Handmade Crochet Bee Market Bag Tutorial

Materials You Will Need

The following materials will help you craft your crochet bee market bag:

• Premier Yarns Momenti (worsted acrylic)
• Meadow (1 skein)
• 5mm Crochet Hook - used Furls Crochet Hook
• Scissors
• Tapestry needle

Gauge

6 sts x 7 rows = 2 square inches

Size

12 x 18.5 inches (without measuring the straps)

Stitches Used in the Pattern

• st/sts = stitch/stitches
• ch = chain
• sk = skip
• sl st = slip stitch
• dc = double crochet
• ldc = linked double crochet
• ATC = Alternative Turning Chain

Pattern Notes

First, you’ll crochet the base of the bag as a circle and then add the filet crochet section as the main body before crocheting the top bag edge and straps.

Bee Filet Crochet Market Bag Graph

Filet Crochet Written Pattern

ATC = Alternative Turning Chain

Bag Bottom

Make a Magic Ring and add 1 ATC and 11 dc stitches, close ring.

Round Instructions:

R1: [1 ATC, 1 dc] in the same stitch, then 2 dc in each stitch, sl st to the first stitch.

R2: 1 ATC, 2 dc in the same stitch, *1 dc in the next st, 2 dc in the same st, repeat from * until the end, sl st to the first stitch.

R3: 1 ATC, 1 dc in the next st, 2 dc in the same stitch, *1 dc in the next 2 sts, 2 dc in the same st, repeat from * until the end, sl st to the first stitch.

R4: 1 ATC, 1 dc in the next 2 sts, 2 dc in the same stitch, *1 dc in the next 3 sts, 2 dc in the same st, repeat from * until the end, sl st to the first stitch.

R5: 1 ATC, 1 dc in the next 3 sts, 2 dc in the same stitch, *1 dc in the next 4 sts, 2 dc in the same st, repeat from * until the end, sl st to the first stitch.

R6: 1 ATC, 1 dc in the next 4 sts, 2 dc in the same stitch, *1 dc in the next 5 sts, 2 dc in the same st, repeat from * until the end, sl st to the first stitch.

R7: 1 ATC, 1 dc in the next 5 sts, 2 dc in the same stitch, *1 dc in the next 6 sts, 2 dc in the same st, repeat from * until the end, sl st to the first stitch.

R8: 1 ATC, 1 dc in the next 6 sts, 2 dc in the same stitch, *1 dc in the next 7 sts, 2 dc in the same st, repeat from * until the end, sl st to the first stitch (108 sts).

Continue with the Market Bag Pattern

Now use 3DC Filet Crochet:

1 open mesh is (O): 1 dc, ch1, sk 1.

1 closed mesh is (X): 1 dc in 2 sts.

Follow the flat graph (but in ROUNDS), sl st at the end. Each first dc is an ATC.

Round Instructions:

R1: (O) x 54.

R2: (O) x 8, (X) x 7, (O) x 39.

R3: (O) x 6, (X) x 2, (O) x 7, (X) x 1, (O) x 38.

R4: (O) x 5, (X) x 1, (O) x 3, (X) x 3, (O) x 1, (X) x 2, (O) x 1, (X) x 1, (O) x 37.

R5: (O) x 4, (X) x 1, (O) x 1, (X) x 2, (O) x 1, (X) x 3, (O) x 2, (X) x 2, (O) x 1, (X) x 1, (O) x 36.

R6: (O) x 3, (X) x 1, (O) x 1, (X) x 3, (O) x 2, (X) x 3, (O) x 1, (X) x 2, (O) x 2, (X) x 5, (O) x 31.

R7: (O) x 2, (X) x 1, (O) x 1, (X) x 5, (O) x 1, (X) x 3, (O) x 2, (X) x 2, (O) x 5, (X) x 1, (O) x 31.

R8: (O) x 2, (X) x 1, (O) x 1, (X) x 5, (O) x 2, (X) x 3, (O) x 1, (X) x 2, (O) x 1, (X) x 5, (O) x 31.

R9: (O) x 2, (X) x 1, (O) x 1, (X) x 6, (O) x 1, (X) x 3, (O) x 1, (X) x 2, (O) x 1, (X) x 1, (O) x 35.

R10: (O) x 2, (X) x 1, (O) x 1, (X) x 1, (O) x 1, (X) x 1, (O) x 1, (X) x 2, (O) x 1, (X) x 3, (O) x 1, (X) x 2, (O) x 1, (X) x 1, (O) x 35.

R11: (O) x 2, (X) x 1, (O) x 1, (X) x 6, (O) x 1, (X) x 2, (O) x 2, (X) x 1, (O) x 1, (X) x 1, (O) x 36.

R12: (O) x 2, (X) x 2, (O) x 1, (X) x 4, (O) x 2, (X) x 2, (O) x 1, (X) x 2, (O) x 1, (X) x 1, (O) x 36.

R13: (O) x 3, (X) x 2, (O) x 1, (X) x 3, (O) x 1, (X) x 3, (O) x 1, (X) x 1, (O) x 1, (X) x 2, (O) x 36.

R14: (O) x 4, (X) x 2, (O) x 9, (X) x 1, (O) x 2, (X) x 1, (O) x 35.

R15: (O) x 5, (X) x 5, (O) x 1, (X) x 1, (O) x 1, (X) x 2, (O) x 1, (X) x 2, (O) x 1, (X) x 1, (O) x 34.

R16: (O) x 8, (X) x 1, (O) x 1, (X) x 3, (O) x 2, (X) x 4, (O) x 1, (X) x 1, (O) x 33.

R17: (O) x 8, (X) x 1, (O) x 1, (X) x 5, (O) x 1, (X) x 4, (O) x 1, (X) x 1, (O) x 32.

R18: (O) x 8, (X) x 1, (O) x 1, (X) x 5, (O) x 1, (X) x 4, (O) x 1, (X) x 1, (O) x 32.

R19: (O) x 8, (X) x 1, (O) x 1, (X) x 5, (O) x 1, (X) x 4, (O) x 1, (X) x 1, (O) x 32.

R20: (O) x 8, (X) x 1, (O) x 1, (X) x 5, (O) x 1, (X) x 4, (O) x 1, (X) x 1, (O) x 32.

R21: (O) x 8, (X) x 1, (O) x 1, (X) x 5, (O) x 2, (X) x 2, (O) x 1, (X) x 1, (O) x 33.

R22: (O) x 9, (X) x 1, (O) x 1, (X) x 4, (O) x 1, (X) x 1, (O) x 2, (X) x 1, (O) x 34.

R23: (O) x 10, (X) x 1, (O) x 4, (X) x 1, (O) x 1, (X) x 2, (O) x 35.

R24: (O) x 11, (X) x 4, (O) x 39.

R25: (O) x 54.

R26 – 28: 1 ATC, then 1 ldc in each st until the end of the round, sl st to the first st.

Using stitch markers (I used leftover yarn pieces), mark where your handles start and end on each side of the laid flat bag. Of 108 stitches, I added stitch markers where the ^ is:

15 sts, ^ 24 sts ^, 30 sts, ^ 24 sts ^, 15 sts (make sure the bee is on the front).

Then crochet this:

1 Round: 1 ATC, 1 LDC in the next 14 sts, then crochet 50 (or more or less) chainless foundation LDC sts (see video tutorial on how to do this), 1 LDC in the next 30 sts, then crochet 50 (or same as first handle just made) chainless foundation LDC sts, 1 LDC in the next 15 sts, sl st to the first st.

Last Round: 1 ATC, then 1 LDC in each st until the end of the round, sl st to the first st.

Fasten off and weave in your ends.