Discover a delightful blend of rustic elegance and practical storage with this cute crochet cherry drawstring pouch pattern! Designed as a multi-functional storage accessory packed with vintage elegance, this free pattern crafts a textured pouch body in warm rustic red, cream, and sage green, framed by a delicate scalloped picot rim, a dimensional cherry applique, and dual drawstrings finished with blooming flower charms.
It is an ideal DIY craft project for fast scrap yarn busting and an absolute top-seller for craft market stalls, spring pop-ups, and boutique gift displays. For sweet handmade gifts, use it as a stylish organizer for makeup, coins, jewelry, lip balms, or wireless earphones!
Materials & Tools
Yarn (4-ply or 5-ply cotton/acrylic blend):
Brick Red / Rust: for the bag body, cherries, and flower petals
Cream / Off-White: for the top picot rim, circular patch, and flower centers
Sage Green: for the drawstrings, cherry stems, and bow
Crochet Hook: 2.5 mm
Tapestry / Yarn Needle: for sewing and weaving in ends
Scissors
Stitch Marker
Abbreviations (US Terms)
MR: Magic ring
ch: Chain
sc: Single crochet
hdc: Half double crochet
dc: Double crochet
sl st: Slip stitch
st(s): Stitch(es)
sk: Skip
Part 1: Drawstring Bag Body (Brick Red Yarn)
Oval Base & Round 1
Foundation Chain: With red yarn, chain 36.
Round 1:
Starting in the 3rd chain from the hook, work 1 dc in each chain across for 33 stitches.
In the very last chain stitch, work 3 dc into the same stitch to round the corner.
Turn your work to crochet along the opposite side of the foundation chain: work 1 dc in each of the next 33 chain loops.
In the remaining end space, work 2 dc into the base of the turning chain to complete the second rounded corner (total 70 dc stitches).
Join with a sl st into the top of the beginning chain 2.
Body Rounds (Rounds 2 to 14)
Round 2:
Chain 2 (does not count as a stitch here and throughout).
Work 1 dc in each stitch around (70 dc).
Join with a sl st to the first dc of the round.
Rounds 3 to 14:
Repeat Round 2: ch 2, work 1 dc in each stitch around (70 dc per round), join with a sl st to the first dc.
Note: Round 13 will serve as the eyelet row where the drawstrings are later woven between the double crochet posts.
On the final stitch of Round 14, complete the last step of the double crochet by pulling through with Cream/Off-White yarn to change colors cleanly. Cut the red yarn leaving a tail to weave in.
