This Little Bag Went to Market
We had fun with this crochet little market bag a few years back. It has an interesting stitch which I hadn't seen before that allows the bag to expand in a geometric mesh formation. It's pretty spectacular.
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If you are in the 'market' for a new market bag, you should try this pattern. The tutorial is below to help you with the special stitch that is required.
We have actually done a Challenge with this bag a few years ago. You can see all the different bag colour combinations that were submitted for this same pattern. View The Submissions Gallery
Video Tutorial - Follow Along
Right handed video version is only available for this bag.
Diane says
I'm on row 19 and don't believe that I joined each round as I should have, rather just continued each round instead of doing a slip stitch to start each new round. I can't tell a difference in the look of the bag but wonder if this will mess me up in the end? I used Caron yarn and an h hook and my bag is huge, but that's good because I usually get a lot of "stuff" at our local Farmer's Market. Thanks so much for all of your guidance....you are the best"
Mikey, The Crochet Crowd says
It won't mess you up... I did the same thing... Keep on going!
Chrystalkay says
Here is a brief visual explanation of the pattern VS video confusion.
http://youtu.be/HBedG64dBE8
L Bottino says
Yep, that's it. When I followed the pattern for row nine I got all those spaces. Then I watched the video and pretty much ditched the pattern. I have personally found that a lot of free patterns from yarn manufacturers have never been tested before being published.
I used sport and H hook for my first bag and it did come out large, width 21" x 25" height including 8" for straps. I added 10 stitches to the handles for more shoulder room. Nice size beach bag.
Thanks for sharing.
Deborah Goodall says
I just wanted to say your input and video here have been tremendously helpful. Your responses have helped me through many rough spots with this project. Thank you so much for taking the time to help! 🙂
Deborah Goodall says
My comment/thanks above was directed at Chrystalkay. Sorry I left your name out of the comment. 🙂
Chrystalkay says
You are very welcome Deborah. I just want people to get as much fun and satisfaction out of crocheting as I do. In this forum we all pitch in and help as we can.
Ellis says
I actually tried this pattern a while back and got SO confused, I ripped up what I had done so far and started over with a different pattern. Your video makes this SO much easier! Thank you!!! My question is: I have a bunch of Bernat handicrafter cotton yarn and decided to use that for the bag but am wondering now if I have made a giant mistake by using this yarn. It just seems so much bulkier and is harder to distinguish the pattern, maybe? Or maybe I haven't done enough of the bag yet? Has anyone else attempted this with the bulkier kitchen cotton?
Chrystalkay says
I am making one out of the same yarn. The first one i used a Red Heart super saver yarn and an H hook... HUGE! So I switched to the Bernat Handcrafter and an F hook and it is working out to just the right size.