Thanks to Maria Merlino‘s Pineapple Lovers and Haters Group, I got to meet lots of lovely people who adore the pineapple motif in crochet! There I met BonnieSD who was then looking for a pineapple pouch/bag. I made several lacy pineapple pouches to give away last Christmas, and so now I thought that could re-create the design and write the pattern.
It wasn’t easy! I started with two strands of cotton thread 8 and the pouch started looking big and the multiples were all wrong. I have never ripped up a project so many times before! Then finally, working with single strand thread, I managed a simple lacy pineapple pouch, shaped beautifully, and wrote down the pattern.
If you would like to test this pattern, please do and let me know if you run into any problems or if you find an error. I would also like to see the pouch in other types of thread, even in slightly heavier weight. I paste the pattern instructions below.
Use a ribbon tie with this crocheted Pineapple Pouch, or starch it to make a small lacy vase!
Pineapple Pouch
by Fatima Lasay (fats@crochetology.net)
Skill Level: Easy
Finished Measurements:
Base circumference = 2 ¾ inches
Height from base to top frill = 3 ¾ inches
Height from base to lace tie = 2 inches
Yarn: Crochet cotton thread, size 8, green
Hooks: Steel crochet hook size 3 (1.25mm)
Notions: Lace ribbon, 18 inches long (for tie)
Gauge: 34 sts and 15 rows = 4” (10cm) in double crochet
Terminology: Pattern is written using US crochet terminology.
Note: Pouch is worked from base to top.
Cute little pouch in pineapple motif - Use a ribbon tie or starch it to make a cute lacy vase! The perfect little pouch for gifting or souvenirs! Use for potpourri too. 
Instructions
Pineapple Pouch
2dc-bobble: Yo, insert hook in st and pull thread through, yo and and pull through 2 loops on hook, Yo, insert in same st and pull thread through, yo and pull through 2 loops on hook, yo and pull through all 3 loops on hook.)
dc2tog: Yo, insert hook in st and pull thread through, yo and and pull through 2 loops on hook, Yo, insert in next st and pull thread through, yo and pull through 2 loops on hook, yo and pull through all 3 loops on hook.)
With crochet cotton size 8 ch 3 (count as 1 dc).
Rnd 1: 11 dc in first ch (12 dc made). Sl st in top of first dc to join.
Rnd 2:Ch 3, dc in same st, 2 dc in each dc, sl st in top of first dc to join. (24 dc)
Rnd 3: Ch 3, *ch 1, dc in next dc, rep from * all around ending with ch 1, sl st in top of first dc to join.
Rnd 4: Ch 3, dc in same dc, *ch 2, 2dc-bobble in next dc, rep from * all around ending with ch 2, sl st in top of first dc to join.
Rnd 5: *Ch 7, sk 1bobble , sc in next bobble, rep from * all around. (12 ch-7 loops made)
Rnd 6: Sl st to corner of ch-7 loop, ch 3 (count as 1 dc), 6 dc in loop, *ch 2, 7 dc in next loop, rep from * all around, ending with ch 2, sl st in first dc to join.
Rnd 7: Ch 3, dc in next 6 dc, *ch 2, dc in next 7 dc, sk 2-ch sp, dc in next 7 dc, rep from * all around ending with sl st in first dc to join.
Rnd 8: Sl st to top of 2nd dc, ch 3, dc in next 5 dc, *ch 3, dc in next 6 dc, sk 2 dc, dc in next 6 dc, rep from * all around ending with sl st in first dc to join.
Rnd 9: Sl st to top of 2nd dc, ch 3, dc in next 4 dc, *ch 3, 5 dc in ch-3 sp, ch 3, dc in next 5 dc, sk 2 dc, dc in next 5 dc, rep from * all around, ending with sl st in first dc to join.
Rnd 10: Sl st to top of 2nd dc, ch 3, dc in next 3 dc, *ch 3, [dc in next dc, ch 1] 4 times, dc in next dc, ch 3, dc in next 4 dc, sk 2 dc, dc in next 4 dc, rep from * all around, ending with sl st in first dc to join.
Rnd 11: Sl st to top of 2nd dc, ch 3, dc in next 2 dc, *ch 3, sk ch-3 sp[sc in ch-1 loop, ch 3] 3 times, sc in last ch-1 loop, ch 3, dc in next 3 dc, sk 2 dc, dc in next 3 dc, rep from * all around, ending with sl st in first dc to join.
Rnd 12: Sl st to top of 2nd dc, ch 3, dc in next dc, *ch 3, sk ch-3 sp, [sc in ch-3 loop, ch 3] 2 times, sc in last ch-3 loop, ch 3, dc in next 2 dc, sk 2 dc, dc in next 2 dc, rep from * all around, ending with sl st in first dc to join.
Rnd 13: Ch 3, dc in next dc, *ch 3, sk ch-3 sp, sc in ch-3 loop, ch 3, sc in next ch-3 loop, ch 3, dc2tog in next 2 dc, ch 5, dc2tog in next 2 dc, rep from * all around, ending with ch 5, sl st in top of first dc to join.
Rnd 14: Ch 6 (make 1 dc, ch 3), *sk ch-3 sp, sc in ch-3 loop, ch 3, 7 dc in ch-5 loop, ch 3, rep from * all around ending with 6 dc in last ch-5 loop. Sl st in top of dc (3rd ch of ch 6) to join.
Rnd 15: Ch 6 (make 1 dc, ch 3), *sk (3 ch, sc, 3 ch), dc in next dc, [ch 1, dc in next dc] 6 times, ch 3, rep from * all around ending with ch 1, sl st in top of first dc to join.
Rnd 16: Sl st to ch-1 sp, *ch 3, dc in ch-3 sp, [ch 3, sc in ch-1 sp] 6 times, rep from * all around.
Rnd 17: Sl st up ch 3 to tip of dc, ch 3, 2 dc in same dc, *[ch 3, sc in ch-3 loop] 5 times, ch 3, 3 dc in next dc, rep from * all around ending with ch 3, sl st in first dc to join.
Rnd 18: Ch 4 (count as 1 dc, ch 1), dc in next dc, ch 1, dc in next dc, *[ch 3, sc in ch-3 loop] 4 times, ch 3, [dc in next dc, ch 1] 2 times, dc in next dc, rep from * all around ending with ch 3, sl st in first dc in to join.
Rnd 19: Ch 3, dc in same dc, *[ch 1, 2 dc in next dc] 2 times, [ch 3, sc in ch-3 loop] 3 times, ch 3, 2 dc in next dc, rep from * all around, ending with ch 3, sl st in first dc to join.
Rnd 20: Ch 3, dc in same dc, *[ch 1, 2 dc in next dc] 5 times, [ch 3, sc in ch-3 loop] 2 times, ch 3, 2 dc in next dc, rep from * all around, ending with ch 3, sl st in first dc to join. (You should have 12 2-dc groups in each scallop)
Rnd 21: Ch 3, dc in next dc, *[ch 3, sl st in 3rd ch from hook to make picot, dc2tog in next 2 dc] 5 times, ch 3, sc in ch-3 loop, picot, ch 3, dc2tog in next 2 dc, rep from * all around, ending with ch 3, sl st in first dc to join. Fasten off.
Block and dry. With lace ribbon, weave in rnd 14, keeping ribbon behind 7-dc group. Tie ends of lace ribbon into knot.
I love pineapples, though they look more like leaves to me than pineapples. I like the green you used too. I have some pearl cotton that color that I might try. I am working on a square cotton bag right now. It is plain but it will hold a lot. i don’t know whether to use it as a hand bag or a crochet bag, guess I’ll wait and see what it looks like finished. Either way I’ll have to line it with something.
I think you could make this bag in a large yarn to make a large bag, and it would still look pretty. It could be like those little bags they make to hold small knitting or crochet projects while you work on them, you would have to line it, but it would sure look like a ladies crochet bag, uh oh, I got started thinking again. Any way the bag is very pretty.
Yeah, they are such tiny pineapples! I’ve been thinking of making another pineapple bag, this time bigger. Funny, my husband thought it would make a nice hat – he could be right too!
Fatima, I’m making this pouch now for an exchange in Revelry. I’m using “Warm Teal” mercerized cotton thread by Royal, size 3, and it’s working up beautifully! I did rounds 1-14 the first day. The pattern is written very clearly. The only trouble I’ve had with it was my own counting error.
I want to make the next one with Paton’s Grace in “Tangelo.” I think the changing oranges will be a natural for pineapples.
Oh gosh, I hope it all works out okay! Size 3 is probably almost fingering weight and would make a sturdier pouch, perhaps sturdy enough to stand up as a vase without starching.
I myself have trouble with the counting too, it is a rather complex pattern that needs a bit of focus otherwise one error could change the shape of the whole thing. Sometimes I think I could write the pattern in a more modular way which might help; this is a bit what I tried to do with the new Simple Pineapple Top Bag (using “shell”, “picot”) , but it is overall a much simpler pattern anyway …
Thanks so much for trying the pattern and writing in!
Fatima, it finished out so beautifully and still sat in my hand even using the larger thread.
I could lightly starch the Tangelo one and put potpourri in it or use it for a small flowerpot wrapper. A little larger, and it would cover a tissue box very elegantly.
To solve the counting issue, I had DH read the pattern aloud as I worked through the sticky parts (only 2 rows). He’s very good at that.
I’ve pondered recording patterns so I could work with dictation like an audiobook. I haven’t figured out how to pause when I have to frog!
Thanks so much for this update and letting me know about your work on the little pineapple pouch! Crochet audiobooks seem a fantastic idea – looks like you’ve just invented something there!
If it is digital audio maybe some kind of mechanism for pausing can be designed/programmed…
i’m doing cellphone pouches lately..and i happened to come across your tiny pineapple..:-) i like it just like that small..my little girl likes it too..she’s thinking of a yellow pineapple,a red, and an orange pineapple..am thinking too..a rainbow pineapple would be nice on a display board..