Crochet Wide Wallet Pattern

Crochet wide wallet size:

Gauge: 17 stitches = 4 inches ( single crochet swatch)

Width: 14 cm (5”); You can increase the width by making a longer starting chain.

Height: 12 cm (4.5”)

Common abbreviations of crochet stitches (US):

ch – chain

SC – single crochet

st(s) – stitch(es)

FBSC – front bar single crochet: Insert the hook underneath the front horizontal bar (the strand of yarn directly below the front loop) and through the front loop. Yarn over, draw up a loop, and complete as a single crochet.

sl st – slip stitch

pm – place marker

Crochet wide wallet pattern:

Ch 60 + 1 extra. 

Row 1: Working through the back ridges of the chain, starting in the second chain from the hook, make 1 SC in each ridge.  Turn. (60 sts)

Row 2: ch 1, FBSC in each stitch across. Turn. (60 sts)

Row 3: Ch 1, skip the first 2 stitches, and starting from the 3rd stitch, FBSC in each stitch across. When you reach the end of the row, finish with a simple SC in the ch-1 from the previous row. Turn. (59)

Row 4: ch 1, FBSC in each stitch across. Finish with a simple SC in the ch-1 from the previous row. Turn. (59 sts)

Row 5: Ch 1, skip the first 2 stitches, and starting from the 3rd stitch, FBSC in each stitch across. Finish with a simple SC in the ch-1 from the previous row. Turn. (58)

Row 6: ch 1, FBSC in each stitch across. Finish with a simple SC in the ch-1 from the previous row. Turn. (58 sts)

Row 7: Ch 1, skip the first 2 stitches, and starting from the 3rd stitch, FBSC in each stitch across. Finish with a simple SC in the ch-1 from the previous row. Turn. (57)

Row 8: ch 1, FBSC in each stitch across. Finish with a simple SC in the ch-1 from the previous row. Turn. (57 sts)

Continue repeating the last two rows until you complete Row 26 (including it). By Row 26, you will have 48 stitches.

Count 39 stitches from the bottom (flat side) and place stitch markers on both the right and left sides. Fold the wallet to check if you like the depth and how the flap rests.

Do not chain 1. Slip stitch into the next 9 stitches, or until you reach the stitch marker. Fold the wallet and begin seaming both sides: insert the hook under both loops of the front piece and the back loop of the back piece, making a slip stitch. Continue seaming this way until you reach the corner of the wallet. Cut the yarn and weave in the ends.

For the second seam, attach the yarn at the bottom of the wallet (the second corner), seam both sides, and then continue with slip stitches along the wallet flap. Finally, make slip stitches along the sloped edge of the wallet. Cut the yarn and weave in the ends.