DIY mini drawstring crochet coin pouch (with free pattern)

Hello, and welcome! Today I'm sharing here a very quick and easy project, that can be made in well under and hour and is just perfect to use up small bits of yarn leftovers.

I recently finished cross stitching this kit: 

I will be turning it into a pillow sometime soon (I'll share about it here when it's done) but for now I was left with these little pile of yarn bits: 

Since I loved the colors, I decided to use them to create a small drawstring pouch. I started by crocheting two squares: 

Here's the pattern for the crochet squares:

Row 1: on a magic ring, chain 3, add two double crochets, chain two, *three double crochets, chain two*. Repeat the pattern between * two more times, to create the four sides. Slip stitch to join to the initial 3 chains. Cut the yarn and fasten off. Each side of your square will be made of three double crochets, plus the corners.

Row 2: With a different color, start on any of the corners of the previous row (the two chain "holes" at each corner).  chain 3, add three double crochets over the stitches from previous row and one double crochet over the next corner hole, chain two, *one double crochet in the same corner, three double crochets over the stitches from, the previous row, one double crochet on the next corner, chain two*. Repeat the pattern between * two more times, to create the four sides. Slip stitch to join to the initial 3 chains. Cut the yarn and fasten off. Each side of your square will be made of five double crochets, plus the corners.

Row 3: With a different color, start on any of the corners of the previous row (the two chain "holes" at each corner).  chain 3, add five double crochets over the stitches from previous row and one double crochet over the next corner hole, chain two, *one double crochet in the same corner, five double crochets over the stitches from, the previous row, one double crochet on the next corner, chain two*. Repeat the pattern between * two more times, to create the four sides. Slip stitch to join to the initial 3 chains. Cut the yarn and fasten off. Each side of your square will be made of seven double crochets, plus the corners.

Once you have both squares completed, place them one on top of the other, wrong sides together, and join them with a single crochet stitch over three sides to create the pouch. 

Then add one row of double crochets all around the top of the pouch, followed by a row where you alternate two double crochets with two chains (skipping the two corresponding stitches from the previous row when you make the chains). This last row will create the loops for the cord to pass through. 

Lining the pouch is optional. I did it mostly because I used a lot of different yarn bits, so there were a lot of knots in the wrong sides of the squares. Lining in this case is just two pieces of fabric hand sewn together on three sides, placed inside the crochet pouch (wrong sides together) and hand stitched to the top of the pouch (at the lower edge of the last row of crochet, the one with the loops). 

The cord is simply made with a row of chains in the desired length, followed by a row of single crochets over those chains. 

Weave the cord through the loops, add a bead (optional, but looks great in my opinion) joining both ends of the cord, and tie knots at the ends.

Have fun, and happy Thursday!

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