Taryn Soap Cozy (or Small Gift Bag!) – Free Crochet Pattern

This is a free crochet pattern for how to crochet my Taryn Soap Cozy, an easy tunisian crochet pattern perfect for pampering yourself, or gifting with a handmade bar of soap or facial scrubbies!), a favor/candy pouch, or a small gift bag (gift with a new pair of earrings or gift bag!).

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I’ve been wanting to learn tunisian crochet for a while. I have always been a fan of the look of knit projects, but not as big a fan of knitting. I like that with tunisian, you can recreate these knit stitches with a crochet hook, which I’m very comfortable with.

I wanted my first project to be something small, and I’m really glad I did because it brought back knitting memories of projects taking forever to finish. In crochet terms, each row is equal to working in like single crochet, so it takes a while to build up length, but the tunisian stitches were just flying off my hook, which was a bit better as I’m not so proficient in knitting so it takes me much longer to work back and forth.

I usually work soap cozies in the round, but for that, you would need a double ended tunisian hook (hooks on both ends), which I don’t currently have so I made this cozy really easy – just a rectangle that is later slip stitched together. Easy peasy.

This adorable little bag can be used as a soap cozy (gift with homemade soap or facial scrubbies!), a favor/candy pouch, or a small gift bag (gift with a new pair of earrings or gift bag!).

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Materials:

• 46 Yards of Worsted Weight Yarn – I used WeCrochet/Knit Picks Dishie in Crème Brulee [Mustard Yellow]
• H8/5mm Tunisian Crochet Hook – I have the Clover Set of Interchangeable Bamboo Tunisian Hooks, but you can also buy just the interchangeable hook and the 16″ interchangeable cord.
• Tapestry Needle
• Optional, Jewelry Pliers

Material Notes:

Yarn Alternatives: Lily Sugar n Cream, Red Heart’s Smoothie

Other Recommended Yarns (with I9/5.5mm Hook): Red Heart’s Super Saver, Caron’s One Pound, Bernat’s Super Value

Weaving in ends of a tough yarn, like cotton yarn, can be hard on the fingers. Sore thumbs and frustration can be a thing of the past by simply using jewelry pliers to [carefully] help pull the tapestry needle through the work.

Time Spent:

This cozy took me just over 1.5 hours to work up.

Measurements:

4.25″ Wide (Once Seamed) by 5.5″ Tall

Gauge:

17 TSS by 17 Rows (forward pass + return pass = 1 row) = 4.13″

Abbreviations (US Terms):

• TSS – Tunisian Simple Stitch (the forward pass)
  • How to Tunisian Simple Stitch: (insert hook behind the front vertical bar, yarn over and pull through leaving the previous loop on the hook) as needed
• ETSS – Extended Tunisian Simple Stitch
  • How to ETSS: (insert hook behind the front vertical bar, yarn over and pull through, yarn over and pull through 1 loop leaving all previous loops on the hook) working all the way across the row
• Return Pass
  • How to Return Pass: (yarn over, pull through 2 loops) as needed

Bag Pattern:

Chain 37. TSS across, then return pass. (37 TSS)

• How to TSS: (insert hook behind the front vertical bar, yarn over and pull through leaving the previous loop on the hook) working all the way across the row
• How to Return Pass: yarn over, pull the yarn through 1 loop (this is to chain 1 for the start of the row), then (yarn over, pull through 2 loops) working all the way across until you have just one loop on the hook.

R2 – 19: TSS across, then return pass. (37 TSS)

R20 – Eyelet Row: Chain 1 (to make the initial chain taller; counts as the first ETSS). (chain 1, skip the next stitch, ETSS into the next stitch) across, then return pass as usual. (19 ETSS)

R21: TSS into each stitch and skipped space across, then return pass. (37 TSS)

R22: TSS across, then return pass. (37 TSS)

Fold the cozy in half with the right sides facing each other…

… chain 1, and then flip the cozy so you can work down the side of it. Slip stitch evenly (that’s one stitch per row/stitch) through both layers working down the side, and then across the opposite side of the foundation chain. Fasten off.

Tie Pattern:

Chain 3. Slip stitch to the 1st chain. Chain 63. Slip stitch to the 3rd chain from the hook. Fasten off.

Finishing:

Weave in ends, then turn cozy right side out and weave tie in and out of Round 20.

Please feel free to make and sell your own Taryn Soap Cozy (or Small Gift Bag) using this pattern, but please DO NOT claim this pattern as your own nor should you sell my pattern, and DO NOT re-publish my photos as your own. DO NOT copy and paste my pattern anywhere, link to it instead.

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