When big sister got her panda purse last week, little sister wanted a purse too. We are a cat loving family, so I decided to make a little kitty cat purse using the same pattern as the panda purse. She loves it and could not wait until I was finished with all of the photos to start filling it up with her little toys.
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When I made this purse, I followed all of the pattern/steps in the Crochet Panda Purse pattern, but made the following changes:
- I used Red Heart Soft Baby Steps yarn (in light grape). This is also a worsted-weight yarn, but my purse came out a bit smaller than when I used the Caron Simply Soft yarn for the panda. Funny how worsted-weight yarns all work up a bit differently! I used Caron Simply Soft yarn (in watermelon) for the inner ears and the strap.
- I used buttons for the eyes instead of crocheting them. I just sewed them on with black yarn.
- I made a smaller nose. See nose pattern below. Stitch on whiskers and a mouth after attaching nose.
- I made cat ears instead of panda ears. See cat ear pattern below.
- I attached the zipper in the same way as for the panda, however, because this purse worked up a bit smaller, the zipper was a little long. I just trimmed off part of the zipper end when I was sewing it on.
To make this little cat purse, you will need the following materials that are pretty much the same as the materials for the panda purse:
- Worsted weight yarn – You can use any worsted-weight yarn for this project.
- 5 mm (H) crochet hook. These are my favorite hooks! I can crochet for hours without sore fingers!
- Zipper – I used a 7-inch zipper
- 2 black buttons – the ones I used are 7/8″
- Yarn needle for sewing pieces together and weaving in ends.
Nose
Row 1: Chain 5, SC in 2nd chain from hook and in each chain across. Chain 1, turn. (4)
Row 2: SC DEC (decrease), SC DEC. Chain 1, turn. (2)
Row 3: SC DEC. Don’t turn this round. SC in same stitch and in each stitch around the nose. Work 2 SC stitches in the 2 corners.
Cat Ears – Make 4 (2 in purse color and 2 in accent color. I did two purple and two pink)
Row 1: Chain 7, SC in 2nd chain from hook and in each chain across. Chain 1, turn. (6)
Row 2: SC DEC, SC, SC, SC DEC. Chain 1, turn. (4)
Row 3: SC across. Chain 1, turn. (4)
Row 4: SC DEC, SC DEC. Chain 1, turn. (2)
Row 5: SC across. Chain 1, turn. (2)
Row 6: SC DEC. Chain 1, turn. Do not fasten off. (1)
SC in each stitch around the ear. Work 2 SC in each corner. Join to first SC with a slip stitch. Fasten off and weave in ends.
Repeat for all 4 ears. Make 2 in your main color and 2 in your accent color.
Next you will be joining two triangles together to make a cat ear. Place a pink triangle on top of a purple one. Join purple yarn with a slip stitch in the top stitch of the triangles – make sure you join the yarn through both loops of both triangles. SC around each stitch, making sure you are continuing to work through both layers. Work 2 SC in each corner. When you get back to the top, SC same stitch where you made your slip stitch to join. Then join with a slip stitch to first SC. Fasten off. Leave a long tail to sew onto purse. Repeat for other two triangles to make the 2nd ear.
Sew ears onto the purse behind the zipper. Follow the same instructions as I used to sew on the panda ears.
That’s it! With just a few changes, you have made a cute little cat purse!
My daughters modelling their new purses!
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