Crochet Pattern & Tutorial: Drawstring Treasure Pouch
A Crochet Pattern for Confident Beginners using the Moss Stitch
Welcome to the Restful Stitch! I am so happy to have you here. Today we are crocheting a cute little Treasure Pouch using the Moss stitch. This crochet pattern is great for beginners. It’s very repetitive with just enough variation to keep you on your toes. Just a few simple stitches create the beautiful woven looking moss stitch. It is worked in rounds so there is no sewing, yay!
We will be putting gemstones in these treasure pouches and tucking them into the Easter baskets of our rock loving littles. You could put money, jewelry or a gift card inside. The possibilities are as endless as your imagination. I hope that this pattern is helpful and enjoyable to you. Please leave a comment below because I would love to hear your thoughts and see what you have created. Here we go!
But first, You’re going to want to cue up an audio book in preparation for the 2 row repeat. We are here to crochet for rest, after all, so lets fuel our minds on the best literature! Have you read Ruth by Elizabeth Gaskell? I enjoyed listening to it while I crocheted. Here’s a quote from the book.
“The daily life into which people are born, and into which they are absorbed before they are well aware, forms chains which only one in a hundred has moral strength enough to despise, and to break when the right time comes – when an inward necessity for independent individual action arises, which is superior to all outward conventionalities.”
― Elizabeth Gaskell, Ruth
Materials
- Any color worsted weight (medium, size 4) yarn
- Crochet hook size I9/5.5mm (or size recommended on yarn packaging)
- Darning needle
- Scissors
- Stitch markers (optional, but helpful for beginners)
Notes:
- Guage is not really important to this pattern. The finished pouch is roughly 6” x 4”.
- This pouch is made using the moss stitch, which is a combination of single crochet and chain stitches. If you do not know these stitches follow the link listed below to learn.
- We will work in rounds for the pouch. If you have not worked in rounds before, that’s ok. It’s a great time to start!
Stitches & Abbreviations:
- Chain (ch) – yarn over, pull through loop on hook
- Chain space (ch sp)
- Double crochet (dc) – Yarn over, insert hook in indicated st, yarn over, pull through st (3 loops remain on hook), yarn over, pull through 2 loops (2 loops remain on hook), yarn over pull through last 2 loops.
- Single crochet (sc) – Insert hook in indicated stitch, yarn over, pull up a loop. (2 loops on hook) Yarn over, pull through 2 loops. (one loop on hook)
- Slip stitch (ss) – Insert hook in indicated stitch, yarn over and pull through all loops on hook.
- Stitch (st)
Crochet Pattern
Chain 17
We Will be working down one side of the chain and back up the other, then joining to form an oval shape.
Round 1: Sc in 2nd ch from hook. Sc in next 14 chs. 2sc in last ch. Turn work and you will be working back across the chain from the other side. (If you count backwards 3sc from the Sc nearest your hook, you will put your next Sc in the same chain. See first photo below) Sc in the next 15 chs and join with ss to the first sc. (32sc)
Round 2: Ch 1 (do not turn), sc in same st, ch 1. (You may want to add a stitch marker to the first sc to help identify it at the end of the round) *Skip next st, sc in next st, ch 1* repeat from * to * around and join with ss to the first sc. (16 sc, 16 ch sp)
Round 3: Ch 2 (counts as first ch sp of round 3). Place stitch marker around ch2. Sc in first ch1 space of round 2. *Ch 1, sc in next ch sp* repeat from * to * around. Join with ss to first ch sp. (16 ch sp, 16sc)
Round 4: Ch 1, sc in same ch sp, ch1. Place stitch marker in first Sc. *Sc in next sp, ch 1* repeat from * to * around. Join with ss to first sc. (16 sc, 16 ch sp)
Rounds 5-21: Repeat rows 3 & 4. You will end on a row 3 repeat.
Now we will use dc and ch sp to create the drawstring path.
Round 22: Ch 4 (counts as first dc and ch sp). *Dc in next sp, ch1* repeat from * to * around. Join with ss to 3rd ch of beginning ch4. (16dc, 16 ch sp)
Round 23: ch2, sc in first ch sp. *Ch1, SC in next ch sp* repeat from * to * around. Join with ss to first ch sp. (16 sc, 16 ch sp)
Round 24: Ch 1, sc in same ch sp, ch1. *Sc in next sp, ch 1* repeat from * to * around. Join with ss to first sc. (16 sc, 16 ch sp)
Finish off and weave in ends.
For the drawstrings:
Cut 2 strands of yarn about 18 inches long. Starting on one side of the bag weave one strand of yarn back and forth through the double crochet posts. Go all the way around so that you end on the side you started on.
Now repeat this process with the other strand, but start on the other side of the bag. Follow the same path as the first strand.
Tie the tails together towards the end of the strands.
Your treasure pouch is complete! I hope that it was a restful endeavor. If you are interested in how we can find true rest in the art of crochet please read my thoughts here: Crocheting For Rest and join in the conversation.
I would love for you to share your thoughts and creations using this crochet pattern. Please comment below or follow the links at the top to find me on Instagram and Facebook. Have a joyful day!
-Heather
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My name is Heather and I have been crocheting for over 20 years and making up my own patterns for almost as long. As a home school mother, heavily influenced by Charlotte Mason, I have a passion for mother culture – that is the continued self education of mothers. Through learning useful skills, creating art and reading great literature, all who so desire can continue to grow in wisdom and virtue. I believe that for mothers this is especially important as an example to our children and for the nourishing of our souls.
Through these free crochet tutorials and free crochet patterns I hope to share the joy and rest that I find in this art. In this space I pray to form a community of like minded woman, who are inspired to live up to their potential as whole people formed in the image of a wise, creative and good God.
-Heather
