# Lavender Garden Granny Square Purse Free Crochet Pattern
A little garden you can carry. This purse is made of lavender and sage granny squares, with tiny embroidered garden flowers dancing across them — daisies, lavender sprigs, little buds. It’s the most charming small bag I own, and it makes me smile every time I pick it up.
The squares are classic granny, the flowers are simple embroidery, and the whole thing comes together in a weekend. Carry a garden with you!
Lavender and sage squares with embroidered daisies in white and yellow — it’s a cottage garden in purse form.
What You’ll Need
- DK-weight yarn in lavender (approx. 150 yards) and sage (approx. 150 yards)
- Small amounts of white, yellow, and deeper purple for embroidery
- Size G-6 (4.0 mm) crochet hook
- Embroidery needle
- 1 small button
- Tapestry needle
Finished size:
- Approximately 8 inches wide and 7 inches tall
- Strap drop about 18 inches
The Pattern
Granny Square (make 12 — 6 lavender, 6 sage)
With your square color, make a magic ring.
Round 1: Ch 3 (counts as DC), work 2 DC into the ring, Ch 2, *work 3 DC into the ring, Ch 2,* repeat 3 times, join. (4 clusters, 4 corners)
Round 2: Slip stitch to the first corner. Ch 3, (2 DC, Ch 2, 3 DC) in the corner, *Ch 1, (3 DC, Ch 2, 3 DC) in the next corner,* repeat around, Ch 1, join.
Round 3: Slip stitch to the first corner. Ch 3, (2 DC, Ch 2, 3 DC) in the corner, *Ch 1, 3 DC in the next Ch-1 space, Ch 1, (3 DC, Ch 2, 3 DC) in the next corner,* repeat around, Ch 1, join. Fasten off.
Each square measures about 4 inches.
Assembly
Join the squares into two panels (3 wide × 2 tall each), alternating lavender and sage in a checkerboard. Join the panels along the sides and bottom with whipstitch.
Flap, button loop, edging, and strap: Work exactly as a classic small purse — flap of 6 SC rows across the back top, Ch-8 button loop, button on the front, 1 round of SC around the top opening, and a Ch-150 slip-stitched cord strap sewn to the inside corners.
Embroidered Garden Flowers
With the embroidery needle, add tiny flowers to the squares: white daisies (5 French-knot petals around a yellow center), purple lavender sprigs (backstitch stem with knot buds), and scattered yellow buds. 2–3 flowers per square is plenty.
Weave in all ends.
Sophie’s Tips
- Embroider AFTER joining the panels but BEFORE adding the flap — much easier to handle.
- Less is more with the embroidery; 2–3 tiny flowers per square keeps it charming, not busy.
- French knots take practice — do a few on scrap yarn first.
Cottage garden charm — carry it everywhere!
