Designer: Natascha Zayceva
This crochet backpack is made to fit small amigurumi toys and crochet characters. Its compact shape and cute details create a practical little accessory that adds personality to your handmade creations.
Materials needed to make this tiny backpack are fine yarn weight, a 2.5 mm crochet hook, and a button. All you need to make this puppy is to know some basic crochet stitches like single crochet stitches, half double crochet, and some crochet techniques like how to increase.
This tutorial is very easy to follow and has a lot of pictures that show each step in the tutorial, and it also has a photo tutorial on how to assemble all pieces to make the backpack.
Pick your prettiest cotton, and in one cozy evening your doll will have the cutest bag on the shelf.
Materials
- Fine/4ply yarn Yarnart Jeans (50g/160 m, Cotton 55%, Acrylic 45%): brown 71
- 3.5 mm and 2.5 mm crochet hooks
- 15 mm button
Abbreviations
Mr – magic ring
ch – chain
sl st – slip stitch
sc – single crochet
hdc – half double crochet
inc – increase
Backpack
Start with brown yarn, 2.5 mm crochet hook.
Rnd 1: ch 11, start on the second chain from the hook: inc, 8 sc, inc, on the other side of the chain: inc, 8 sc, inc (24)
Rnd 2: (sc, inc, 8 sc, inc, sc) x 2 (28)
Rnd 3: (sc, inc x 2, 8 sc, inc x 2, sc) x 2 (36)
Rnd 4: (2 sc, inc x 2, 12 sc, inc x 2, 3 sc) x 2 (44)
Rnd 5: (3 sc, inc x 2, 12 sc, inc x 2, 3 sc) x 2 (52)
Rnd 6-26: 21 round of 52 sc (52) + 4 sc to the edge, the thread should be above the edge of the foundation chain.
From the next stitch mark a beginning of a new rounds.
Rnd 27: 2 hdc, ch 1, skip one stitch, 5 hdc, ch 1, skip one stitch, 7 hdc, ch 1, skip one stitch, (5 hdc, ch 1, skip one stitch) x 3, 7 hdc, ch 1, skip one stitch, 5 hdc, ch 1, skip one stitch, 2 hdc, sc (52)
Rnd 28-29: 2 rounds of 52 sc (52), skip one stitch, 2 sl st
Cut the yarn, fasten off and hide under stitches
Cars
Make ch 90.
Tie knots at the ends.
Flap
Work in rows, starting each new row with ch 1.
Row 1: ch 5, from the second chain from the hook 4 sc (4)
Row 2: inc, 2 sc, inc (6)
Row 3: inc, 4 sc, inc (8)
Row 4: inc, 6 sc, inc (10)
Row 5: 10 sc (10)
Row 6: inc, 8 sc, inc (12)
Row 7-23: 17 rows of 12 sc (12)
Next, work along the sides with sc into each row and make a button loop.
Edging: 23 sc, ch 6, skip 4 stitches on the foundation chain, 23 sc.
Leave the yarn end for sewing.
Pockets x2
Work in rows, starting each new row with ch 1.
Row 1: ch 9, from the second chain from the hook: (inc, sc) x 2, (sc, inc) x 2 (12)
Row 2-8: 7 rows of 12 sc (12)
Leave the yarn end for sewing.
Straps x2
Leave the yarn end for sewing.
Row 1: ch 51, from the second chain from the hook 50 sc (50), ch 1, turn
Row 2: 50 sc (50)
Leave the yarn end for sewing.
Assembly
- Sew the flap to the back center, 2 rounds down from the round with hdc stitches.
- Sew the pockets to the sides, along 8 rounds, from round 6 from the bottom, along 3 sides. Sew them using 8 stitches at the bottom and 10 stitches between the edges at the top.
- Sew a button to the front after round 18.
- Sew the straps crosswise. At the top, under the flap, along the edges. At the bottom, near the lower edges of the pockets.
