Advanced Beginner Crochet Bag Pattern

Skill Level

Measurement

• Height - 6.6"
• Width - 10"

Gauge

Materials

• Knitting cotton any color of your choice – 315 to 320 m (1.75 of 50g ball)
• Hook – 3.5 mm
• Bag accessories - Button, chain strap of your choice
• Tapestry needle

Abbreviation

Special Stitches

fpdc (front post double crochet)

Reverse sc - Ch 1, working from left to right, skip first st, insert hook from front to back in next st to the right, yarn over, pull loop through st (a), yarn over, pull through 2 loops on hook (b).

Reverse Single Crochet finish - slip stitch in 3rd or 2nd ch of beginning 3ch or 2ch

Pattern

Start with 42 chain.

(If you like, make base chain with double strand of thread; it will give strength to the base. To do so, fold the thread about 1.25 m and start from folded end.)

RND 1 – sc in 3rd ch from hook, sc in each st up to last ch, 4sc in next st, sc in each ch on other side of the base ch up to beg ch, 2sc in next ch, finish.

Crochet taking along the left over folded end.

RND 2 – 2ch (counts as a sc), 2sc in next st, sc in each st up to last 4sc st, 2sc in each next 4sts, sc in each st up to 2sc st, 2sc in each next 2sts, sc in next st, finish.

RND 3 to RND 8 – sc in each st, 2sc in each middle 4sts of both rounded ends (each row 8sts increase).

Base of the Bag

RND 9 – 3ch, dc in each st, finish. (131dc)

RND 10 – 3ch, *fpdc in next dc, dc in next st* repeat * * throughout, finish.

RND 11 – 3ch, *dc in next st, fpdc in next dc* repeat * * throughout, finish.

Net texture of the bag:

Repeat RND 10 and RND 11, 8 more times.

Neck of the Bag

RND 19 – 2ch, *skip next st, sc in next st (it should be a fpdc st)* repeat * * 24 times, sc in each of the 17 sts, repeat * * 24 times, sc in remaining sts, finish.

RND 20 and RND 21 – sc in each st across, finish.

RND 22 - sc in 53 sts, 10 ch (for button hole, make according to your button), skip 9sts, sc in remaining sts, finish.

RND 23 and RND 24 – sc in each st across, finish.

RND 25 – Finish the bag with reverse sc in each st.

Finishing

Make 2 loops on both corners just below the neck for chain handle.

RND 1 - 10ch, insert the ch in one corner, sl st in beg ch to make a ring.

RND 2 - 2ch, sc in each st, sl st in beg 2ch.