Eco-friendly Market Bag Crochet Pattern

Hello, welcome to the first blog post/pattern on Yarn Craftee. I am very excited and relieved to be sharing this Eco-friendly Market Bag Crochet pattern with you.

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You may already know me from the blog LoopinglyMade, which was then changed to Craft-Her. You might want to read the back story on how I got here.

I don’t know about you, but with the numerous changes in the world after the pandemic hit, I have made an effort to embrace nature, natural things, recyclable things, reusable things more. It just feels like humans keep using things without much consideration for the earth. For the first time in a very long time a lot of us could attest to how clean the air smelled, how clear the sky was, and I bet we definitely had more appreciation for food.

Celebrating Earth day should be a way of life, not just something we do once a year when the mood strikes. I believe that when we are good to the earth, she gives us her very best. Afterall, the earth is a living thing and was made to produce for us humans. With that in mind, I decided to make this eco-friendly market bag. This is an accessory you can use and reuse for as long as the cotton material holds (which will be a long time).

CONSTRUCTION

The first part of the eco-friendly market bag is worked flat in rows. The next part is worked in filet crochet and single crochet rounds till you reach the desired number of rows and fix the handles.

Here’s an image to save for later on Pinterest

Crochet bags are one of the projects I like to crochet from time to time. It is often easier to come up with bag ideas and they require less calculations in measurements. For more crochet bag patterns, try these below:

• Crochet hook or pencil case – or crayon case too.
• Crochet Drawstring Pouch – this one can be made with left-over yarn.
• Puff Stitch Flap Bag– a handy a pretty casual bag.
• Reversible Drawstring Bag– I think I like reversible designs a lot.
• Reversible Carry-all Tote– can be used as a market bag too.

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ECO-FRIENDLY MARKET BAG CROCHET PATTERN

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Finished Size: 13.5” wide/22” tall (with handles)

Gauge: 11 SC sts across/1 set or SC rows = 2”

Materials:

• 450 meters, Cotton DK weight, medium 3 yarn. This pattern uses Performance yarn Cotton Passion, you can substitute with Paintbox yarns Cotton DK in colour of choice.
• 3.5.mm hook
• Tapestry Needle
• Stitch markers

Stitches/Abbreviation:

• SC- single crochet
• DC- double crochet
• CH- chain
• ST- stitch

Notes:

• The pattern uses U.S terms
• The first few rows are worked flat, then you proceed to working in rounds
• pattern uses basic Filet Crochet technique

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VIDEO TUTORIAL

PATTERN

Row 1: FSC 61 or Chain 62, skip 1^st Ch, SC into each each Ch across. Ch 1, turn

Rows 2: SC into each st across. Ch 1, turn

Rows 3-12: SC into each st across. Continue

Working on the sides and in rounds

Round 1: Ch 2, DC in next st row, [Ch 2, skip 2 st rows, DC in next] repeat two times. Ch 2, skip 2 st rows, DC2tog in next 2 sts rows (at the corner).

*Ch 2, skip 2 sts, DC in next. Repeat from * till next corner

Ch 2, skip 2 sts, DC2tog in 1^st st row and next

[Ch 2, skip 2 st rows, DC in next] repeat two times

Ch 2, skip 2 sts, DC2tog in next st row and top of last st row

*Ch 2, skip 2 sts, DC in next. Repeat from * till last st in corner. Ch 2, join to 1^st DC

Round 2: Ch 5, skip Ch 2, DC in DC, *Ch 2, skip Ch 2, DC in DC. Repeat from * around. Join to top of Ch 3

Rounds 3-4: repeat round 2. Ch 1 turn on last round

Round 5: *2SC in Ch 2 space, SC in DC. Repeat from * around, making last SC in top of Ch 3. Ch 1, turn

Round 6: SC into each st around. Ch 1, turn

Rounds 7-16: repeat round 6

Round 17: Ch 5, skip Ch 2, DC in DC, *Ch 2, skip Ch 2, DC in DC. Repeat from * around. Join to top of Ch 3

Rounds 18-20: repeat round 17

Rounds 21-50: repeat rounds 5-20. Ch 1, turn on the last round

Rounds 51-54: repeat rounds 5 & 6 twice.

HANDLES- make 2

Chain 96

Row 1: SC in 2^nd Ch from hook and across. Ch 1, turn

Row 2: SC in each st across. Snip yarn, leave 8” tail for sewing

Mark 8 stitches from each side of the row.

Row 3: join yarn in 9^th st., Ch 1, SC n same st, SC in 78 sts. Ch 9, turn

Row 4: Skip 1^st Ch, SC in 8 chs and each st across. FSC 8. Ch 1, turn

Row 5: SC in each st across. Snip yarn, leave 8 inch tail for sewing

Pass handles through the Filet Crochet box (centralize the stitches by skipping 6 Filet Crochet boxes on the left and right sides.)

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