Crochet bag of textile yarn

Attributed to a great demand on my easy crochet bag of textile yarn, you can find here the English version.

If you are searching for the German version, please klick here.

During one of my shopping trips last year, I was stumbling in a bundle of textile yarn, whitch attracted me that much. Normally. I am keen on buying new fabrics for sewing, but this white yarn with blue stripes was great. Never before I crochet anything with textile yarn. So I said, let’s start with a new experiences.

Therefore, I was searching for inspiration at Pinterest, but I only find crochet patterns for smaller bags. I always need enough space in my bag for my portemonnaie, my mobile phone, my cosmetic bags, my e-book, …. Attributed to a lot of small patterns I had to create my own one. And here it is:

You need the following materials for crocheting:

• Textile yarn (~200m), e.g. Hooked Zpaghetti or T-Yarn or Svoly Yarn
• Crochet hook– I used size 10
• Stitch-Markers
• Scissors

How to craft this easy crochet tote bag:

Abbreviations:

ch = chain

sl st = slip stich

sc = single crochet (US) (= double crochet (UK))

st = stich

Let’s get started:

Start with 25 chains and mark the last chain with a stitch marker or a short piece of yarn (end of the rounds).

Crochet the bottom of the easy tote bag:

In round 1+2 we are using only back loops . If you need any instructions please watch the following tutorial of Weareknitters.

Round 1: Back loops only

1 ch, 1 sc in second loop from hook, continue ch until next to last loop. 3 sc in last loop. Back to the start with 23 sc and 3 sc in the last loop. Set stitch marker.

Round 2: Back loops only

24 sc and 3 sc in next loop. Next 26 sc and 3 sc in the last loop of the round. Set stitch marker.

Finally you have 56 loops in a round (56 st).

Crochet the sides of the easy tote bag:

From now you are using the normal sc – no back loops any more.

56 sc in 15 rounds. Set stitch marker after every round.

Crochet the handles of the easy tote bag:

Start the next round with 15 sc, followed by 8 ch for the first handle. Skip 8 loops of the round before and use the 9th loop for the next sc. 19 sc and again 8 ch for the second handle, following sc in the 9th loop until the end of the round (56 st).

Next round: 56 sc.

Last round: Finished your lovely bag with 56 sl st. Fasten of the yarn and the secure it with a needle.

Congratulation! You finished it!

Tips & tricks:

• Save time: If you use thick yarn, you will be ready earlier.
• Adjust the bag size:  If you prefer your bag smaller, you can crochet it with a thin yarn and a suitable crochet hook. If you need a bigger bag size, then you can enlarged the number of chains at the beginning. Caution: use an uneven amount of chains at the beginning.
• Bag weight: My best friend liked by crochet bag, but was not happy about the weight of the tote bag. Please keep that in mind.
• Laugh at the end: Setting the stitch marker helps! I denied using that gorgeous tool and in my last round of this bag project I recognized working only with 55 loops in one round instead of 56 loops. Argh – the missing loop was found in round 2. 🙂

I am looking forward for your comments & pics from your finished bags.