Wild Ramp
Crochet Market Bag
Crochet
pattern by Nadine Borovicka
A market bag
for shopping at your favorite local farmer’s market.
Materials:
240
yards of a worsted weight cotton yarn (can also use another non-stretchy fiber)
Size
H crochet hook
Darning
needle
Crochet
Stitch Marker
Scissors
Abbreviations:
Ch-
chain stitch
Sc-
single crochet
Dc-
double crochet
Inc-
increase, stitch twice in the stitch of previous row increasing your stitch
count by one
Hdc-
half double crochet
Sl
st- slip stitch
St(s)-
stitch(es)
Directions:
Bag
Bottom:
Tie
a slip knot in the end of your yarn, leaving a tail of about 5 inches to weave
in when you are finished.
Chain
2 stitches.
Work
8 sc stitches into the second chain from hook.
Ch 1.
You
will now begin working in the round to complete the bottom of the bag.
Round
1: Dc twice into each sc of the previous row (16 sts)
Round
2: [Dc 1, inc] around (24 sts)
Round
3: [Dc 2, inc] around (32 sts)
Round
4: [Dc 3, inc] around (40 sts)
Round
5: [Dc 4, inc] around (48 sts)
Round
6: [Dc 5, inc] around (56 sts)
Round
7: [Dc 6, inc] around (64 sts)
Round
8: [Dc 7, inc] around (72 sts)
Work
a HDC into next stitch, then a sc into next stitch, then a sl st into the next
stitch. This will taper the edge of the
round so it blends into the circle.
Bag
Body:
You
will now begin working on the chain stitches that make up the body of the bag.
Set
up round: *Ch 5, skip 3 sts, sc 1 into next st, repeat from * around until you
get back to the beginning of this round.
Ch 5 and sc into the first ch 5 loop you created. You will be skipping 4 sc in your bag base to
do this last st.
Pattern
rounds: *Ch 5, sc around the ch 5 loop below, repeat from * around until you
have completed 19 rounds
This
section is optional. I like to put a few
rounds of single crochet around the top of my bag. But if you think you are going to run out of
yarn, you can skip straight to the straps.
If you want to do this section follow these instructions:
Row
1: After working the last sc of the pattern round, work one more sc around the
same ch 5 loop. *Sc in next sc, 3 sc
around the next ch 5 loop. Repeat from *
around until you get back to the start of this round.
Row
2 + 3: Sc in each sc around.
Bag
Strap:
Work
10 sc. If you skipped the sc rows, you
will be working 3 sc into the Ch 5 loop you ended in (you will be using your
last sc from the body section as your first sc for the strap), 1 sc into the
next sc, and 5 sc into the next Ch 5 loop.
If you did the sc rows, you will just work 10 sc into 10 sc.
*Ch
1, turn your work, work 10 sc across.
Repeat from * until your strap is approximately 15 inches long (This can
be as long or as short as you want it, keep in mind it will stretch with weight). When you finish your last row, make sure that
when you fold your strap over you can still work the next connecting row. You should finish so when you hold the bag up
by the strap and you trace down the strap, you will end up on the outside of
the bag.
Join
your strap to the opposite side of the bag by working a row of sc around both
the stitches on the strap and the stitches of the top of the bag.
Cut
your yarn and weave in your ends.
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