat from * until you have 10 loops. Fasten off and join to base of starting ch. – 10 ch-8 loops Weave in ends except the long tail. You will use this to sew the flower onto the bag.

Seaming the Daisy Clutch Crochet Bag

N.B. if you are lining your bag, skip to “Lining” and then return to this section.

Fold the bag over with the stitch markers lining up. Check that both sides are even: you should have the same number of stitches to sew either side,13 pairs.

Using the yarn end from row 13, whip stitch through each stitch (both sides) twice to seam the sides together. Weave in end.

Join yarn on the other side where the 2 stitch markers line up. Whip stitch as before and weave in end.

Lining

If lining your bag, do this before sewing the sides of the bag together. This makes doing the lining easier. The instructions are for a simple lining with a phone pocket and can be stitched by hand or machine.

Trace approx.1” wider than your bag onto the wrong side of the fabric. Now cut the fabric on this line.

Fold edges over twice so the cut edge is enclosed in the folded fabric all around, iron in place. Check this on the bag, place the lining right side facing up and ensure the lining fits on the bag, you should have a few mm of the bag showing.

If you’d like a rectangular phone pocket. Cut an additional piece of fabric 1” wider than the desired size of the pocket and fold under the edges twice. Iron edges to secure neatly. Seam the edge you want as the top of the pocket.

Position pocket right side up, centrally, approx. 5 ½” (14cm) below the curved line on the lining fabric. It should sit below the stitch markers. Pin into place onto the lining fabric, also right side up. Sew on, leaving the top open. Alternatively use fusible hem webbing and sew if necessary for added security.

Pin/fuse lining onto bag. Sew onto the bag ensuring your stitches are approx. ¼” (1cm) from the edge of the bag. This keeps the outer crochet stitches accessible for seaming.

Fastening

Use a sew-in magnetic fastener. Sew one piece centrally 1-1.5” from the edge of the curve and the other onto the outside of the bag (check they will meet before sewing on 2^nd piece).

Attaching the Flower

Using the yarn tail end, sew the flower onto the bag directly over the magnetic fastening (bonus, it will hide any stitches from attaching the fastening). You only need to sew the flower onto the crochet, not the lining. This keeps the underside of the bag looking pretty too.

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