You’re going to love this free crochet pattern for the crochet clutch. First of all, if you don’t have much time, this amazing crochet pattern is perfect for you.
All you need is about half a skein of one typical sized fabric yarn skein (750 g), a 15 mm crochet hook & one or two hours to kill. That’s it!
Not convinced? Well the crochet clutch bag is also going to be your true companion whenever you need to bring something with you all summer long. Let say, shopping, traveling, a summer party? That’s what the crochet clutch pattern is made for.
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Crochet Summer Clutch Crochet Pattern
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About the Crochet Clutch Pattern
The crochet clutch is such a rewarding pattern & it works up fast. It’s such a fun crochet idea to crochet, especially since you can find fabric yarn in such great colors.
What’s especially neat about the crochet cutch is that you can use recycled fabric to make it. Either yarn from your own old clothes or from fabric waste.
So don’t be afraid to play with colors on this one, have some fun!
Project level: Intermediate
Materials
Hook I used: A wooden crochet hook from a Wool and the Gang kit
Crochet Hook Size
Yarn
- Yarn
- Hoooked – Zpagetti
- Weight
- 6 Super Bulky Yarn
- Fiber
- 90% cotton, 10% other recycled fibers
Yarn amount needed:
0.5 skeins · 375 grams · 62.5 meters · 68 yards
Other Materials Needed
- Needle
- 2 buttons/closing, either magnetic or snap
Gauge
Measured over back loop slip stitches crocheted in rounds:
8 stitches & 8.6 rounds per 10 cm / 4".
Crochet Pattern Notes
- This crochet pattern is written in US terms.
- All measurements given are unblocked.
- Note that measurements are given as exact as possible. But crochet tension & technique might give variations in the result, that changes from person to person.
- Read pattern instructions carefully before beginning to make sure you understand everything. It might save you hours frogging your work & crocheting it again!
- Make a swatch that measures at least 10 x 10 cm / 4 x 4 inches using the stitch the gauge is given for. If your swatch matches the gauge, you’re good to go. If the gauge is wrong, you might need to change your hook. Go up in crochet hook size if your stitches are smaller & go down in crochet hook size if your stitches are bigger. Learn more about testing gauge.
- Check yarn info if you want to find an alternative or test your yarn against the gauge. Learn more about substituting yarn.
- This pattern is written for 1 size. Size adjustments are added under the heading “Sizes & Measurements”.
- At the end of each row and round, the stitch count is given in parenthesis.
- Gauge isn’t that important for this tutorial. It can be made in any size & the size can be adjusted by editing starting stitches. However, note that any change in size, affects how much yarn you’ll need.
Sizes and Measurements
Width: 26 cm / 10.2 inches measured at the narrowest. The overlapping closing measures about 28 cm / 11 inches.
Height: 16 cm / 6.3 inches measured on the back of the bag.
Abbreviations
- BL = back loop
- ch = chain
- dc = double crochet
- FL = front loop
- FSC = foundation single crochet
- prev = previous
- sc = single crochet
- sk = skip / skipped
- sl st = slip stitch
- st = stitch(es)
- tr = treble crochet
We try our best to include all crochet abbreviations in the list above for the crochet pattern, but sometimes we may forget one or two.
Learn more about crochet abbreviations & find a complete list on our Crochet Abbreviations & Terms post.
Stitches You Will Need
Special stitches you will need
- Foundation Single Crochet (FSC)
- Crocheting in the front & back loop. This means that you will not crochet through the whole stitch as usual. A typical stitch contains two loops. One in the front, nearest you, and another stitch in the back, furthest away from you. One is called the front loop (the one nearest you), the other one the back loop, the one furthest away from you. For this pattern you will crochet slip stitches through the front loop.
Instructions for the Crochet Clutch Pattern
Make 20 st using the FSC technique.
Notice: You’re making stitches to work in on both sides when using the FSC technique. The side you’re making with the crochet hook is the side you’d typically continue to crochet in, if you turn & continue. This will be called the regular side. However the other side or the opposite side will be the first side to crochet in on this project.
Round 1: Without turning, sl st directly in FL of opposite side of last FSC made, sl st in FL of all st on opposite side, 19 st + the first sl st. Sl st in FL of all st on the regular side, 20 st, do not end round (=40 st).
Round 2: Sl st in BL of all st from prev round, do not end round (=40 st).
Round 3-11: Repeat round 2.
From now on you’re going to crochet in rows to make the overlapping closing of the clutch.
Row 1: Turn. Ch 1, sc 1 in the next 19 st, turn (=20 st).
Row 2: Ch 1, *sk 2 st, dc 2 in next st, ch 5 st, sc 1 in 2nd ch from hook, sc 1 in the next 3 ch, dc 2 in same st as prev 2 dc, sk 2 st, sc 1 in next st*. Repeat from *to* 2 more times, turn (=43 st).
(You will not work in last st from prev row).
Row 3: Ch 3 st (counts as 1 st), yarn over, draw up a loop from BL of the next 6 st, yarn over, pull through all loops on hook, ch 2 st, sc 1 in 5th ch from prev row, *yarn over, draw up a loop from BL of the next 13 st, yarn over, pull through all loops on hook, ch 2 st, sc in 5th ch from last row*, repeat from *to* 1 more time, yarn over, pull up a loop from BL of the next 6 st, yarn over, pull through all loops on hook, ch 2, tr 1 in next st (=18 st).
Fasten off & cut yarn.
Finishing
Fasten threads & weave in ends.
Add 2 buttons, either magnetic or snap on the inside of the closing.
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