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.
Shannon Grimm says
I used regular red heart with love yarn (which made it much bigger than it was suppose to be), so I can't enter the challenge, but I loved it nonetheless!!!!! 😀 I can't wait to make more! Thank you Mikey!
Chrystalkay says
There is no size limit on the bag. Go ahead and enter it! The only requirement is to use at least the amount of stitches asked for. More is okay, different size hook or yarn is okay. Go for it girl!
Mikey, The Crochet Crowd says
Thank you for responding.
Linda H says
I am ready to do the band and handles, but it seems like my bag doesn't have enough stars going around. How many are there supposed to be? I double-checked my count on row 8, and it was correct. Round 1 of the band isn't working out right, though.
Chrystalkay says
Hi Linda!
The 8th row has 96 stitches around, so working every 3rd stitch leaves 32 large spaces (and 32 stars) around, all the way up. That allows for 12 spaces under the 2 handles (6+6) and twenty between each handle (10+10).
Linda H says
I watched the video as I frogged the project. I followed the written pattern, and row 9 is obviously not right. Oh well, hubby says I frog as much as I make. Here we go again.... :/
L Bottino says
Pattern is a hot mess. Go with the Mikey's video and you can't go wrong! My first bag was perfect. Working on the second one now.
Yvonne Parsons says
I have followed Mikeys video step by step. I am about to start the handles.
Will I be disqualified if I do a few rows of dc before I do the actual handle?
And a huge thanks to you Mikey for the fantastic videos you provide us with. I tore up the printed version as I just couldn't get it right. But I'm pretty sure I have this perfect now.
I haven't had this much fun making something in a long time 🙂
Mikey, The Crochet Crowd says
No no... you are doing more than required... it's when people try to skip steps to make the the project go faster... that's when we worry. Go for it.
Yvonne Parsons says
Thank you very much for the confirmation Mikey. I'm off to finish this bag as I already have the next one planned in my head 🙂