A very very simple crochet bag created with a slightly challenging but truly beautiful crochet stitch you are about to discover in this new crochet video tutorial. The Vinca flower stitch crochet bag. And for those of you who are curious about the name, I must admit that vinca (also known as periwinkle) is the only four-pedal flower that could come to my mind.
So, if you are one of those crochet stitch collectors that are always eager to discover something new you are going to love this stitch. It’s highly decorative, three-dimensional, dense, and it resembles a four-pedal flower. It presents similarities to the Jasmine stitch but it is significantly less yarn-consuming and much easier to work.
The Vinca flower stitch is worked in joined rounds and it’s a one-round repeat pattern. To work this stitch, you need to start with a foundation that’s a multiple of 3. If you don’t want to use a bag shaper you can crochet an oval or a base. Even if your perimeter doesn’t result in a multiple of 3 you can fix this by adding increases to the second round of double crochet.
The same applies to those of you who will use a bag shaper with a number of holes different from the bag shaper used on the video. By adding an increase into each corner of your bag shaper you add 4 extra stitches to the total of your 2nd round. So, all you have to do is count to find how many stitches you need to add to result into a multiple of 3 and then add the same number of increases at the corners of your base.
Supplies
- 3 Skeins of Ribbon Yarn (100% cotton, 160m/250gr each)
- A 3mm crochet hook (or one that fits the holes of the bag shaper)
- A 6mm crochet hook (US: J/10)
- A Bag shaper (32cm Width x 12cm Depth or bigger or smaller)
- A pair of matching handles
- A 35cm Zipper (or in proportion to the size of your bag shaper)
- Needle and thread for sewing
- Pins
- Scissors
Vinca flower stitch crochet bag pattern
Abbreviations
- Ch: Chain
- St: Stitch
- Slst: Slip stitch
- Dc: Double crochet
- Hdc: Half double crochet
- Vst: Vinca flower stitch.
- Round 1: Make a slipknot. Insert your 3mm hook into the middle hole of one side of your bag shaper. Pull the slipknot up. *Insert the hook into the next hole to your left. Yarn over and pull a loop. Slst. * Repeat ** until you work the last hole. Enlarge your open-loop and remove your hook. Insert into the 1st slpst from the top of the st. and pull the open-loop up. Insert into the last slst of the round back loop only yarn over and ch 2.
- Round 2: Place a dc into the same st. Place 1 dc into each st of until your reach the 1st corner. Place 2 increases into 2 st of the corner. *Place 1dc into each st until you reach the next corner. Place 2 increases into 2 st of the corner. * Repeat ** until you complete the last st. insert into the 1st st of the 2nd round and slst to join.
- Round 3: Ch 1. Pull up your loop to make it long. Insert into the same st yarn over and pull a long loop. Skip 2 st. Insert into the 3d st yarn over and pull a long loop. Yarn over insert into the same st yarn over and pull up a long loop. Yarn over and pull through all loops on your hook. Ch 1. Place 1 dc into the 1st of the 2 skipped stitches going from the back. Place 1 dc into the second of the 2 skipped stitches again going from the back. *Insert into the same st yarn over and pull a long loop. Yarn over insert into the same st, yarn over, and pull up a long loop. Skip 2 st. Insert into the 3d st yarn over and pull a long loop. Yarn over insert into the same st yarn over and pull up a long loop. Yarn over and pull through all loops on your hook. Ch 1. Place 1 dc into the 1st of the 2 skipped stitches going from the back. Place 1 dc into the second of the 2 skipped stitches again going from the back. * Repeat ** until the last 2 stitches of the round. Insert into the same st yarn over and pull a long loop. Yarn over insert into the same st, yarn over, and pull up a long loop. Skip 2 st. Insert into the 1st st of the 2nd round yarn over and pull a long loop. Yarn over insert into the same st yarn over and pull up a long loop. Yarn over and pull through all loops on your hook. Ch 1. Place 1 dc into the 1st of the 2 skipped stitches going from the back. Place 1 dc into the second of the 2 skipped stitches again going from the back. Insert into the 1st chain of the 2nd round and slst.
- Round 4: Ch 1. Pull up your loop to make it long. Insert into the same st yarn over and pull a long loop. Skip 2 st. Insert into the next ch yarn over and pull a long loop. Yarn over insert into the same st yarn over and pull up a long loop. Yarn over and pull through all loops on your hook. Ch 1. Place 1 dc into the 1st of the 2 skipped stitches going from the back. Place 1 dc into the second of the 2 skipped stitches again going from the back.
- *Insert into the same st yarn over and pull a long loop. Yarn over insert into the same st, yarn over and pull up a long loop. Skip 2 st. Insert into the next ch yarn over and pull a long loop. Yarn over insert into the same st yarn over and pull up a long loop. Yarn over and pull through all loops on your hook. Ch 1. Place 1 dc into the 1st of the 2 skipped stitches going from the back. Place 1 dc into the second of the 2 skipped stitches again going from the back.* Repeat ** until the last 2 stitches of the round.
- Insert into the same st yarn over and pull a long loop. Yarn over insert into the same st, yarn over and pull up a long loop. Skip 2 st. Insert into the 1st st of the 3d round yarn over and pull a long loop. Yarn over insert into the same st yarn over and pull up a long loop. Yarn over and pull through all loops on your hook. Ch 1. Place 1 dc into the 1st of the 2 skipped stitches going from the back. Place 1 dc into the second of the 2 skipped stitches again going from the back. Insert into the 1st chain of the 3d round and slst.
- Round 5-19: Repeat round 4
- Round 20. Ch 2. Place 1 hdc into each st until the end of the round. When you complete the last hdc cut the yarn fasten off thread the tail to a wool needle insert into the 1st st of the round and bring the needle up. Insert into the last st of the round back loop only and bring the needle at the reverse side of your stitch. Weave the tail in and cut the excess.
- Attach a zipper with your sewing thread and needle using the backstitch technique. Do the same to attach the lining.
Tips
- In theory, you can use this stitch with any yarn. My advice is to always use it with a
flat type of yarn like ribbon or t-shirt yarn or some other type of chunky yarn to bring
out the best of it. Thin tubular types of yarn like macramé cord would simply not do it
justice. - The Vinca flower stitch is one of these decorative stitches that need to be worked
on kind of loose. Especially when working the pedals, which need to be long and rich.
However, make sure to work the chains that join the pedals pretty tight. Otherwise,
when you reinsert your hook to place the pedals of the next round the chain will
loosen and you will end up with a gap at the heart of the flower.
With that said I believe I got it all covered. So now all you have to do is get your supplies, watch the video and create your own amazing Vinca flower stitch crochet bag.
