You’re going to love the Cotton Crochet Bag Pattern.
It’s such a handy cotton crochet bag, featuring a lovely lace stitch & a sturdy round crocheted base.
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About the Cotton Crochet Bag Pattern
The Cotton Crochet Bag Pattern is a great pattern for a reusable bag. Bring your crocheted market bags to the store and skip using plastic.
With a beautiful lace crochet stitch, this is for sure a great crocheted tote bag.
Pick your favorite yarn colors & make a few of these before your next grocery run.
Project level: Easy
Materials
Crochet Hook Size
Yarn
- Yarn
- We Crochet – Dishie in color Mint
- Weight
- 4 Medium Yarn
- Fiber
- 100% cotton
Yarn amount needed:
2 skeins
One skein is 100 grams · 174 meters · 190 yards.
Gauge
Measured over double crochet stitches crocheted in rows:
12 stitches & 7 rows per 10 cm / 4".
Crochet 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 measures 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. Size adjustments are added under the heading “Sizes & Measurements”.
- At the end of each round, the stitch count is given in parenthesis.
Sizes and Measurements
Circumference bottom: 85 cm / 33.5 inches
Diameter: 27 cm / 10.6 inches
Height: 46 cm / 18.1 inches
*The cotton crochet bag will stretch/shape when used.
Abbreviations
- beg = beginning
- ch = chain
- ch-1-sp = chain space created by 1 chain
- ch-4-sp = chain space created by 4 chains
- ch-5-sp = refers to chain or space previously made, with 5 ch
- dc = double crochet
- FSC = foundation single crochet
- prev = previous
- sc = single crochet
- sk = skip / skipped
- sl st = slip stitch
- sp / sp(s) = space(s)
- st = stitch(es)
- tr = treble crochet
- 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
Foundation Single Crochet Stitch (FSC)
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 1st & every time step 3 is repeated you make 1 st.
Lace Star Flower Stitch
The featured stitch in this crochet pattern is the Lace Star Flower Stitch.
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Instructions for the Cotton Crochet Bag Pattern
Bag
Start with a magic circle.
Round 1: 10 dc into the magic circle, pull tight, sl st in 1st dc, turn (=10 st).
Round 2: Ch 1 (doesn’t count as a st), dc 2 in each st, sl st in 1st dc, turn (=20 st).
Round 3: Ch 1 (doesn’t count as a st), *dc 2 in next st, dc 1 in the next 1 st*, repeat from *to* until end of round, sl st in 1st dc, turn (=30 st).
Round 4: Ch 1 (doesn’t count as a st), *dc 2 in next st, dc 1 in the next 2 st*, repeat from *to* until end of round, sl st in 1st dc, turn (=40 st).
Round 5: Ch 1 (doesn’t count as a st), *dc 2 in next st, dc 1 in the next 3 st*, repeat from *to* until end of round, sl st in 1st dc, turn (=50 st).
Round 6: Ch 1 (doesn’t count as a st), *dc 2 in next st, dc 1 in the next 4 st*, repeat from *to* until end of round, sl st in 1st dc, turn (=60 st).
Round 7: Ch 1 (doesn’t count as a st), *dc 2 in next st, dc 1 in the next 5 st*, repeat from *to* until end of round, sl st in 1st dc, turn (=70 st).
Round 8: Ch 1 (doesn’t count as a st), *dc 2 in next st, dc 1 in the next 6 st*, repeat from *to* until end of round, sl st in 1st dc, turn (=80 st).
Round 9: Ch 1 (doesn’t count as a st), *dc 2 in next st, dc 1 in the next 7 st*, repeat from *to* until end of round, sl st in 1st dc, turn (=90 st).
Round 10: Ch 1 (doesn’t count as a st), *dc 2 in next st, dc 1 in the next 8 st*, repeat from *to* until end of round, sl st in 1st dc, turn (=100 st).
Round 11: Ch 5 (counts as 1 tr + 2 ch), tr 1 in same as sl st from prev round, *ch 3, sk 4 st, sc 1 in next st, ch 3, sk 4 st**, tr 1 in next st, ch 5, tr 1 in same st as last tr*, repeat from *to* until you have 0 stitches left, ending last repeat at **, tr 1 in same as sl st from prev round, ch 2, sl st in 3rd ch from beg of round, turn (=140 st).
Round 12: Sc 1 in same as sl st from prev round, *ch 3, tr 1 in next sc from prev round, ch 5, tr 1 in same st as last tr, ch 3**, sc 1 in next ch-5-space*, repeat form *to* until end of round, ending last repeat at **, sl st in sc from beg of round, turn (=140 st).
Round 13: Ch 5 (counts as 1 tr + 2 ch), tr 1 in same as sl st from prev round, *ch 3, sc in next ch-5-space, ch 3**, tr 1 in next sc from prev round, ch 5, tr 1 in same st as last tr*, repeat from *to* until you have 0 stitches left, ending last repeat at **, tr 1 in same as sl st from prev round, ch 2, sl st in 3rd ch from beg of round, turn (=140 st).
Round 14-36: Repeat round 12 & 13, ending with a repeat of row 12.
Round 37: Ch 7 (counting as 1 tr + 4 ch), *sc 1 in next ch-5-space, ch 4, tr 1 in next sc, ch 4*, repeat from *to* 8 times, sc 1 in next ch-5-space, ch 4, sl st in 3rd ch from beg of round (=100 st).
Round 38: Sc 1 in same as sl st from prev round, *sc 4 in ch-4-space, sc 1 in sc, sc 4 in ch-4-space**, sc 1 in tr*, ending last repeat at **, sl st in sc from beg of round, turn (=100 st).
Round 39: Ch 3 (counting as 1 dc + 1 ch), sk 1 st *dc 1 in next st, ch 1, sk 1 st*, repeat from *to* until end of round, sl st in 2nd ch from beg of round, turn (=100 st).
Round 40: Sc 1 in same as sl st from prev round, *sc 1 in ch-1-space, sc 1 in dc*, repeat from *to* until you have 1 st left, sc 1 in ch-1-space, sl st in sc from beg of round, turn(=100 st).
Round 41: Sc 1 in same as sl st from prev round, sc 1 in the next 14 st, FSC 20 st, sk 20 st, sc 1 in the next 30 st, FSC 20 st, sk 20 st, sc 1 in the next 15 st, sl st in sc from beg of round, turn (=100 st).
Round 42: Sc 1 in same as sl st from prev round, sc 1 in each st, sl st in sc from beg of round, turn (=100 st).
Fasten off & cut yarn.
Cord
Make a 95 cm / 37.5 inches long cord by crocheting approximately 130 FSC stitches.*
Fasten off & cut yarn.
Thread the cord in ch-1-spaces made on row 39.
*The cord might stretch a bit when you start using it. So make it slightly shorter than you feel is ideal.
Finishing
Fasten threads & weave in ends.
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