Crochet Colorful Bobbles Sling Bag Pattern

Transform your leftover yarn into a whimsical bobble-stitched sling bag, perfect for adding a pop of color to your daily ensemble or delighting a child with a handmade treasure. This easy-to-follow Crochet Colorful Bobbles Sling Bag pattern utilizes sport weight yarn in a harmony of hues, crafting a bag that's both compact and charming, with a 7-inch width and slightly less stature. Enjoy the simplicity of crochet with this pattern and witness the magic unfolding stitch by stitch into this lovely accessory.

Crochet Colorful Bobbles Sling Bag Pattern

Materials Needed

Sport weight yarns in small quantities, specifically in one main color and three complementing colors.
Crochet hook size 3.5 mm.
1 inch diameter button.
Yarn needle.

Abbreviations Used

[ ]: Work instructions within brackets as a set as needed.
Ch: Chain.
St/Sts: Stitch/Stitches.
Sl St: Slip Stitch.
Sc: Single Crochet.
Dc: Double Crochet.
3dc cluster: Double Crochet 3 stitches worked together in the same stitch.

Round 1

- Use MC (main color)
- Ch 34
- 2 dc in the 4th ch from hook
- Dc in the rest of the chs across except for the last one
- 5 dc in the last ch
- Dc in the next 29 chs on the other side
- 2 dc in the last ch
- Join with a sl st to the 3rd ch at the beginning of the round
  - Note: The skipped 3 ch at the beginning counts as the first st (68 sts total)

Round 2

- Ch 3 (counts as the first st)
- 2 dc in the next st
- Dc in the next 31 sts
- 2 dc in the next st
- Dc in the next st
- 2 dc in the next st
- Dc in the next 31 sts
- 2 dc in the next st
- Join with a sl st to the third ch (72 sts total)

For Round 3

- Ch 3 (counts as the first st)
- Dc in each st around
- Join with a sl st to the first st
  - Note: still 72 sts total

Round 4

- Pull CC1 (complementing color 1) through the loop
- Sc in the first st
- 3dc cluster in the next st
- Repeat [sc in next 7 sts, 3dc cluster in next st] 8 times
- Sc in the rest of the 6 sts
- Join with a sl st to the first sc

Round 5

- Pull MC through the loop
- Ch 3
- Dc in each st around
- Join with a sl st to the first st

For Round 6

- Ch 3
- Dc in each st around
- Join with a sl st to the first st

Round 7

- Pull CC2 through the loop
- Ch 1
- Sc in 5 sts
- 3dc cluster in the next st
- Repeat [sc in next 7 sts, 3dc cluster in next st] 8 times
- Sc in the last 2 sts
- Join with a sl st to the first sc