The Crochet Tote Bag is the perfect beach bag or crochet market bag for summer. This free crochet bag pattern is quite easy to crochet & the striped details are just amazing.
Stitch up this striped crochet pattern in two colors of yarn quickly before or during your summer vacation. Then bring this shoulder bag to a farmers market, the beach or bring your crochet project along with you.
However, if you see this in fall & winter, I personally use it for my yarn stash all through the year.
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The Yarn for the Crochet Tote Bag
To make this crochet tote bag you’re going to need 100 % cotton yarn. A sturdy and durable yarn that can endure the weight of whatever you carry around in it.
The yarn weight used is aran or 4 medium yarn.
If you don’t have a similar yarn at hand, grab Lion Brand 24/7 Cotton for a similar result.
You can also change to a different yarn fiber, like acrylic yarn, which will look great for an all year crochet bag.
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This crochet tote bag is perfect to use as a market bag or grocery bag. It’s also great for trips to the beach or other summer activities.
Personally I love the idea of using it as a yarn stash bag or crochet project bag as well.
The options are endless.
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- Crochet Beach Bag
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How long it takes to crochet something varies depending on your skill & how fast you crochet. But that isn’t a helpful answer is it?
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It will help you calculate exactly how much time you’ll spend crocheting a project.
All you need to know is how much yarn you will use on the project in either meters, yards or skeins. Then crochet your test square & time it.
Calculate how long it takes to crochet that.
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Crochet Tote Bag Pattern
The Crochet Tote Bag works up quickly, requires 2 colors of cotton yarn & is beginner friendly with skill level easy.
This crochet bag pattern is perfect to use all year through, but especially during summer.
Fill it with everything you need when you go to the beach, or use it for your crochet project. It’s also the perfect grocery or market bag & you can fit a lot in it.
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Materials Needed
Crochet Hook
Hook I used: Symphonie Rose Crochet Hooks from Knitpro
Yarn
Aran weight, 4 medium yarn.
Yarn amount used:
Color A:
- 2 skeins / 200 g / 270 m / 296 yds
Color B:
- 2 skeins / 170 g / 230 m / 252 yds
Other Materials Needed
- Yarn Needle, find one here (if you don’t already have one)!
- Scissors
- Measuring tape
Gauge
Measured with half double crochet stitches crocheted in rows:
15 stitches & 9 rows per 10 cm / 4”.
Crochet Tote Bag – Pattern Notes
- This crochet pattern is written in US terms.
- All measurements given are unblocked.
- Note that measurements are given as exact as possible. But crochet tension & technique might give variations in the result, that changes from person to person.
- Read pattern instructions carefully before beginning to make sure you understand everything. It might save you hours frogging your work & crocheting it again!
- Make a swatch that measure at least 10 x 10 cm / 4 x 4 inches using the stitch the gauge is given for. If your swatch matches the gauge, you’re good to go. If the gauge is wrong, you might need to change your hook. Go up in crochet hook size if your stitches are smaller & go down in crochet hook size if your stitches are bigger. Learn more about testing gauge.
- Check yarn info if you want to find an alternative or test your yarn against the gauge. Learn more about substituting yarn.
- This pattern is written for 1 size, however size adjustments are suggested under the heading “Size Measurements”.
- At the end of each row, the stitch count is given in parenthesis. It includes starting chains.
- All rows are worked into the previous row.
- Rows with hdc only (row 1-6 + row 43-48) may end up wider than the rows with stripes for some crocheters. To adjust: Either go down a crochet hook size for hdc rows or up a crochet hook size for the stripe rows if you have this experience. Blocking the final bag will also work as a great option.
- Use stitch markers to mark of the beginning/end of each row, to make it easier to find the first & last st on each row
Size & Measurements
- Width: 38 cm / 14.9 inches*.
- Height: 42 cm / 16.5 inches*.
- Handle: 65 cm / 25.6.
*Measured with the bag laying on a flat surface.
Size Notes
- The written pattern is for just one size.
Size Adjustments
- Make the bag wider by adding extra stitches before you start row 1.
- Make the bag narrower by reducing the number of stitches you make before you start row 1.
- Make the bag deeper or shallower by adding or reducing the number of rows you crochet.
- Make the handles shorter or longer by adding or reducing the number of rows you crochet.
Note: Any size adjustments affects yarn usage & you might need more/less yarn than suggested.
Diagram
Abbreviations
- CA = color A
- CB = color B
- ch = chain
- cont = continue
- dc= double crochet
- FSC = foundation single crochet
- hdc = half double crochet
- prev = previous
- sk = skip(ped)
- sl st = slip stitch
- st = stitch(es)
- yo = yarn over
We try our best to include all crochet abbreviations in the list above for the crochet pattern, but sometimes we may forget one or two.
Learn more about crochet abbreviations & find a complete list on our Crochet Abbreviations & Terms post.
Stitches You Will Need
You will need to use the chain, slip stitch, half double crochet stitch, double crochet stitch & foundation single crochet stitch.
Foundation Single Crochet (FSC)
Written description:
Step 1: Ch 2 st.
Step 2: Insert hook into 2nd ch from hook, pull up a loop. Yo and pull through first loop (making “chain”). Yo and pull through both loops on hook.
Step 3: Insert hook into prev “chain” you made (It should look like you go through a resemblance of a “normal” st, with 2 strands of yarn), pull up a loop, yo and pull through first loop (making “chain”). Yo and pull through both loops on hook. Repeat step 3 until you’ve made enough stitches.
*2nd ch in step 1 makes 1 st, step 2 makes 1 st & every time step 3 is repeated you make 1 st.
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Techniques You Will Need
You will need to know how to change colors in crochet with different color on different rows.
Changing Color With Different Color On Different Rows
When working with different colors on different rows, you’ll never finish the last stitch on the last row with one color, with the color you where working with.
Do all the steps of the stitch, then leave the last step unworked. Yarn over with the color for the next st & pull yarn through.
Repeat this for every row you change colors to make the color changes look beautiful.
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