A crochet phone bag pattern with an embroidered blossom branch

This crochet phone bag pattern makes a small black crossbody bag with a neat flap, an embroidered branch, little white blossoms and a corded strap. The black background makes the flowers stand out, and they are the first thing anyone notices. Underneath them, the bag itself is one of the simplest shapes you can crochet.

The body is one seamless piece: an oval base, then plain rounds straight up, and a flap worked in rows on the back. The blossoms, leaves and branch are added afterwards, and the strap is a simple cord clipped on with two clasps. It finishes at about 18 cm tall and 10 cm wide (7 x 4 in), which holds most phones.

One oval, straight sides and a flap

The structure is easy to keep in your head, and the PDF lays it out in five parts:

• Base: an oval worked around both sides of a chain of 12, with rounds of 28 and 36 stitches.
• Edge: round 3 goes into the back loops only, and that turns the edge up.
• Sides: rounds 4 to 26 grow straight up in a spiral of single crochet, with no increases.
• Flap: 7 rows of 13 stitches, then narrowing to 11, 9 and 7.
• Decoration and strap: the branch, five blossoms, leaves, beads, snap, button and a corded strap.

Those rounds from 4 to 26 are pure, relaxing crochet with nothing to count except the rounds themselves, so most of the bag grows quickly in your hands. Then the slower, more decorative work begins.

The blossoms make this crochet phone bag pattern

This is the part that lifts the project. You stitch the branch onto the front of the bag in fine beige or tan cotton and add some little twigs. Each blossom is six loops in a ring, made in fine white cotton on a very fine hook, and you make five of them. Small leaves and 5 gold beads finish the arrangement.

If you have not used a steel hook before, take your time and use good light. Each flower is tiny, and the photos show how it should look. A small decorative button and a magnetic snap then close the flap, and you can place the branch a little differently from the photos if you like, since this is embroidery and not a counted chart.

What you get in the 15 pages

This crochet phone bag pattern holds 21 numbered steps and 24 photos across the body, flap, blossoms and strap. You also get the materials list, a stitch guide in US terms, a page on how the bag is built, a quick reference page and a troubleshooting page.

The troubleshooting covers the real problems of this shape. If the base cups up like a bowl, the stitches are too tight or an increase was missed, and round 2 should be 36. If the base ruffles, there are too many increases, because only the stitches around the two curved ends get one. If the sides lean or twist, that is normal for a spiral of single crochet, and a light steam makes the finished bag sit straight.

Yarn and notions for this crochet phone bag pattern

The main yarn is about 100 g of black medium weight (worsted or 4-ply), in acrylic or cotton, for the bag and the strap. You also need small amounts of fine white cotton and fine beige or tan cotton. If you want to check a yarn weight, the Craft Yarn Council yarn weight chart is a good reference. Here is everything else:

• A 5 mm hook for the bag and the strap
• A fine steel hook of about 1 mm for the blossoms and leaves, or 1.5 mm if your cotton is a little thicker
• One magnetic snap and one small decorative button
• 5 small gold beads, 2 lobster clasps and 2 small metal rings
• A stitch marker, plus blunt and sewing needles

Black shows off the white flowers best, but any dark solid colour will carry the blossoms in the same way.

Who this crochet phone bag pattern suits

It is rated easy. If you can work a spiral of single crochet, you can make the body, and the embroidery is what gives you something new to learn. It also suits you if you have wanted to try fine thread flowers without committing to a large project. To see more bag ideas, browse our free crochet bag patterns, or get this one in the bag and bracelet pattern pack with a half moon bag and a rose bracelet.

What happens after you buy

This crochet phone bag pattern is a digital PDF, which means the pattern file comes to you and the bag is yours to make. Yarn, beads and clasps are not included, and nothing is shipped. After you pay, sign in to Whop with the code in your email and open your file, ready to print or to read on a screen.

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