If you’re an absolute beginner crocheter, this is the easiest little bag to make! Usually when I teach people to crochet I’ll teach them to make a scarf, but in the spring and summer that isn’t the most ideal project, so I came up with this bag project as a cute warm-weather alternative.

This purse starts out as a simple rectangle, which is then folded and seamed up the edges, leaving a couple inches for a flap with an optional buttonhole. The strap is made separately then sewn on.
This purse is the easier beginner version of our Little Purse No. 1 pattern!

SKILL LEVEL
Absolute Beginner
(refer to this page for skill level descriptions)

TECHNIQUES USED
chain stitch, single crochet, simple seaming, weaving in ends.

YARN
110 yards of worsted weight yarn

HOOK
US J / 6 mm hook

NOTIONS
scissors, darning/tapestry needle, darning/tapestry needle, scissors, 3/4” button (optional)

GAUGE
3.5 sts & 4 rows per inch in single crochet

MEASUREMENTS
7.25” wide, 6” tall, 40” strap (can be modified)