I was so lucky to tutor an amazing textile workshop trip to Peru during the summer of 2024. It is a truly incredible country, and I adored it!

This is the pattern for the crochet pouch project that I designed for participants to work on during our trip. It is mainly worked in panels so that the project is portable and easy to work on while travelling. Crocheting just a few stitches in rows can be quite quick to do and using stitch markers will help you keep track of your row count.

Peru has an amazing heritage of textile and yarn production, so I decided it was suitable to use a beautiful yarn that includes alpaca fibre from Rowan Yarns. I also used some lovely beads from the Debbie Abrahams range which, I think, give the project an extra special quality.

MATERIALS
Rowan Alpaca Soft DK
70% Virgin Wool, 30% Alpaca
125m (137yds) per 50g ball.
Deep Rose (206) 1 ball
Brick (218)* 1 ball
Champagne (235) 1 ball
Classic Brown (204) 1 ball
Clover (215) 1 ball
Naples Blue (217) 1 ball
Sun Valley (234) 1 ball

Note: the shade marked with an asterisk *
has been discontinued. We suggest using
Cinnamon (228) as the closest colour
match. The images show the project made
using Brick.

Debbie Abrahams Beads Size 6
Fruit Salad (752) 1 bag
Ocean (756) 1 bag