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.
Kimmy says
I am finishing the handles today and would like to know if it is okay to do the stitches between each handle with the 4 sc also? They are left undone in the pattern but I'd like them to go in the stitches all the way around. (It's written in the pattern: *4 sc around
first leg of next star st, sc in eye of same star
st; repeat from * 9 more times) Can I do this same thing in the ones not done (in between each handle?) Would I still be eligible to enter the challenge? Thanks very much!
Chrystalkay says
You can always do MORE.... you just can't do LESS. The idea is not to let someone skimp and not do the work everyone else is doing and still get to submit it. Handles can be thicker, wider, longer rim can have SC, DC, HD, all the way around for as many rows as you like. The bag can be longer but the min size is ten rows of the star pattern stitches. You can add bows, ribbons, pockets .... whatever! Just not LESS than the pattern asks for. Good Luck!
Kimmy says
Thank you very much for responding 🙂 I decided to just stick with the pattern THIS TIME lol... it definitely seems sturdy enough for my veggie shopping!
lilavilasini says
Got as far as the first row of pattern done but struggled, when i got to the 2nd row pattern i gave up it was to much for my head to take in over just a few hours... althought up to the 2nd row i did do using it as a placement mat 🙂 couldnt bear to open it up again.. i might give another try later but It certrainly was a brain teaser... but always something to learn here... thank you
Deborah Goodall says
Don't give up, I think you're almost through the hardest part! I struggled a little with the first row of the "star" pattern (after the bottom base) and the beginning of the second row, but once you get past that, it's smooth sailing. 🙂
bonita says
Mikey: I know you feel you've answered this question, but the information is still elusive. What was the yard/meter length on the actual skein you used? Yes, that kind of information is on the packaging. But there is no way to know if your packaging is the same as mine. my LYS may have had its yarn in storage of a while. In general, this may be a small point. However, I'm interested in working a variety of projects in exclusively plant-based yarns. I'm up for the arithmetic... and I can contain the costs...but only if I know you used three skeins/balls of 50 g/220 yard (for a total of 660 yards) or 100g/303 yards for a total of 909 yards. (numbers are examples only)
Mikey, The Crochet Crowd says
If you go on Red Heart's website... look up their yarn... it has the details. Most of the yarn companies have those details available to us.