Natural net bag | Crochet pattern
A lightweight, practical bag, perfect for your shopping or carrying your everyday essentials. Crocheted with an openwork structure and comfortable handles, it is an ideal project for beginners who want to create something useful, beautiful, and sustainable.
📑 Table of contents
Level and finished measurements
- Level: Beginner
- Technique: Flat and circular crochet
- Total height: approx. 38–40 cm (without handles)
- Width: approx. 32–34 cm
- Total length with handles: approx. 60–62 cm
The bag has a flexible mesh shape that expands with use. Ideal for carrying fruit, books, or a lightweight sweater.
Recommended materials
- Yarn: Idealium Senda cord
- Crochet hook: 4.5–5 mm (adjust according to your tension; for a firmer fabric, go down half a size).
- Other: Scissors, yarn needle, and tape measure.
Stitches used
- ch: chain
- sc: single crochet
- dc: double crochet
- sl st: slip stitch
- mesh space: (1 double crochet, 1 chain, skip 1 stitch)
Step-by-step pattern
1. Base
- 36 chains.
- Round 1: 1 single crochet in the 2nd chain from the hook and in each chain to the end (35 single crochets). Turn the work at the end and work 35 single crochets along the other side of the chain. Total: 70 single crochets around. Join with a slip stitch.
- Rounds 2–3: 1 single crochet in each stitch (70 single crochets). These two rounds give the base structure.
- If you want a thicker base, add 1 extra round of single crochet.
2. Mesh body
- Round 4: 1 double crochet, 1 chain, skip 1 stitch → repeat around. Join with a slip stitch in the first double crochet.
- Round 5 onward: 1 double crochet over each double crochet, 1 chain over each chain (maintain the openwork).
- Work until it reaches 30–32 cm in height from the base (≈ 16–18 rounds of mesh with Worsted/5 mm).
Maintain even tension. If the fabric opens too much, work an occasional single-crochet-only round (every 6–7 rounds) to stabilize it.
3. Top edge
- Reinforcement round: 1 sc in each stitch and each chain space (≈ 70 sc).
- 2 more sc rounds without increases for a stable edge.
4. Medium shoulder handles
- Mark the handle openings: divide the edge 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 front marker, chain 56–60 chains (depending on the desired drape), skip the 16 marked sc and join with a sl st in the stitch after 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 edge, working 1 sc in each chain of the handle.
- Final round: one more sc round to add thickness to the handles and stabilize the edge. Join with a sl st, cut, and weave in the ends.
For maximum strength, you can thread a thin cord (2–3 mm) through the inside of each handle during the final sc round.
Finishing and blocking
If using cotton, lightly steam the bag with an iron held at a distance to set the shape without flattening the openwork. You can add a small button or cord if you want to close the top, although the classic design is left open.
Care guide
- Hand wash or machine wash on a delicate cycle (max. 30°C).
- Do not tumble dry. Dry flat or hanging.
- Store it folded or hanging to help it keep its shape.
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