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Planning

1. **Design Strategy**: A round-bottomed drawstring pouch for storing scrunchies and hair ties, worked in worsted yarn. The body uses moss stitch (sc, ch 1) for a firm, textured fabric. An eyelet round carries a chain drawstring finished with pompom stoppers, and a picot edge trims the top. It suits an intermediate maker because it combines rounds, joined moss-stitch rounds, an eyelet round and a picot edging. 2. **Construction Plan**: The bag is worked seamlessly bottom-up in joined rounds: a flat circular base, then a straight moss-stitch body, an eyelet round, sc rounds and a picot edge, followed by a separate drawstring threaded through the eyelets. 3. **Quality Assurance**: - Moss stitch in joined rounds can drift. Starting each round in the ch-1 space keeps the columns aligned. - The base must lie flat. Use the stated 6-st increase rounds and check gauge before starting. - The eyelet count must be even (24 eyelets) so the drawstring enters and exits at the same side. 4. **Final Calculations**: - Gauge: 14 sts × 16 rnds = 4 in (10 cm) in moss stitch on a 5 mm hook. - Base: 6 → 48 sts over 8 rnds, about 4.4 in (11 cm) across. - Body: 48 sts (24 sc + 24 ch-1 sp), 24 rnds, about 6 in tall. - Circumference: 48 ÷ 3.5 sts/in = 13.75 in, so the bag is 6.75 in wide when flat. - Total height: about 7.5 in (19 cm). - Drawstring: ch 120, about 30 in.

Verification

1. **Completeness**: The pattern includes materials, gauge, size, abbreviations, base, body, eyelet round, edging, drawstring, finishing and placement of the drawstring ends. 2. **Consistency**: 48 sts at 3.5 sts/in gives 13.7 in circumference. Rounds 9–32 are 24 rounds, which at 4 rnds/in gives 6 in. 3. **Constraints**: The item is a crochet scrunchie bag in worsted yarn at intermediate level, using US terms and inches first. 4. **Safety (math check)**: The base increases by 6 per round: 6, 12, 18, 24, 30, 36, 42, 48 ✓. 5. **Transition counts**: - Moss set-up round: 24 sc + 24 ch-1 sp = 48 ✓. - Eyelet round: 24 dc + 24 ch-1 sp = 48 ✓. - Sc round: 24 sc in dc + 24 sc in sp = 48 ✓. - Picot round: 48 ÷ 2 = 24 picots ✓. 6. **Fix before writing**: All checks pass; no corrections needed. This is a bag, so no Finished measurements table is required.

Pattern

Scrunchie Keeper Drawstring Bag

A textured, round-bottomed drawstring pouch sized to hold 10–15 scrunchies. It is worked seamlessly from the base up, with a moss-stitch body, an eyelet drawstring channel and a picot top edge.

Skill level: Intermediate

Size and Finished Dimensions

One size.

  • Base diameter: 4.4 in (11 cm)
  • Circumference: 13.75 in (35 cm); width when flat: 6.75 in (17 cm)
  • Height: 7.5 in (19 cm)

Materials

  • Worsted weight yarn (#4), about 120 yd (110 m). Cotton or a cotton blend is recommended so the fabric is firm.
  • US H-8 (5 mm) crochet hook
  • Stitch marker
  • Tapestry needle
  • Optional: small amount of contrast yarn for the pompoms

Gauge

  • 14 sts × 16 rnds = 4 in (10 cm) in moss stitch worked in the round. Each "st" is one sc or one ch-1 sp.
  • Base check: after Rnd 4 (24 sts) the circle should measure 2.25 in (5.5 cm) across.
  • If your gauge is off, change hook size; the bag size depends on it.

Abbreviations (US)

  • ch: chain
  • sc: single crochet
  • dc: double crochet
  • sl st: slip stitch
  • st(s): stitch(es)
  • sp: space
  • sk: skip
  • inc: 2 sc in the same st
  • rnd(s): round(s)

Pattern Notes

  • Every round is joined with a sl st.
  • The beginning ch-1 never counts as a stitch.
  • Place the marker in the first st of each round.
  • In moss rounds, count each sc and each ch-1 sp as one stitch.

Base

  1. Rnd 1: Make a magic ring. Ch 1, then work 6 sc in the ring. Join. (6 sts)
  2. Rnd 2: Ch 1, inc in each st around. Join. (12 sts; 6 + 6 = 12 ✓)
  3. Rnd 3: Ch 1, sc 1, inc; repeat 6 times. Join. (18 sts ✓)
  4. Rnd 4: Ch 1, sc 2, inc; repeat 6 times. Join. (24 sts ✓)
  5. Rnd 5: Ch 1, sc 3, inc; repeat 6 times. Join. (30 sts ✓)
  6. Rnd 6: Ch 1, sc 4, inc; repeat 6 times. Join. (36 sts ✓)
  7. Rnd 7: Ch 1, sc 5, inc; repeat 6 times. Join. (42 sts ✓)
  8. Rnd 8: Ch 1, sc 6, inc; repeat 6 times. Join. (48 sts ✓)

The base should now measure 4.4 in (11 cm) across and lie flat.

Body (Moss Stitch)

  1. Rnd 9 (set-up): Work this round in the back loops only to create a crisp base edge. Ch 1, sc in next st, ch 1, sk next st; repeat 24 times. Join to the first sc. (24 sc + 24 ch-1 sp = 48 sts ✓)
  2. Rnd 10: Sl st into the next ch-1 sp. Ch 1, sc in ch-1 sp, ch 1, sk next sc; repeat 24 times. Join to the first sc. (48 sts ✓)
  3. Rnds 11–32: Repeat Rnd 10 a further 22 times. This gives 24 body rounds in total.

Check: Rnds 9–32 make 24 rnds; at 16 rnds per 4 in, the body measures 6 in (15 cm). (48 sts)

Drawstring Channel and Top Edge

  1. Rnd 33 (eyelets): Sl st into the next ch-1 sp. Ch 3 (counts as dc), ch 1, sk next sc. Dc in next ch-1 sp, ch 1, sk next sc; repeat 23 more times. Join to the 3rd ch of the beginning ch-3. (24 dc + 24 ch-1 sp = 48 sts, 24 eyelets ✓)
  2. Rnd 34: Ch 1, sc in dc, sc in ch-1 sp; repeat 24 times. Join. (48 sts ✓)
  3. Rnd 35: Ch 1, sc in each st around. Join. (48 sts)
  4. Rnd 36 (picot): Ch 1, sc in next st, ch 3, sl st in the sc just made, sc in next st; repeat 24 times. Join. (48 sc, 24 picots ✓)
  5. Fasten off and weave in the ends.

Drawstring

  1. Ch 120, which measures about 30 in (76 cm).
  2. Sl st in the back bump of the 2nd ch from the hook and in each ch to the end. (119 sl sts)
  3. Fasten off, leaving 4 in tails.

Finishing

  1. Start at the eyelet directly above the round-join seam (eyelet 1). Weave the drawstring outward through eyelet 1, inward through eyelet 2, and continue alternating all the way around.
  2. After working through all 24 eyelets, bring the end out through eyelet 24, beside the starting end. Both ends now exit on the outside at the seam line.
  3. Make two pompoms, each 1.25 in (3 cm) across. Tie one to each drawstring end, 0.5 in from the tip, using the tails.
  4. Pull the drawstring to cinch the bag closed. Tie the ends in a bow to close it fully.
  5. Optional: to shape the bag, steam-block it lightly over a 4.5 in diameter jar.

Final check: Base 48 sts → body 48 sts × 24 rnds → eyelets 24 → top edge 48 sts with 24 picots ✓

Disclaimer: This pattern was generated by AI and should be reviewed for accuracy before use. While we strive for quality, AI-generated content may contain errors. Please verify measurements, stitch counts, charts, and instructions before beginning your project. Generated by purlJam.uk

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