Natural mesh bag | Crochet pattern
A lightweight and functional bag, perfect for shopping or carrying your everyday essentials. Crocheted with medium-weight natural cotton yarn (worsted), 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.
Necessary materials
- Thread: 200–250 g of cotton or Worsted thickness blend (Category #4) .
- 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.
- Optional reinforcement: 2–3 mm fine cord for the last turn of the edge and/or the inside of the handles.
Tissue sample (for guidance only)
- Using #4 Worsted cotton and a 5 mm needle:
10 cm ≈ 14 sc × 18 rounds (single crochet). - In a mesh of (1 dc, 1 ch, skip 1 st) :
10 cm wide ≈ 10–11 net spaces · 10 cm high ≈ 6–7 turns .
The sample size is for guidance only; if you want more firmness, go down to 4.5 mm. If you want more drape, go up to 5.5 mm.
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.
- Iron gently if necessary, always using indirect steam.
- Store it folded or hung up to maintain its shape.
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