Crochet GENTLE WAVES Pouch Free Pattern

Growing up in an island blessed with both majestic mountains and pearly seas, I spent most of my childhood days basking under a tropical sun swimming and splashing in our stony beach. I haven't been to the beach in a while. Maybe I should put the beach on a pouch. Hmmm...

I looked at the plarn I have and I had ample amounts of blue and white. Perfect!

What if I worked shells and dc-togs alternately? That should result into a wavy pattern.

Perhaps I am not the first one to make this stitch pattern. But a wavy pattern such as mine is not yet an overly used stitch pattern. Which is such a shame considering how easy it is to crochet and how beautiful the resulting crochet cloth is.

Although I used it here as a pouch, but it would look lovely as a scarf or belt too. It would also work well for an afghan.

Having a variety of colors would also make the stitch pattern pop. Upon experimenting with my pouch I realized that the best number of rows for each stripe is 3. But that's just me.

I hope you use this stitch pattern for other stuff, too.

Materials

• at least two colors of yarn
• zipper
• cloth

Tools

• suitable crochet hook
• sewing pins, needle and thread

For my GENTLE WAVES Pouch, I used blue and white 1/4-in single strand plarn cut from medium sized plastic bags that's thin and very pliable for crochet. I didn't need to condition it. I wanted it to be soft so I crocheted it using a #4 yarn hook. The white zipper is from YKK and the lining is from my old blouse that don't fit anymore.

In crochet, shells are defined as a group of 3 or more stitches worked in the same stitch or space with at least one dc stitch. For this pattern, it refers to a group of 5 dc's worked in the same stitch/chain. Shells are also used to increase the number of dc's.

Dc-tog literally means dc together. It refers to a group of dc's drawn together at the top. This is a technique used to decrease the number of dc's. I wrote more about it in my STARBUST Pouch. (I wish I could just copy-paste that part here so you won't have to go somewhere else. But Hubpages is quite strict in terms of duplicity of content.)

Shells are quite easy to understand. Dc-togs are a bit challenging to grasp at first. The video shows how to make a dc-2-tog.

1. The pouch is first worked as a strip. The side of the strip is lined with sc's twice. The zipper will be attached to these side. Then the strip is joined to form a coil with slip stitches. The remaining side will also be stitched to serve as the bottom of the pouch.
2. The foundation chain I wrote for this pattern is NOT the actual number of foundation chains that I used for the pouch. While crocheting the side of the strip I realized that it will be difficult to locate where to insert the hook once you begin working sideways.
3. The colors I used in each row are indicated in the table to the right.

To Make the Strip

Foundation Chain: Ch 29 (or a multiple of 6 + 4).

Row 1: Sk 3 ch, 2 dc in next ch, (dc5tog, 5 dc in next ch) repeat until 6 ch are left, dc5tog, 3 dc in last ch, ch 3, TURN.

Row 2: 2 dc in the 1st dc, (dc5tog, 5 dc in next st) repeat until 6 sts are left, dc5tog, 3 dc on top of turning ch, ch 3, TURN.

Repeat Row 2 38x or until length is sufficient.

Crochet the Side of the Strip

[Side Row: Ch 1, 5 sc every two rows, TURN.] Repeat 2x.

Join Strip into a Coil and Stitch the Bottom

Use sl sts to sew the side and bottom.

From Carrie Wolf's tutorial, I learned the basics of zipping and lining a crocheted bag.

However, I learned a few tricks of my own. Browse the pictures to the right to find out.