Granny square purse pattern by BNMByo

Granny square purse pattern

The Granny Square Bag is an on trend crochet purse design and great way to use up leftover yarn or plan

out your favorite colors. But you could buy certain colors and plan your squares out.

Skil level:

Easy

Materials for one square:

• 30 inches dark blue color yarn (size 4 yarn) – color A

• 123 inches of white color yarn (size 4) – color B

• 166 inches of gray color (size 4) – color C

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• 255 inches of red color (size 4) – color D

• 135 inches of pink color (size 4) – color E

• Hook size US 8/H / 5 mm

• Scissors

Size:

4” x 4” / 10 x 10 cm

Materials for 13 square:

• 390 inches dark blue color yarn (size 4 yarn) – color A

• 1599 inches of white color yarn (size 4) – color B

• 2158 inches of gray color (size 4) – color C

• 3315 inches of red color (size 4) – color D

• 1755 inches of pink color (size 4) – color E

• 1050 inches for joining parts of the square and bag

handles yarn (size 4 yarn) – color E

• Hook size US 8/H / 5 mm

• Scissors

Size bag:

Finished Bag 12″ W x 12″ L, excludes handles.

Handles 7″ long.

Abbreviations and Terms

Stitches used (American terms):

magic loop

slip stitch (sl st)

single crochet (sc)

double crochet (dc)

yarn over (yo)

RS – right side

How to add your new color:

Crochet to the end of the round. Finish crocheting the last stitch with the old color.

Insert your hook into the first stitch of the round. Now, yarn over with the new color of yarn, and pull

through both the stitch and the loop on the hook to finish the slip stitch.

This simple move accomplishes three things – it finishes the slip stitch, joins the round, and changes the

yarn color all at the same time. Now you can chain up and start the next round in the new color.

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Instructions

1. Take your dark blue yarn and hook and begin with

a magic loop.

2. Place 8 sc stitches inside the magic loop, join with a

slip stitch whit wite yarn.

3. Join white yarn in one of the sc stitches and chain 3.

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4. First petal: after the ch 3, you need to do a 3dc crochet

cluster. yo, insert hook, yo, pull through, yo pull through 2

loops only. repeat 2 more times until you have 4 loops on

your hook. yo and pull through all 4 loops. ch 2. (the chain 3

counted as a dc).

5. Remaining petals: make a 4 dc cluster in each remaining sc

stitch for a total of 8 petals. yo, insert hook, yo, pull through,

yo pull through 2 loops only. repeat 3 more times until you

have 5 loops on your hook. yo and pull through all 5 loops.

ch 2.

6. Once petals are complete, join with a slip stitch at the top of

the initial ch 2 and change color.

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7. Join gray color yarn and ch 3.

8. Make 3 dc stitches in the next ch 2 space.

9. In the next ch 2 space, 3 dc, ch 2, 3 dc for the first

full corner.

10. Repeat steps 8 and 9 until you get back to your ch3.

2 dc in the space before the ch 3 and change color.

11. Join red color yarn and ch 3.

12. Make 3 dc stitches in the next ch 2 space.

13. In the next ch 2 space, 3 dc, ch 2, 3 dc for the first

full corner.

14. Make 3 dc stitches in the next ch 2 space.

15. Repeat steps 12,13 and 14 until you get back to

your ch3. 2 dc in the space before the ch 3 and

change color.

16. Join pink color yarn and sc all around and fasten

off.

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Assembly Chart

Arrange your squares in the order you want them, like the Assembly Chart photo below, then connect or

join them together in numerical order 1-13, all with RS facing.

Connect, in numerical order, 1-13, as in photo below.

Fold lines are in dashes. SM = stitch marker at top of Squares 1 & 2 where handles go.

Arrows indicate fold on top of each other, 5 & 8, and 4 & 7.

FLIP STITCH GRANNY JOIN

1) Color E yarn to join. Squares (blocked), hook, and yarn for the joining

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2) a. Place the squares with the right side showing up as we

are going to work on the right side of the square.

b. Make a slip knot on the hook to begin, insert the hook

into the back loop of the corner stitch of the first square,

bring a loop out and make a slip-stitch.

3) Insert the hook into the same back-loop corner stitch

from front to back.

4) Insert the hook into the back loop of the corner stitch of the second square, from front to back too.

5) Yarn should be always at the bottom of your work. Now, hook

the yarn and bring it up from the second square loop followed

by the first square loop.

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6) Slip stitch to the first loop on the hook.

7) Repeat the process on the second pair of stitches and so on.

8) Continue until you reach the corner stitch right after the last double crochet stitch on this edge.

9) Bring in squares 3 and 4, continue like the beginning of squares 1 and 2 except that you don’t have

to make a slip knot onto the hook.

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10) Continue joining stitch on square 3 and 4 till the end.

11) Follow the same instructions when you do the column join until you reach the end of your first

square.

12) Make a chain stitch to cross over the row joint and repeat the same whenever you need to cross the

following row joints.

13) Continue with the normal flat slip-stitch until you reach the end. Fasten off.

14) Here is an example of a 13-square join.

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15) This is how the joint looks like at the back of the squares

Now comes the exciting part! After the 13 squares have been seamed together, fold the piece upwards as

shown below so that the top tips of the granny squares are lined up.

Next, fold the side granny squares in half inwards upon themselves so that the side tips are pointing

towards the granny square in the middle.

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Whip stitch the edges as indicated below by the dotted lines: the edges of the side granny squares and

the diagonals of the bottom granny squares.

You have completed the body of the bag! Weave in the ends and get ready to crochet the strap. The 13

granny squares have been seamed together and folded in a special way to create the body of the bag. It is

now time to work on the top edging and sturdy strap. To begin, start in the right corner of the lower edge

as indicated by the red circle. Work single crochets along all the stitches of the top edge until the blue

circle.

As you approach the tip of the second granny square, get ready to crochet the first strap. Chain 60 and

join to the tip of the first granny square with a single crochet (be careful not to twist the chain).

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We will insert our crochet hook into back loop in top of the first granny square. Work single crochets

three the stitches.

Turn and insert hook into the 2nd chain from the hook, pull up a loop, insert hook into the next stitch,

pull up a loop and insert hook into next stitch (in the chain), pull u a loop (4 loops).

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Part 1: Pull through in every 2 loops. Until the end of the row.

Part 2: *Insert hook in front loops, pull up* twice and insert hook into next stitch (in the chain), pull up

(4 loops).

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Repeat Part 1 and Part 2 until the end of the chain.

*Insert hook in front loops and the stitches of granny square, pull up* twice and insert hook into next

stitch (in the chain), pull up (4 loops).

Pull through in every 2 loops. Until the end of the row.

Then keep working single crochets along all the stitches of the top edge to the end of the second square.

Repeat the above process with the other side of the bag. Your bag is ready.

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