Want to beautify your bags? Learn how to crochet an adorable grapes bag charm that can double as a small pouch for your additional essentials with this tutorial from Putri. It requires completely zero stuffing and you will love its texture. Whether to charm up your bags or for gift-giving, it is completely irresistible. This post is all about providing you will all the details about this project and you can recreate it following the video pattern.
Skill Level: This fruit project is for Intermediate crocheters
Techniques Required: Double crochet (dc), increase and decrease, popcorn stitch, tying slip knot and chain stitch (ch), slip stitch join (sl st), working in the rounds.
How to Crochet Popcorn Stitch?
Here's how you can crochet the popcorn stitch:
- Crochet a cluster of double crochets (usually 5) into the same stitch.
- Remove the hook from the last loop.
- Insert the hook into the first double crochet of the group.
- Grab the loop from the last double crochet with the hook.
- Pull the loop through the first double crochet.
Best for: Use it as a hangers in stalls, charm for backpacks or purses, pouch for little ones tools or as a sling bag making the strings larger. Keep your small stuff, like ChapStick, coins, candies, etc. Hope it will be helpful and happy crocheting
Materials Needed
Go to stash or marker and buy the following crochet supplies:
- Medium weight Cotton Yarn: Durable and holds its shape well, making it ideal for a bag charm that doubles as a pouch. Use in two colors like parrot (more green shade) and purple.
- 3mm crochet hook
- Tapestry Needle
- Scissors
- You can also use a liner fabric.
How was the Grapes Bag Charm Crocheted?
To crochet this grapes bag charm, you start with making a slip knot a row of chain stitches. Then you join the ends to form a ring using slip stitch.
Afterwards, you will crochet some double crochet decreases above this row. Then switch the color to purple and make popcorn stitches in successive rounds and decrease the number in each up to seven rounds. This forms the pouch.
Then make the strap just using the chain stitch. Then crochet the leaves and assemble everything together.
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