T-shirt yarn clutch pattern for Mother's Day

As I told you here, last year we had several workshops with Little Romulan and his classmates using t-shirt yarn.

This year I'd like to teach them how to crochet useful things keeping it as simple as possible. We're going to use chains and single crochet- I hope they haven't forgotten how to make them- to work a clutch for Mother's Day. What a nice little present, don’t you think?

I think the pattern is easy enough for them to understand and follow.

So let's go:

Materials

T-shirt yarn (250 g)

8 mm hook

Stitch marker

Tapestry needle

Scissors

Abbreviations

Ch- chain

Sc- single crochet.

BLO- back loop only

RS- right side.

WS- wrong side.

Gauge is not important. The measurements of the clutch that I made are 8.7 X 4.7 inches.

• Ch 15+1. Leave a long tail when making the slip knot as we'll use this tail to sew the left part of the clutch.
• Sc in 2nd ch from hook and in the rest of the chains (15 sc in total), ch1 and turn.
• Sc in each sc for 15 rows; remember to ch1 and turn after completing every row. Put the marker in the last stitch of the last row as we will fold the piece and seam the sides from this point till the end.
• Sc in each sc for 1 row.
• BLO sc in each sc of the previous round.
• Sc in each sc for 1 row.
• BLO sc in each sc of the previous round.
• Sc in each sc for 2 rows.
• Sc in each of the first sc of the previous round, ch 3, sk 1st, sc in the 9th st of the previous round and in the following sts for the whole round. 

(yes, I know, the first two pics are a 20 rows clutch from the marker to the first row but I modified it as it was too big and heavy and was too lazy to take more pics).

Cut a long tail and pull it out of the last stitch. Thread the tail through the tapestry needle and weave it in the wrong side until you reach the marker's row- work your way to the marker's row weaving your tail through the first stitch of the last rows.

Fold your piece- RS out- matching the first row with the marker's row and sew the sides in zig-zag. When you reach the end of the folded piece weave the tail  through the WS.

Sew the other side of the clutch in the same manner using the tail of the slip knot.

Sew a button that fits the eyelet of your clutch- mine was a 28 mm (1.1") button.

I'll tell you how it turns out, I promiss. For Clon's sake, please, please, do not let them play knights and swords with their hooks!

By the way, I think that with minimal adaptions to this pattern children can crochet covers for their mobile phone, PSP, Nintendo DS and all their gadgets, and it’s a good way to keep them entertained for at least an hour, ha!

That's all for today which is no small thing.

Catch you next Friday!