As a huge nostalgic of the 80’s and its aesthetic, I kept thinking about a new retro design I could work on for a wallet pattern. After much thought, I started picturing in my mind a cute and small pastel colored mixtape wallet. When making a sketch to help me visualize the design that I wanted, I managed to figure out how I was going to make each part of the wallet and mixtape design. After going through all this process, I’m going to teach you now, how to crochet a small wallet retro mixtape style.

Material

• Crochet hooks: 5 mm, 3,5 mm and 3 mm
• Fluffy yarn DK light, 1 skein 25 gr
• Acrylic worsted yarn of the same color as your fluffy one, 1 skein 100 gr
• Pink acrylic worsted yarn, 1 skein 100 gr
• Several colors of DK cotton yarn: I personally used mint, pink, beige, light violet, light blue and magenta
• 15 cm zipper
• small pieces of felt fabric (3 different colors: pink, blue, white)
• stitch markers
• sewing needle and yarn needle
• glue gun
• (optional) DMC threads for the embroidery

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Abbreviations

ch: chain

sl st: slip stitch

sc: single crochet

hdc: half double crochet

dc: double crochet

dec: decrease

R: round / row

How to crochet a small wallet Retro Mixtape

We will start by making the base of the wallet first, before making the mixtape design.

For this part we will use the double knitting method, that is to say we will hold the fuzzy yarn and the acrylic yarn of the same color together while crocheting our rows. This will make our wallet more solid.

So with the 5 mm crochet hook and both yarns (fuzzy and acrylic): make a slipknot.

Ch 21

Row 1: starting from the 2nd loop from the hook: make 20 hdc in the loop behind the stitches. (20)

Row 2 to 26: ch 2 then turn, 20 hdc. (20)

You should get a long rectangle of 15 cm x 20,5 cm. Cut yarn and leave a tail for sewing.

Fold the rectangle in 2, in the middle. With the tail of yarn we left, we will sew the first side.

Place the zipper on the opening at the top of the wallet, and sew it on each side, from the inside of the wallet. Make sure that the sewing thread doesn’t show on the outside of the wallet. Once you’re done, turn the wallet right side up and close it by sewing the other side of it.

You have made the base of the wallet. Now we will proceed with the mixtape design that we will sew on the front of the wallet later on.

Mixtape Pattern – How to crochet a small wallet

Big Pink Rectangle

With the pink acrylic yarn and the 5 mm crochet hook.

Ch 21

Row 1: starting from the 2nd loop from the hook: make 20 sc in the loop behind the stitches. (20)

Row 2 to 9: ch 1 then turn, 20 sc. (20)

Cut yarn and weave in ends.

You should have a 12,5 cm x 5 cm rectangle.

Frame – how to crochet a small wallet

With the violet acrylic yarn and the 5 mm crochet hook.

Ch 25

Row 1: starting from the 2nd loop from the hook: make 24 sc in the loop behind the stitches. (24)

Row 2 to 4: ch 1 then turn, 24 sc. (24)

We will now make the 2 columns (2 sc wide for each column), 1 on each side of the rectangle. Starting with the 1st column:

R5 to 14: ch 1 then turn, 2 sc. (2)

Cut yarn and weave in ends.

Now we’re making the 2nd column, so we’re be back at row 5.

Row 5: Join yarn with a sc in the stitch before the last one of row 4. Then add 1 sc more. (2)

Row 6 to 14: ch 1 then turn, 2 sc. (2)

We will continue with next row, no need to cut yarn this time.

Row 15: starting from the 2nd column we made: 2 sc, ch 20, 2 sc in the 1st column. (24)

Row 16 to 17: 24 sc. (24)

Cut yarn and weave in ends. You should have a frame of 14 cm x 9 cm.

Small violet rectangle – how to crochet a small wallet

With the acrylic violet yarn and the 3,5 mm crochet hook.

Ch 15

Row 1: starting from the 2nd loop from the hook: 3 sc, 1 sl st, 6 sc, 1 sl st, 3 sc. (14)

Row 2: ch 1 then turn, 2 sc, 3 sl st, ch 8, skip 4 stitches, 3 sl st, 2 sc.

R3: ch 2 then turn, 2 dc, ch 4, sl st in the 1st loop of previous ch 8, [ in the next loop of the previous ch8: 1 sc, sl st in the 4th loop from the ch 4 we just made, 1 sc back in the same loop from ch 8], continue working the next stitches in the loops from previous ch 8: 4 sc, 2 sc next loop, sl st next loop, reverse sl st in the 2nd sc we made the stitch before, ch 4; we will now work back in the stitches from previous row: skip 3 stitches, 2 dc.

R4: ch 2 then turn, 2 hdc, (1 hdc, 1 sc) in the ch 4 loop, skip the sc where we made our previous reverse sl st, 6 sc, skip next sc, (1 sc, 1 hdc) in the ch 4 loop from previous row, 2 hdc (14).

Cut yarn and weave in ends.

The mixtape details

With the magenta cotton yarn and the 3 mm hook.

Make a magic circle.

9 sc in the magic circle, invisible join at the end. Close the ring but let a hole in the middle. Make 2 rings like this, and sew them in the left and right holes of the small rectangle we just made.

With the beige cotton yarn and the 3 mm hook.

Make a magic circle.

5 sc in the magic circle, close the ring tight. Cut the yarn and fasten off. Make 2 of them and sew them in the middle hole of the small rectangle.

Cut a small piece of white felt fabric and glue it on the back of it to make the background.

We’re going to make now the 4 lines of different colors to sew on each side of this small rectangle.

Start with color 1 and your 3 mm crochet hook.

Ch 9

Row 1: starting from the 2nd loop from the hook: 8 sc. (8) Cut yarn and fasten off.

Row 2: join color 2 with a sc in the 1st sc of previous row: 8 sc. (8) Cut yarn and fasten off.

R3: join color 3 with a sc in the 1st sc of previous row: 8 sc. (8) Cut yarn and fasten off.

R4: join color 4 with a sc in the 1st sc of previous row: 8 sc. (8) Cut yarn and weave in all ends.

Make 2 of these.

The bottom of the mixtape – how to crochet a small wallet

With a light violet cotton yarn and your 3 mm crochet hook.

Ch 25

Row 1: starting from the 2nd loop from the hook: 24 sc. (24)

Row 2: ch 1 then turn. sc dec, 20 sc , sc dec (22)

R3: ch 1 then turn. sc dec, 18 sc , sc dec (20)

R4: ch 1 then turn. sc dec, 16 sc , sc dec (18)

Cut yarn and weave in ends.

Now sew or glue all the pieces we made this way: the big rectangle on the back of the frame, and make it our background for the frame. Glue or sew the little rectangle on the big one, on the bottom and in the center of it. Sew the rainbows on each side of the little rectangle. Sew the trapeze on the bottom of the frame.

Cut 2 squares and 2 rounds in your pink felt fabric and glue them on the trapeze. Then with the blue felt fabric make the screws for each corner of the frame.

On a piece of white felt fabric (2,7 cm x 2,4 cm) make a small retro embroidery, and sew it in the corner of your mixtape’s pink background, to add the cherry on the top of this design.

Once you’re done, sew your mixtape on the front of you wallet and you will finally be done!

Tell me what you think about this new pattern and design in the comment box down below, I’m looking forward to read you!