Natural mesh bag | Crochet pattern
A lightweight and functional bag, perfect for shopping or carrying your everyday essentials. Crocheted, its openwork structure and comfortable handles make it an ideal project for beginners who want to create something useful, beautiful, and sustainable.
📑 Table of Contents
Level and final measurements
- Level: Beginner
- Technique: Flat and circular crochet
- Total height: 38–40 cm approx. (without handles)
- Width: approx. 32–34 cm.
- Total length with handles: approx. 60–62 cm.
The bag has a flexible, net-like shape that expands with use. Ideal for carrying fruit, books, or a light sweater.
Recommended materials
- Thread: Idealium Senda Cord
- Crochet hook: 4.5–5 mm (adjust according to your tension; if you want more firmness, go down half a size).
- Other: Scissors, yarn needle and measuring tape.
Points used
- cad: chain
- pb: low point
- high point: high point
- pr: satin stitch
- net space: (1 dc, 1 ch, skip 1 st)
Step-by-step pattern
1. Base
- 36 chains.
- Round 1: 1 sc in the 2nd ch from the hook and in each ch to the end ( 35 sc ). Turn the work at the end and work 35 sc around the other side of the chain. Total: 70 sc around. Close with a sl st.
- Rounds 2-3: 1 sc in each stitch (70 sc). These two rounds give body to the background.
- If you want a thicker background, add 1 extra round of sc.
2. Networked Body
- Round 4: 1 dc, 1 ch, skip 1 st → repeat around. Close with a sl st in the 1st dc.
- V5 onwards: 1 dc over each dc, 1 ch over each ch (maintain the openwork).
- Knit until it reaches 30–32 cm in height from the base (≈ 16–18 rounds of stitch with Worsted/5 mm).
Maintain even tension. If the fabric opens up too much, alternate a few rounds of single crochet (every 6-7 rounds) to stabilize it.
3. Top edge
- Reinforcement round: 1 sc in each stitch and in each ch space (≈ 70 sc).
- 2 more rounds of single crochet without increases for a stable edge.
4. Medium shoulder straps
- Mark the loops for the handles: divide the outline into front (35 sc) and back (35 sc) . In the center of each side, separate and mark 16 sc that will be skipped under each handle.
- First handle: From the left marker at the front, chain 56–60 (depending on the desired drop), skip the 16 marked sc and join with a sl st to the next stitch to the second marker.
- Second handle: repeat the same process on the back, using the same chain length .
- Handle reinforcement round: 1 sc around the entire outline , working 1 sc in each chain of the handle .
- Final round: another round of single crochet to thicken the handles and stabilize the edge. Close with a slip stitch, cut and weave in ends.
For maximum strength, you can pass a thin cord (2–3 mm) through the inside of each handle during the last round of single crochet .
Finished and locked
If you're using cotton, lightly steam the bag with a remote iron to set the shape without flattening the lace. You can add a small button or drawstring if you want to close the top, although the classic style is left open.
Care Guide
- Hand wash or machine wash on delicate cycle (max. 30°C).
- Do not tumble dry. Dry flat or hang to dry.
- Store it folded or hung up to maintain its shape.
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