Easy Crochet Bags
How to Crochet a Bag: A Beginner’s Roadmap
Crochet bags are built in three ways: a folded flat panel, a tube worked in the round, or joined motifs. Here is what each one needs and which to make first.
Crochet Beautiful Bags You’ll Love to Make
Free, beginner-friendly crochet bag patterns in US terms, with the techniques that make a bag last: sturdy stitches, flat bases, straps that hold their length, linings and closures.
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New to crochet bags? Read these four in order before you pick a pattern.
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How to Crochet a Bag: A Beginner’s Roadmap
Crochet bags are built in three ways: a folded flat panel, a tube worked in the round, or joined motifs. Here is what each one needs and which to make first.
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The Best Yarn for Crochet Bags: Fibers, Weights and Yardage
Why cotton is the standard choice for crochet bags, how raffia, T-shirt yarn, macrame cord, acrylic and wool compare, and how to estimate the yardage a bag needs.
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Sturdy Crochet Stitches for Bags That Hold Their Shape
Five dense stitches for firm, low-stretch bag fabric, each with a short recipe, its strengths and weaknesses, and the part of the bag it suits best.
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Your First Crochet Bag: An Easy Single Crochet Rectangle
One single crochet rectangle, folded in half and seamed at the sides, with two simple straps. A first bag that needs no shaping and only one stitch.
Easy Crochet Bags
Your First Crochet Bag: An Easy Single Crochet Rectangle
One single crochet rectangle, folded in half and seamed at the sides, with two simple straps. A first bag that needs no shaping and only one stitch.
Easy Crochet Bags
Easy Crochet Bag in the Round (No Sewing)
A seamless bag with an oval base, half double crochet sides and handles made by chaining across a gap. Nothing to sew except two yarn tails.
Crochet Tote Bags
Striped Crochet Tote Bag With Clean Color Changes
A flat tote in joined rounds of single crochet with wide three-color stripes, and the small techniques that keep each color change neat at the seam.
Crochet Tote Bags
Crochet Tote Bag Sizes: A Practical Sizing Guide
Common tote dimensions from small to large, plus the simple arithmetic that turns a gauge swatch into a foundation chain, base rounds and handle length.
Crochet Tote Bags
Classic Crochet Tote Bag Pattern
An everyday tote in single crochet with a rectangular base, straight sides and two shoulder handles crocheted on in the final rounds.
Crochet Market Bags
Crochet Produce Bags: A Set of Three Mesh Drawstring Bags
A quick set of reusable crochet produce bags in three sizes, worked in small-holed filet mesh with a drawstring threaded through the top round.
Crochet Market Bags
Crochet Market Bag Pattern: A Stretchy Mesh Bag With a Solid Base
A free crochet market bag pattern with a solid double crochet base, a chain-loop mesh body, a firm top band and one wide strap worked straight off the band.
Crochet Market Bags
Crochet Mesh Stitches for Bags: Net, Filet and V-Stitch Compared
Chain-loop net, filet mesh, V-stitch and solid fabric with eyelets compared for bags: how far each stretches, what falls through, and a short recipe for working each one.
Small Crochet Bags
Crochet Mini Bag: A Small Structured Handbag Pattern
A tiny structured handbag with a rectangular base, firm single crochet sides and one short top handle, plus the methods that keep such a small bag stiff.
Small Crochet Bags
Crochet Coin Purse: An Easy Envelope Pattern
A small envelope-style coin purse made from one strip of single crochet with a decreased, pointed flap and a button loop. It uses about 40 yards of cotton.
Small Crochet Bags
Crochet Zipper Pouch: How to Sew a Zipper Into Crochet
A flat single crochet pouch with a hand-sewn zipper, using a flat-first method that turns the zipper into two short straight lines of backstitch.
Crochet Bag Techniques
How to Reinforce a Crochet Bag So It Keeps Its Shape
Where a crochet bag sags and how to stop it: stiff base inserts, a doubled base, stronger strap anchors, a stable top edge and interfacing with a lining.
Crochet Bag Techniques
How to Line a Crochet Bag With Fabric
A step-by-step method for adding a fabric lining to a finished crochet bag: measuring, cutting with seam allowance, adding a pocket, and hand-stitching it to the top edge.
Crochet Bag Techniques
Crochet Bag Closures: How to Choose and Attach the Right One
Seven ways to close a crochet bag, from a button and chain loop to a magnetic snap or drawstring, with the bags each one suits and how to attach it so it holds.
Crochet Bag Techniques
How to Assemble and Finish a Crochet Bag
The finishing sequence for a crochet bag: blocking the panels, choosing a seam, sewing on straps, weaving in cotton ends so they stay, edging and final shaping.
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Seasonal Crochet Bags
Crochet Beach Bag: An Oversized Tote With a Mesh Top
An oversized cotton beach tote worked in one piece: a solid oval base and lower body, a filet mesh upper that lets sand fall out, and rope-core handles.
Seasonal Crochet Bags
Crochet Gift Bags: Reusable Drawstring Sacks in Three Sizes
Small reusable drawstring gift bags worked in the round in three sizes, with holiday color ideas, ribbon or crocheted ties and a simple way to size a bag to any gift.
Small Crochet Bags
Crochet Mini Bag: A Small Structured Handbag Pattern
A tiny structured handbag with a rectangular base, firm single crochet sides and one short top handle, plus the methods that keep such a small bag stiff.
Crochet Shoulder Bags
Granny Square Bag: The Classic 13-Square Shoulder Bag
How to make the classic granny square bag from 13 squares: the four-round square, the staircase layout, every seam in order, the pointed top edge and the strap.
Crochet Shoulder Bags
Crochet Shoulder Bag Pattern: A Slouchy Hobo Bag With a Built-In Strap
A slouchy hobo-style shoulder bag worked in the round, then split into two halves that taper by decreases into one wide strap joined at the shoulder.
Small Crochet Bags
Crochet Coin Purse: An Easy Envelope Pattern
A small envelope-style coin purse made from one strip of single crochet with a decreased, pointed flap and a button loop. It uses about 40 yards of cotton.
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