Picture it: A bag adorned with tentacles, ready to safeguard your precious dice collection. Whether you’re rolling for sanity or summoning ancient powers, this bag has you covered. Plus, it doubles as a conversation starter at your next tabletop adventure.
This intermediate-level project is perfect for an afternoon, only taking a few hours to create (your mileage will vary depending on how quickly you crochet). It uses simple stitches to keep things fun and approachable, while also offering a creative challenge with advanced techniques to form intricate details like the mouth and rim tentacles. These will push you slightly outside your comfort zone but still remain achievable.
Plus, you can easily customise the bag to meet your needs. If you are a dice hoarder like me, follow the instructions to modify the number of stitches or rows, change the rim or add and subtract the number of tentacles he has and you’ll have a bag that’s uniquely yours and fits all your dice! Make it bigger to justify buying more for your collection! (Remember, you can never have too many dice… just like you can never have too much yarn!) And don’t forget, when you’re crocheting Cthulhu, sanity checks are optional!
While the spooky season is a ways off, it’s never too early for some eldritch horror, especially when it’s connected with Table Top RPG (TTRPG) or your dice collection! So figured we’d start big with the old one himself, Cthulhu!
I have a rule, no boring bags (especially where my handbags are concerned) Dicebags are no different. During my breif Etsy selling career many moons ago in 2015, this was one of the two ‘fancy’ dice bags I had for sale. Fast forward 10 years to 2025 it’s time to sell the pattern and hopfully see others amking their own Cuthulu Dicebags.
I’ve included the basic pattern below, however if you enjoy making it, please consider supporting me by purchasing a more advanced copy from my Ribblr store!
The Free Pattern
The paid for copy includes:
- Instructions / Pattern to make the bag wider or taller
- Instructions to add or subtract mouth tentacles
- 3 bag rim options
This free copy includes:
- Instructions / Pattern to make a small dice bag
I’ve mentioned Ribblr in previous posts occationally talking about it’s positives and negatives, what works and what doesn’t work for me, but when it comes to sharing and selling patterns, it’s currently my preference as it offers a range of benefits to me as a seller and you as a maker. For me, the pattern is protected as it’s not in pdf form. For you as a crafter, you get an interactive platform with built in tools (progress tracking, auto conversion, example stitch videos.)
Materials Required for your Dice Bag
To make this bag, you will need:
- DK weight yarn in your preffered colour.
This bag was made using Wendy Supreme DK in Aloe. You will need less than 100g unless you plan to make the bag bigger. (buy it on Amazon) - 4mm Crochet hook
My preferred hooks are the Pony Easy Grip hooks. (buy it on Amazon) - 2 x 7mm saftey eyes. (buy the eyes used on Amazon)
- Stitch Markers
Use whatever markers you prefer (you can also use hair/bobby pins or a scrap of wool) - Darning needles for weaving in ends.
Bag Measurements
The pattern as stated will make a bag approx 10 cm (4 inches) tall x 10cm (4 inches) wide
The bag will take approx 3 – 4 hours to create (this does depend on how quickly you crochet)Main Bag
Main Bag Instructions
The Bag Base
- magic circle with 6 sc
- inc x6 (12st)
- sc, inc x6 (18st)
- sc, inc, sc x6 (24st)
- sc 2, inc, sc x6 (30st)
- sc 3, inc, sc x6 (36st)
- sc 4, inc, sc x6 (42st)
- sc 42 x 4 rounds
Crocheting The Mouth Tentacles
The next two rounds will create the mouth tentacles
- sc 19,
ch 10, sc 10 back down the chain, sc 1,
ch 10, sc 10 back down the chain, sc 1,
ch 10, sc 10 back down the chain, sc 1,
ch 10, sc 10 back down the chain, sc 1,
sc19 - sc 20 (the 20th sc should be in-between the first 2 tentacles.)
ch10, st 10 back down the chain, sc 1 in-between the next 2 tentacles,
ch10, st 10 back down the chain, sc 1 in-between the next 2 tentacles,
ch10, st 10 back down the chain, sc 1 in-between the next 2 tentacles,
sc 19 - sc 19,
sc 1 between the first 2 tentacles,
sc 1 between the next 2 tentacles,
sc 20
Creating the Top of the Bag
- sc 42 x12 rounds
- slst into the first stitch of the round.
- stacked single 1 (or chain 3), dc 41, slst into the first stitch of the round.
- sc 42, slst into the first stitch of the round
- sc 1, chain 5, sc 5 back down the chain, skip a st, slst into the next stitch. repeat until the end of the round.
- Fasten off and weave in ends
Making the Bag Tie
- chain as many as needed so that it will rap around the top of the dice bag with a little extra on each side. (This is usually the total number of sitches in your roound plus 15)
- stitch down one side of the chain to the end.
- fasten off & weave in ends
Assembling The Dice Bag
Thread the bag tie between the row of double crochets, usualy skipping 3 or 4 dc as you weave it in and out.
- attach the eyes above the main bag tentacles
Your Cuthulu Dice Bag is done!
If you enjoyed making this and want to try the other varients, please consider supporting me by purchasing the more advanced copy from my Ribblr store!
GeekySquidoo 
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