I love giving little Valentine's Day treats to friends and family, and the Cross My Heart Treat Bag is fun and fast enough I can make a whole bunch! I hope they help you spread the love too!
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The Cross My Heart Treat Bag is made with simple crochet stitches, easy enough for anyone who's ready to work in the round. And the heart is added cross-stitch style, easy peasy! So you can add any image to your bag you like - like a pumpkin or ghost for Halloween! There are lots of easy small cross-stitch patterns online for inspiration!
Cross My Heart Treat Bag
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US - E, 3.5mm Furls Fiberarts hook
32 yds Lion Brand 24/7 Cotton (100% cotton; Worsted/UK: 10 ply/"4″; 186 yds/170 m; 100 grams/3.53 oz)
Color A: Pink - 31 yds per bag
Color B: White - 1 yard per bag
Ribbon (optional) - 9" length, ⅜″ wide
Gauge: 1.75" diameter after Round 5
Finished Size: 1.75" diameter x 3" tall
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INSTRUCTIONS:
NOTE: This pattern is worked in a spiral, with no join at the end of each round. Use a stitch marker to mark the first stitch of each round to help you keep your place.
Rnd 1: With Color A, make a magic circle, ch 1, sc 6 in the ring. (6 sts)
Rnd 2: Work 2 sc in each st around. (12 sts)
Rnd 3: *Sc in the next st, 2 sc in the next st; repeat from * around. (18 sts)
Rnd 4: *Sc in the next 2 sts, 2 sc in the next st; repeat from * around. (24 sts)
Rnd 5: *Sc in the next 3 sts, 2 sc in the next st; repeat from * around. (30 sts)
Rnd 6: Hdc in the BLO of each st around. (30 sts)
Rnd 7 - 14: Hdc in each st around. (30 sts)
Break for Cross-Stitch Section:
Remove hook from active loop and place stitch marker in loop to save place. Working opposite of the active loop, use yarn needle to cross-stitch the heart with Color B onto the fabric of the bag, starting with the bottom stitch in Rnd 7, and ending with the last row in Rnd 11. If needed, find more info on cross-stitching HERE. (Moogly tutorial coming soon!)
Resume Crocheting (remove stitch marker from active loop and replace hook in loop):
Rnd 15: *Ch 1, skip 1, hdc in next st; repeat from * around. (15 ch, 15 hdc)
Rnd 16: Work 2 hdc in each ch-2 sp around. (30 sts)
Rnd 17: Hdc in each st around. (30 sts)
Rnd 18: Sc in the 1st st, sl st in next st, break yarn and seamless join to next st (remaining sts unworked). (2 sts)
Assembly: Thread ribbon through ch-1 sps of Rnd 15. Alternately, use Color B to make a 9" long chain to use in place of the ribbon.
And that's the free crochet pattern for the Cross My Heart Treat Bag! I hope you enjoy making it - for lots of holidays to come! And for your planning purposes - each one holds up to 6 of the pictured candies!
The Fine Print
Written pattern copyright Tamara Kelly 2017, all rights reserved. If you wish to make items for sale from this pattern or translate it to another language, please visit the About page for details. Thank you to Lion Brand Yarn for providing the yarn for this pattern!
Sophie
Really cute! These would be lovely for little toiletry bags with minis in <3
Tamara Kelly
😀 Thank you!
Karla B.
These will be perfect for my daughter's teachers. Hopefully I can make enough in time for Valentine's day!
Tamara Kelly
😀 I'm glad you like them, thank you!
BLB
MOOGLY:
Please need info RE: X my heart treat bag---Am having a problem--even with beg sc in Rnd 3 ; I still get too many sts. Common sense dictates that 2 in ea. sc will give you double the amount. Yes, am a repeating beginner, but do know how to multiply. (as most of current generation does not know how without their phone, calc., or computer. I am not a soc. media addict, either. 🙂 Thank you, Betty
Is there not another way to reach you for questions re: patterns--could not find a return or email address?
Tamara Kelly
Hello BLB! You can comment here, or you can use the Contact Me button at the top of the site which will send it to email. I'm not typically online on the weekends though, I try to set aside time for family and actual crocheting on the weekends. Gotta design all these patterns sometime! 🙂
So it sounds like you are getting 12 sc in Round 2, just not hitting the target for Round 3? In Round 3, the instructions read: *Sc in the next st, 2 sc in the next st; repeat from * around. (18 sts)
This means you crochet 1 sc in the first st, 2 sc in the next st, 1 sc in the next st, 2 sc in the next st, etc on around. So when you look at the 12 sts in Rnd 2, you'll work increases in every other stitch - 6 total, for 6 additional stitches, and a total of 18. Does that make sense?
Vivian Brown
Hi, Thanks for the pattern; I wrote it on a piece of paper and Titled it Valentine Bag. Is that okay with you. These bags will be great gift bags for jewelry items for others for Birthdays and Holidays. Thanks so much ! Viv
Tamara Kelly
Hi Vivian! You can write it down or print it out whatever works for you! ♥ I hope you enjoy making it!