How to Make a Stylish Crochet Bag

You’ll Need:

300g of yarn (75% viscose, 25% linen; 77m/50g) of sandy color;

Crochet hook 5;

Leather handles;

1 button Ø 3 cm.

Size:

30 на 40 cm (without handles).

Main Pattern

Crochet around. Change the 1^st single crochet to 1 chain stitch increase to start a new row. Finish each row with slip stitch in the chain stitch increase.

Stitches Control:

14 single crochets x 16 rows = 10 x 10 cm.

Instructions

Start with the bottom part. Make 43 chain stitches and fasten it with single crochets from both sides, totally, 42 single crochets on each side. Finish the row with slip stitch in the 1^st chain stitch.

Increase 2 stitches between the 42^nd and 43^rd stitches and also between 84^th and 1^st stitches of the next row, insert the crochet hook in the previously increased stitches. As a result, there are 112 stitches in work.

In 20 cm from the initial chain, divide the stitches along the vertical lines of increases to the front part (= 56 stitches) and back part (= 56 stitches). Finish both parts separately. Work with straight/reversed rows for 10 cm.

Then, make folds: 10 single crochets, 7 stitches in the fold, 22 single crochets, 7 stitches in the fold, 10 single crochets. Totally, 42 single crochets. Then, crochet 14 cm more.

Assembly

Turn the upper edge of every detail of bag to 7 cm to the middle and sew, catching the folds to the whole depth. Fasten the sides with 1 row of single crochets along double upper parts, inserting the crochet hook through both layers.

For the fastener, make 7 chain stitches + 1 chain stitch increase and make 15 rows of single crochets – 7 single crochets in each row. Make button-hole in the 16^th row: 2 single crochets, skip the next 3 stitches, 3 chain stitches above them, 2 single crochets. Crochet straight with 7 single crochets. Make decreases of 1 stitch from both sides in the 20^th and 21^st rows. Crochet the rest 3 stitches together in the 23^rd row.

Sew the fastener to the back of your bag in the center, connecting its lower edge with the beginning of turn. Sew button to the front part of your bag. Sew the handles.