14 rounds · filed under dense · 8 of them
Amigurumi · added 24 Oct 2026
Small crochet drawstring dice bag for tabletop games
Single crochet builds dense fabric with a raised front-loop ring; a small drawstring pouch for dice and gaming gear.
- Skill
- Intermediate
- Time
- 4-6 hours
- Hook
- 4 mm
- Yarn
- Worsted
- Rounds
- 12
About this pattern
Under your hand this pouch feels dense and a little stiff, the kind of fabric that holds its own shape even when you let go of it. That firmness comes from single crochet worked in continuous rounds, with no joins or turning chains to soften the structure. One round breaks from the pattern of plain stitches by going into the front loop only, and you can feel that round as a slightly raised ridge circling the bag, a thin seam your thumb catches as it passes.
The shape starts flat and small at the magic ring, spreads into a circle for the base, then turns a corner and climbs straight up without any further widening. What you end up with is a short cylinder with a rounded bottom and a narrower neck, sized to hold a set of dice rather than swallow them. Once the channel rounds are done and the cord is threaded through, cinch the opening and the whole bag closes into a compact sack you can toss in a gaming bag.
The swatch in numbers
- Rounds
- 12
- Parts
- 5
- Level
- Intermediate
- Time
- 4-6 hours
- Hook
- 4 mm
- Yarn
- Worsted
The yarn and the hook
- Medium weight cotton yarn, approximately 100 yards (91 meters)
- 4 mm US G/6 crochet hook
- Stitch marker
- Yarn needle
- Scissors
Optional
- small decorative beads securely attached to cord ends
Stitches, spelled out
ch chain; sc single crochetDense; sl st slip stitch; inc increase, 2 sc in one stitch; dec decrease, single crochet two stitches together; FLO front loop onlyRidge; st stitch; rnd round; UK equivalents sc is double crochet (dc), and sl st is slip stitch..
Tension and hand-feel
After Round 5 of the base, lay the circle flat and check that it measures roughly 30 stitches around with no ruffling at the edge and no cupping inward.
Base
Bag Body
Drawstring Channel
Mystic Pocket Dice Bag
Project Description: This original crochet dice bag pattern creates a small drawstring pouch with a rounded base and textured body. It is designed to hold approximately two standard sets of polyhedral gaming dice.
Skill Level Easy to intermediate beginner Finished Size Approximately 4.5 inches tall x 4 inches wide (11.5 cm x 10 cm)
Yarn Approximately 100 yards (91 meters) medium weight cotton yarn Hook 4 mm US G/6 crochet hook Gauge Approximately 18 single crochet stitches x 20 rounds in 4 inches (10 cm)
Terminology US crochet terms
Special Stitch
Raised Loop Texture: Work single crochet stitches into the front loop only of the previous round. This creates a subtle horizontal ridge around the bag.
How the texture is built
- The base increases on a strict schedule, one more plain stitch between increases each round (Round 2 increases every stitch, Round 5 increases every fourth), which spreads the extra stitches evenly so the circle grows flat instead of cupping.
- Once the base hits 30 stitches, the body rounds (7 to 18) hold that count with no increases or decreases, which is what turns a flat disc into a straight-sided cylinder rather than a dome or a cone.
- Round 19 works into the front loop only partway up the body, leaving the back loop of that round unused; that unused loop is what raises the texture into a ridge instead of a flat row, purely from where the hook enters the stitch.
Putting the pieces together
If you swap the yarn
| Fingering weight cotton | Produces a smaller, denser bag at the same stitch counts; move down to a 2.5-3 mm hook and expect the front-loop ridge to read as a finer, tighter line. |
|---|---|
| DK weight acrylic | Loosens the drape slightly compared to cotton and softens the fabric's firmness, so hold tension tight or drop to a 3.5 mm hook to keep the pouch from sagging under dice weight. |
| Worsted weight wool blend | Adds give and a slightly fuzzier surface that mutes the front-loop texture; stays with the 4 mm hook but expect the finished bag to relax more with wear and benefit from a gentler wash. |
Colorways
- Teal and forest green Work the base in teal, change to forest green at the start of the body (Round 7) and keep forest green through the drawstring channel, letting the single front-loop ridge sit in forest green as a tonal line rather than a contrast.
Washing and blocking
Hand wash the finished bag in cool water; cotton holds up well to this and won't felt the way wool can.
Air dry flat rather than hanging, since a wet cotton pouch can stretch out of its cylinder shape under its own weight.
Store the bag closed with the drawstring cinched to help the neck and channel keep their folded shape between uses.
When it does not look right
- The base won't lie flat and cups like a bowl
- The increases are bunched together instead of spaced evenly through the round; follow the spacing given for each base round so the extra stitches distribute around the whole circle.
- The drawstring channel gaps or puckers unevenly
- The chain-1 spaces in Round 25 weren't matched one-for-one with single crochets in Round 26; recount the six repeats before moving to Round 27 so each chain space gets exactly one stitch.
Questions people ask
How wide does the finished bag end up?
The base grows to 36 stitches by Round 6, which sets the circumference of the cylinder carried through the body rounds. The exact width depends on your tension, but the stitch count stays fixed once increasing stops.
Why does the pattern say not to join rounds?
Working in continuous rounds without a join keeps the spiral smooth and avoids the stepped seam a join creates, which matters for a small cylinder where a visible seam line would stand out. A stitch marker tracks the round start instead.
What is the chained piece outside the main rounds for?
The 70-stitch chain worked with a slip stitch back across it becomes the drawstring cord that threads through the channel openings at Round 26. Beads secured to the cord ends keep it from sliding back out once tied.
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