This crochet produce bag pattern is really easy for beginners.
Not only for produce, but it can also be used for many things, from storing small toys to bathroom items.
Made in 100% cotton, the bag is durable, yet soft and can be open and closed with a drawstring.
A Drawstring Bag You Can Use For Many Things!
The crochet drawstring bag can work up really fast and you can do so much with it.
You could even adjust the pattern to make it smaller or larger depending on your purpose.
The bag can be used for baby items on the go as well as for storing items in the home (not just produce).
Make Your Own Reusable Produce Bags
While we are all trying hopefully to use less plastic and have less waste in general, the little things really can help.
Going to the market nearly every day and collecting plastic or paper produce bags that end up going into the recycling is not the way forward.
Taking along your own reusable produce bags to the market can make a great difference.
- If you weigh your fruit and vegetables in bags when you are at the market, this bag will add a little weight.
- But if like me you weigh them without any bag, then this will be a good option.
- For more expensive items, it would be a good idea to weigh without the bag.
Make A Drawstring Bag For Your Crochet or Knitting Projects
If you don’t want to have them rolling about in your basket loose taking your own reusable fruit and veggie bags is a great idea!
Plus, if like me you get your lemons from your neighbour’s tree, even better to just pop a few in the bag.
Not just for fruit, the cotton drawstring bag can be used for a number of things.
Some ideas:
- Storing toys
- Bathroom/toiletries/personal items
- Baby items
- For travel – underwear/socks/sandals/flip flops
- Crochet or knitting project bag
Knitting project bags or crochet project bags are always needed if you have many different WIPs on the go!
Resources and tutorials you may find helpful in following this pattern:
This pattern is great for any advanced beginners.
- You should be comfortable making a slip knot and creating a chain.
- You should be comfortable working single crochet.
- You should be comfortable working treble crochet.
- You should also be comfortable reading crochet patterns.
- And understanding crochet abbreviations and terms.
Crochet Produce Bag Pattern
Purchase the inexpensive ad-free, PDF printable pattern in my shop here.
Skill Level – Easy
Notes
- Please do not copy, sell, redistribute or republish this pattern.
- If you wish to share this pattern, link to the pattern page only.
- You may sell items produced using this pattern.
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Measurements
The bag measures laying flat / finished size – 26cm / 10 inches in height and 26cm / 10 inches in width.
Gauge = 14 sts / 4 rows in 4″ – Treble crochet
14 sts / 14 rows in 4 ” – Single crochet
The Supplies You Need
Yarn
- Yarn A – 3 x Balls of Rico Creative Cotton Aran in Silver Grey 22
- Coordinating colour for the drawstring.
- Each ball = 50g / 85 meters
- Yarn weight – medium 04
- Yarn weight guide
Hook
- Crochet Hook – Size 5.5mm (US 9/I)
Notions
- Scissors
- Tape measure
- Darning needle
Abbreviations
- Cont – Continue
- CH – Chain
- SC – Single crochet
- TR – Treble Crochet
- Rep – Repeat
- RS – Right side
- WS – Wrong side
Pattern
The Body Of The Bag
The body of the produce bag is worked in one long piece and then seamed.
- Make a slip knot and ch 41, turn
- sc into every ch, ch 1, turn,
- Rep row 2 until you have worked 8 rows of single crochet.
- At the end of the last row, for the turning ch, ch 4, tr into the second stitch, cont to work tr to the end of the row.
- Rep row 4 until you have worked 6 rows of treble crochet.
- At the end of the last row, for the turning ch, ch 1, sc into every st to the end of the row.
- Rep row 6 until you have worked 24 rows of single crochet.
- At the end of the last row, for the turning ch, ch 4, tr into the second stitch, cont to work tr to the end of the row.
- Rep row 4 until you have worked 6 rows of treble crochet.
- At the end of the last row, for the turning ch, ch 1, sc into every st to the end of the row.
- Rep row 10 until you have worked 8 rows of single crochet.
- Cut yarn and secure through the last loop.
Making Up
Fold the bag with the right sides facing and the wrong sides facing you on the outside.
sc the sides together on both sides of the bag.
Secure the yarn and weave in any loose ends.
The Drawstring
In the same colour yarn or a coordinating colour –
Make a slip knot and ch 110, cut yarn and secure through the last loop.
Thread the darning needle and thread the chain through the top part of the bag – around 1 inch from the top of the bag.
When both ends are hanging from one side of the bag, put a knot at one end and in the thread left hanging too.
Now you will be able to pull the drawstring to close the bag and to open it out again.
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