I love Halloween, as many of you know. I spend months thinking about what to make for Halloween and then the entire season I regret how fast it goes by. One of these days I may just skip the non-Halloween parts of the year and commit full-time to Halloween. Or maybe not, that might be too much. Until that time comes (or not) September is Halloween season and that means a new design, like this week’s Patchwork Witch Bag crochet pattern!

Like many of my other bags of the last couple of years, this one features 13 individually worked squares. It is really so amazing to me how one style can make a variety of cute designs! It’s all about how creative you want to be… and in this instance I want to be super Halloween creative 😀

Like I said above, this bag is worked in 13 individual squares (in rows of single crochet stitches from the bottom up). When you’re done with your 13 squares, you seam them up in to an almost hour glass shape and then you fold that in half and seam up the sides to make your new bag. A set of straps are added, worked in the round directly onto the bag, to finish your design. It’s truly fabulous construction method and allows for a lot of fun customization (if you want).

Below you’re going to find some photos of the Spell Book Square (RS and WS) so you can see how I worked them. You don’t have to do exactly as I do when working these squares, these are just for a bit more insight (and people always ask to see the WS of squares). For this bag I primarily used intarsia and didn’t work over carried yarn in the squares as I don’t like that look and think it bulks up the ends. But do believe in doing what works for you and what you’re most comfortable using. And as always, blocking can help even out the imperfections in the squares as well as anything that could go all weird in the straps and seaming sections.

Anyway, I hope you like this new pattern and it gets you all excited for Halloween. I can’t wait to make more Halloween patterns this season, I have so many ideas 😀 Speaking of which, next week the B-sides for this bag will be released with some squares that didn’t make the cute for the design but I still love.
Thank you, as always, for your support and I hope you like this new bag. If you’d like to buy the pdf for this pattern, it’s available now on Ravelry.

Please note: I was provided the yarn for this pattern by Lion Brand Yarn for the purposes of designing the Patchwork Witch Bag crochet pattern, with compensation. I wasn’t provided the yarn with the expectations of positive or negative reviews but I’ve used DIYarn so many ties and I really enjoyed it, it’s a great worsted weight yarn and feels very durable. And you can purchase this pattern as a kit from Lion Brand Yarn here.
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Notes on carrying yarn on the Patchwork Witch Bag crochet pattern

For yarn conservation and clarity purposes, none of the colors used in the squares were carried/ crocheted over. Instead I used “bobbins” or individual stands of color for the other color or colors for all the squares.

Below are 2 close up photos of the Spell Book Square showing the 4 colors of the square being used at the same time. Each color is attached to a separate skein of yarn and used only where the colors are called for as you work across the square, dropping the yarn when not in use down the WS. Just drop the color and pick it back up as you work back and forth across the squares (just change colors on the final pull through of the sc).

When carrying the inactive yarn with the RS facing, make sure it’s behind the previous row’s stitches. And when carrying the inactive yarn with the WS facing, make sure it’s in front of the previous row’s stitches.
Don’t pull the carried yarn too tight or let it hang loose (try to keep it even with the stitches), as it can distort your square’s final look. Blocking may help even out some distortion or bulkiness of the center that may occur.

Remember: Your squares may not be perfectly square when you’re done, but the border and blocking (which is highly suggested) can help this. The seaming can also even out some size inconsistency.

Cat Square Graph

Make 4

Key: Color A is purple and color B is black. (this key only applies to this square)

For the squares: begin with a ch 20 in color A, turn, and start in the 2nd ch from the hook. Each row begins with a “ch 1, turn” and all st counts are 19 sc.

Border
With the RS facing you, join color B in the first st on the other side of Row 1 of the coaster.
Row 1: B: Ch 1, sc into the next 19 sts, ch 1 at the corner, sc into the next 19 row ends, ch 1 at
the corner, sc into the next 19 sts of Row 19, ch 1 at the corner, sc down the next 19 row ends,
ch 1 at the corner, join with a slip st – 76 sc, 4 ch-1 spaces
Fasten off, weave in your ends. Block so your square measures 4.4” x 4.4”.

Ghost Crystal Ball Square Graph

Make 4

Key: Key: Color A is white, color B is black, and color C is green. (this key only applies to this square)

For the squares: begin with a ch 20 in color A, turn, and start in the 2nd ch from the hook. Each row begins with a “ch 1, turn” and all st counts are 19 sc.

Border
With the RS facing you, join color B in the first st on the other side of Row 1 of the coaster.
Row 1: B: Ch 1, sc into the next 19 sts, ch 1 at the corner, sc into the next 19 row ends, ch 1 at
the corner, sc into the next 19 sts of Row 19, ch 1 at the corner, sc down the next 19 row ends,
ch 1 at the corner, join with a slip st – 76 sc, 4 ch-1 spaces
Fasten off, weave in your ends. Block so your square measures 4.4” x 4.4”.

Spell Book Graph

Make 2

Key: Color A is black, color B is purple, color C is brown, and color D is yellow
(this key only applies to this square).

For the squares: begin with a ch 20 in color A, turn, and start in the 2nd ch from the hook. Each row begins with a “ch 1, turn” and all st counts are 19 sc.

Border
With the RS facing you, join color D in the first st on the other side of Row 1 of the coaster.
Row 1: D: Ch 1, sc into the next 19 sts, ch 1 at the corner, sc into the next 19 row ends, ch 1 at
the corner, sc into the next 19 sts of Row 19, ch 1 at the corner, sc down the next 19 row ends,
ch 1 at the corner, join with a slip st – 76 sc, 4 ch-1 spaces
Fasten off, weave in your ends. Block so your square measures 4.4” x 4.4”.

Step 1: Fold your bag along the dark blue line in the center so it looks like the photo below.

Step 2: Seam the green edges to the teal edges on the right-hand side of the bag. The photo below shows how it will line up.

Step 3: Seam the pink edges to the yellow edges on the left-hand side of the bag. The photo below shows how it will line up.

When your bag is seamed, it should look like the photo below.
Weave in all your ends. You can block the bag or the seams at this time if you’d like.
Move onto the Straps.

Patchwork Witch Bag Straps

In the left photo above, the blue arrow shows which side you need to start your straps on and in the right photo, the green arrow shows you where you start your first st (not the ch 1 at the corner).

The photo above shows you (in purple) how you go up the square from where you joined your yarn, skip across a space (this is where the strap is) and work down another square. You will repeat this on the other side of the bag to create 2 straps.

Rnd 1: With color E (brown), pull up a loop in the indicated by the green arrow in the photo above (the first st, not the ch 1, to the left of the seam you made when you did Step 2 of the Assembly), sc into the next 19 sts of the square you’re on, ch 70, skip the ch 1 and next 19 sts on this square, skip where the 3 squares are joined and move to the next square to the left, skip the next 19 sts and ch 1 on the corner and sc into the next 19 sts of this square, moving to the other side of the bag, skip the ch 1 at the corner and where the 3 squares are joined and move to the next square to the left, skip ch 1 at the corner and sc into the next 19 sts of this square, ch 70, skip the ch 1 and next 19 sts on this square, skip where the 3 squares are joined and move to the next square to the left, skip the next 19 sts and ch 1 on the corner and sc into the next 19 sts of this square, skip the ch 1 at the corner and where the 3 squares are joined, join with a slip st – 76 sc, 2 ch 70 spaces
Rnd 2: E: Ch 1, turn, sc around (this includes sc and chs), join – 216 sc
Rnd 3: E: Ch 1, turn, sc around, join – 216 sc
Fasten off, color E, switch to color A (purple)
Rnds 4 – 5: A: Ch 1, turn, sc around, join – 216 sc
Fasten off, weave in all your ends. Block this section if you’d like.

Optional
Add a rnd of slip sts to Rnd 2 of the Straps using color D, add a rnd of slip sts to Rnd 3
with color E, and add a rnd of slip sts to Rnd 4 in color B. This will not only add an extra
pop of color but it will help deal with stretch in the Straps.

You can pick up written instructions for the Patchwork Witch Bag crochet pattern in my Ravelry shop.

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