This easy crochet bag pattern is great for using up leftover yarn. This functional bag can be used as project bag (it holds four 6-7 ounce skeins!), a tote bag, a drawstring bag, or as a shoulder bag. The “bag feet” made from dome buttons are reinforced on the inside and minimize scuffs and snags on the bag bottom. This is the first pattern in the Fantastical BagtastiCAL Crochet Along with CAL Central Crochet.

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Skills Used
Basic crochet stitches: chain, single crochet, slip stitch
Crocheting flat in rows, crocheting in the round, increasing
Crocheting in the front loop, crocheting in chain spaces, crocheting around your project (includes video tutorials)
Crocheting in the back loop (includes link to video tutorial)
Special stitches: invdec, sc2tog (includes written instructions and video tutorials in pattern)

Skill Level
Easy

Finished Size
Teen/Adult: 4” (10 cm) wide x 72” (183 cm) long.

Materials
Big Twist Value yarn (100% acrylic, 6 oz/170 g, 380 yd/347 m) – 2 skeins in Varsity Navy Blue (MC) and 1 skein each in Varsity Green (CA), Forest Green (CB), Slime (CC), and Varsity Yellow (CD), or approximately 550 yd (503 m) in MC, 235 yd (215 m) in CA, 105 yd (96 m) each in CB and CC, and 125 yd (114.5 m) in CD in any medium weight yarn.

US Size K-10.5/6.5 mm crochet hook, or any size needed to obtain correct gauge.

US Size G-6/4 mm crochet hook, or any size needed to obtain correct gauge.

Locking stitch markers – 4.

Domed shank buttons for bag feet – 4. (I used a set that measured approximately 0.75”/2 cm in diameter, but you can use almost any size.)

0.75” (2 cm) sew-through flat buttons for strap – 2.

Yarn needle small enough to fit through button holes and shanks.

Gauge
With larger hook and holding 2 strands of yarn together, 12 sc = 4” (10 cm) across. Exact gauge is not critical for this pattern. Stitches should be stiff with minimal drape to add shape to the bag.

With smaller hook and holding 1 strand of yarn, 6 sc = 1.25” (3 cm) across. Exact gauge is not critical for this pattern. Stitches should be stiff with minimal drape to add shape to the bag.