Crochet Bread Coin Purse Pattern with Fried Egg Keychain (PDF Download)

If you’ve been scrolling through crochet communities lately, you’ve probably noticed the adorable food-themed accessories taking over every platform. From avocado toast pouches to ramen bowl bags, fiber artists everywhere are falling in love with miniature food crochet projects. Today, I’m sharing one of my absolute favorite designs: a crochet bread coin purse that looks just like a soft, golden loaf of bread, complete with a matching fried egg keychain that hangs right off the zipper pull. It’s cute, it’s functional, and it’s the kind of project that makes people stop and stare wherever you take it.

Whether you’re a seasoned crocheter looking for your next fun make or a beginner wanting to try something a little more adventurous, this pattern is written with you in mind. I’ll walk you through every step, explain the stitches, and share tips along the way so you can create something you’ll genuinely be proud of. The full PDF download version of this pattern includes clear charts, stitch counts, and photo references, but everything you need to get started is right here in this post.

Let’s get into it.

Why You’ll Love This Pattern

Before we dive into the yarn and hook details, let me tell you why this particular project is worth your time.

First, it’s incredibly practical. A coin purse is something you actually use every day. Whether you toss it in your bag for loose change, use it to hold lip balm and earbuds, or gift it to a friend who loves kawaii aesthetics, it has real daily-life value. There’s a special kind of satisfaction in making something that’s both adorable and functional.

Second, the design is universally loved. I’ve gifted these to teenagers, adults in their thirties, and grandmothers who had never heard the word “kawaii” in their lives, and every single one of them laughed with delight when they saw it. A bread loaf coin purse with a tiny fried egg dangling from it is just joyful. It brings a smile to anyone who sees it.

Third, it’s a great stash buster. This project uses relatively small amounts of yarn, which means it’s perfect for using up those odd skeins sitting in your yarn basket. The bread tones call for warm beiges and tans, and the fried egg uses just a few yards of white and yellow. You probably already have everything you need.

Finally, the skill level is genuinely accessible. If you can single crochet, work in the round, and do a basic slip stitch join, you can make this purse. There are a few shaping techniques and the added detail of the egg yolk embellishment, but I’ll explain everything clearly so you’re never lost.

Materials You’ll Need

Here’s what to gather before you sit down to crochet.

For the bread coin purse, you’ll want approximately 80 to 100 yards of worsted weight yarn in a warm tan or beige color. I love using a golden honey shade to mimic the color of a well-baked loaf. You’ll also want a small amount of a darker brown for the crust details along the top and bottom edges. Some crafters prefer to use a single color and just rely on shaping, but the two-tone approach really sells the bread illusion.

For the fried egg keychain, you’ll need about 15 yards of white yarn and 5 to 8 yards of bright yellow. Worsted weight works fine here too, though you can go down to DK weight if you want a daintier egg. The egg is worked flat, so it comes together in just a few minutes.

In terms of tools, grab a size 4mm or 5mm crochet hook depending on your tension. The finished purse should measure roughly 4 inches wide and 3 inches tall when closed, so if yours is coming out significantly larger or smaller, adjust your hook size accordingly. You’ll also need a 6-inch zipper in a coordinating color, a yarn needle for weaving in ends, stitch markers, scissors, and a small amount of polyfill or fiberfill stuffing if you want to give the purse a slightly padded, pillowy feel. Most crafters do add a tiny bit of stuffing because it makes the bread shape look even more realistic.

For the keychain attachment, pick up a small keyring or swivel clip from any craft or hardware store. These cost almost nothing and make the egg easy to attach and remove if needed.

Optional but recommended: a 5-inch plastic canvas circle or piece of stiff interfacing to insert into the bottom of the purse to help it hold its shape. You can also skip this entirely if you prefer a softer, squishier finish.

Understanding the Stitches

This pattern uses a handful of basic stitches along with one or two that might be new to beginners.

The magic ring is used at the start of the bottom panel to begin crocheting in the round. If you’re not comfortable with a magic ring, you can chain 2 and work your stitches into the second chain from the hook instead. It’s a slightly looser start, but it works perfectly well.

Single crochet is the main stitch throughout the entire body. It creates a tight, dense fabric that holds its shape nicely, which is exactly what you want for a structured coin purse.

Slip stitches are used to join rounds and create invisible seams.

You’ll also use a modified version of the standing single crochet when you change colors for the crust detail. This allows you to start a new color cleanly without a visible knot or joining stitch marring your work.

Finally, the fried egg uses a combination of single crochet and half double crochet to create the irregular, organic shape of a real egg white. The yolk is a small, tight circle of yellow worked in single crochet and then sewn on top.

The Pattern: Bread Coin Purse

Gauge: 16 sc x 18 rows = 4 inches in single crochet

Finished size: approximately 4 inches wide x 3 inches tall (closed)

Abbreviations used:
MR = magic ring, ch = chain, sc = single crochet, hdc = half double crochet, sl st = slip stitch, st = stitch, inc = increase (2 sc in same stitch), dec = decrease (sc2tog)

Part One: The Bottom Panel

Using your main tan/beige color, make a magic ring.

Round 1: Work 6 sc into the magic ring. Pull ring closed. (6 sts)

Round 2: Inc in each st around. (12 sts)

Round 3: Sc 1, inc repeat 6 times around. (18 sts)

Round 4: Sc 2, inc repeat 6 times around. (24 sts)

Round 5: Sc 3, inc repeat 6 times around. (30 sts)

Round 6: Sc 4, inc repeat 6 times around. (36 sts)

At the end of Round 6, sl st to join and fasten off. This creates the oval-ish base of your purse. Set it aside.

Part Two: The Body

This section builds the walls of the coin purse upward from the base.

Join your main color to any stitch of the base panel.

Round 1 through Round 12: Work 36 sc around in continuous rounds. Do not join; use a stitch marker to keep track of your rounds.

After Round 12, switch to your darker brown crust color.

Round 13: Sc around in brown. (36 sts)

Round 14: Sc around in brown. (36 sts)

Fasten off brown, rejoin main color.

Round 15: Sc around in main color. (36 sts)

Round 16: Sc around in main color. (36 sts)

At this point, your purse body should be taking shape. You’ll notice a subtle band of brown near the top that mimics the darker crust of a bread loaf. This detail is what makes the design read as bread immediately.

Part Three: The Top Panel and Zipper Preparation

Work 2 more rounds of sc in main color. At this point your purse tube should measure about 3 inches in height.

Sl st to join the final round and fasten off, leaving a 12-inch tail for sewing.

To prep for the zipper: lay your purse tube flat and use stitch markers to mark the front and back center. You’ll sew the zipper in along the top opening. Using a whip stitch and your yarn needle, carefully sew the zipper tape to the inside of the top edge, making sure the zipper pull sits centered on one side. Go slow here, check the alignment frequently, and don’t be afraid to pull out a few stitches and redo them if the zipper looks crooked. A neatly installed zipper makes the finished product look polished and professional.

If you’re adding stuffing, gently push a small amount of polyfill through the zipper opening before fully closing the seam. You want the purse to feel slightly full but not stretched.

Part Four: The Bread Top Shaping

Here’s where things get fun. To make the top of the purse dome slightly like the rounded top of a bread loaf rather than sitting perfectly flat, you have two options.

The first option is to insert a small pillow shape inside. You can make a quick oval of stiff felt or foam and slip it inside before sewing in the zipper. This naturally pushes the fabric outward into a curved shape.

The second option is to crochet a small dome separately and attach it to the top. To do this: make a magic ring, work 6 sc, increase each round as you did for the base panel, stopping after Round 3 or 4 depending on how pronounced you want the dome. Sew this to the top of the purse exterior using a whipstitch and matching yarn.

Most crafters prefer the felt insert method for simplicity, but the crocheted dome gives a more dimensional finish.

Part Five: The Crust Detailing

To really elevate the bread illusion, use a yarn needle and your brown yarn to embroider a simple running stitch along the line where your brown rounds meet the tan rounds. This creates a visible seam that looks like where the crust and the soft interior of the bread meet. It’s a tiny detail, but it makes a genuinely big difference in how realistic the finished purse looks.

You can also add a few surface slip stitches in cream or off-white across the front of the purse in gentle curves to mimic the slightly uneven surface texture of a real baked loaf. Think of the slight crackling and variation you see on a round sourdough. Just a few loose curves of surface slip stitch gives that handmade bakery vibe.

The Pattern: Fried Egg Keychain

The egg is worked flat in two pieces: the white and the yolk.

The Egg White

Using white yarn and a 4mm hook, make a magic ring.

Round 1: Work 6 sc into ring. (6 sts)

Round 2: Inc in each st. (12 sts)

Round 3: Sc 1, inc repeat around. (18 sts)

Round 4: Sc 2, inc, sc 3, hdc in next, 2 hdc in next, hdc in next, sc 3, inc, sc 3, inc, sc 2. (approximately 22 sts with organic shaping)

The slight irregularity of Round 4 is intentional. A fried egg white isn’t a perfect circle; it has those little wobbly edges that make it look organic and realistic. Feel free to add an extra inc or hdc in a spot or two if you want more pronounced ruffling around the edges.

Sl st to join the final round and fasten off, leaving a tail for attaching to the keyring.

The Yolk

Using yellow yarn, make a magic ring.

Round 1: Work 6 sc into ring. (6 sts)

Round 2: Inc in each st. (12 sts)

Sl st to join, fasten off leaving a long tail.

Using the tail, sew the yolk to the center of the egg white. Position it slightly off-center if you want that authentic “freshly cracked egg” look.

Assembling the Keychain

Thread the tail from the egg white through a small keyring or swivel clip before pulling tight and knotting. Alternatively, use a short length of chain to attach the egg to the ring. Weave in all ends neatly so no loose yarn is visible.

Clip the finished fried egg onto your zipper pull, and you’re done.

Tips for a Beautiful Finish

A few things I’ve learned from making many, many of these purses over the years.

Tension consistency matters more than you think. Because you’re working in continuous rounds on a relatively small project, any tension inconsistencies are very visible. If you notice your rounds tightening or loosening, take a moment to stop, breathe, and relax your grip on the yarn.

Weave in your ends extra securely. Coin purses get a lot of use and the zipper area especially gets tugged repeatedly. Weave tails back and forth through multiple stitches in different directions so they don’t work their way loose.

Press the finished purse gently with a damp cloth and let it air dry. This does wonders for evening out the stitches and helping the purse hold its shape, especially if you used a natural fiber yarn.

If you’re giving this as a gift, consider tucking a small bakery-style tag inside that reads “hand baked with love.” The little narrative detail makes the gift extra special and ties the whole joke together beautifully.

Customization Ideas

One of my favorite things about this pattern is how easy it is to customize.

You can change the bread color entirely to make a seeded rye loaf with darker gray-brown yarn, or a crusty baguette by elongating the base oval and making the body narrower and longer. A bagel version with a hole through the middle would be achieved by starting with a chain ring instead of a magic ring and leaving the center open, though you’d need a different closure mechanism.

The fried egg keychain can easily become a sunny-side-up detail sewn directly to the front of the purse instead of hanging as a separate piece. You could also swap the egg for other food keychains: a tiny strip of bacon, a cherry tomato, a pat of butter. The combination of bread and any breakfast food alongside it is endlessly charming.

For a more polished presentation, line the inside of the purse with a scrap of cotton fabric in a complementary color. Sew it in by hand using small whipstitches. The lining hides the wrong side of your crochet stitches, makes the purse more durable, and gives the whole thing a finished boutique quality.

About the PDF Download

The full PDF version of this pattern includes everything in this post formatted for easy offline reference, plus clear stitch diagrams for the base and body construction, a color chart for the two-tone crust effect, a step-by-step photo guide for installing the zipper, and alternate sizing instructions if you’d like to make a larger version to use as a card holder or small makeup pouch.

The PDF is designed to be print-friendly and easy to read at a glance while you’re crocheting, with stitch counts clearly highlighted at the end of every row so you never lose your place.

Final Thoughts

Crochet food accessories occupy this wonderful space where craft, humor, and genuine usefulness meet, and the bread coin purse with fried egg keychain is one of the best examples of that. It takes maybe two to three hours from start to finish once you’ve made it once or twice, it uses materials most crafters already have, and the end result is something that genuinely makes people smile every time they reach into their bag.

I hope this pattern brings you as much joy to make as it does to use. If you make one, I’d absolutely love to see it. Share your finished photos in the comments below or tag me on social media so I can admire your work. And if you have questions about any of the steps, drop them in the comments and I’ll do my best to help you out.

Happy crocheting, and happy baking.