WAVY ACCENTS: BAG Crochet Pattern

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Do you have thin cotton thread that is too tedious to crochet in one strand and that would feel too rough if you use several strands for creating a garment? I had a few balls of thin cotton thread size 30 that I held triple stranded and turned into this durable bag. You can make your bag longer or shorter, wider or narrower, with a ROUND or an OVAL bottom, using written, charted or video instructions – whatever suits your needs best. And if you get tired from crocheting the ROUND bottom, you can always use this masterpiece as your crochet table mat :).

WAVY ACCENTS: BAG Crochet Pattern

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SIZE of the maxi bag:

width all around 90 cm = 35.4’’;

length from bottom to handles 50 cm = 19.7’’;

length of handle 22 cm = 8.7’’

SIZE of the smaller bag:

width all around 60 cm = 23.6’’’;

length from bottom to handles 30 cm = 11.8’’;

length of handle 26 cm =10.2’’

MATERIALS in each sample:

Use any of these cotton threads triple stranded:

ravelry.com/yarns/library/dmc-cebelia-30

ravelry.com/yarns/library/dmc-cordonnet-special-30

ravelry.com/yarns/library/dmc-creative-world-babylo-30

ravelry.com/yarns/library/laines-du-pingouin-fil-decosse-n-12

ravelry.com/yarns/library/coats-opera-30

The resulting thickness of your yarn will equal to 4 ply (UK) = Fingering weight = 1 = Super Fine (USA).

Take 11 balls of Dmc Creative World Babylo 30 for the maxi bag and 5 balls for the smaller bag.

How to work with 3 strands of yarn: www.knitpicks.com/learning-center/triple-stranding

Choosing the right YARN and HOOK to achieve great results

Hooks: 3.5 mm for the main part (hook E in the USA), 3 mm for edging (hook C in the USA).

Gauge with hook 3.5 mm in this sample 18 dc x 10.5 rows = 10 x 10 cm = 4’’ x 4’’.

Obtaining exact gauge is not critical for accessories unless you wish to achieve similar result.

Since lots of crocheters ask me about this foldable gauge-frame, I’ll answer here – that was my Christmas gift! 🙂 My friends create beautiful ancient instruments (astrolabes, quadrants etc.) – beautiful pieces of art now (and useful medieval instruments then). Can’t say whether they produce these foldable frames regularly or it was one of a kind gift, but you can ask them directly: www.etsy.com/shop/MasterTerebrus/sold or www.facebook.com/masterterebrvs

If you are thinking about using polyester yarn for this bag:

Positive sides of polyester yarn:

1. Polyester is strong and light-weight.

2. Polyester is highly resistant to ultraviolet, water, which makes it ideal for long-term active use in bags. Polyester fibers can withstand 12 months exposure to sunlight and still retain over 67% of their strength.

3. It’s the best wash-and-wear fiber, it has impressive stain-resistance, it’s quick drying and wrinkle resistant!

4. It remains one of the most inexpensive textile products in the world.

5. It’s highly resilient and resistant to stretching and shrinkage – it keeps shape of this bag well. By the way, when polyester is blended with wool, acetate, or rayon, the durability of the blended fabric improves. When blended with cotton, polyester improves the shrinkage, durability, and wrinkling profile of cotton. Essentially, anything made from cotton can also be made with polyester.

Negative sides of Polyester yarn:

1. It’s very important to wash it in lukewarm water otherwise it the stitches will be deformed.

2. Polyester garments are not very comfortable for summer as you will sweat a lot in them.

3. Polyester is the 2nd offender in terms of microfiber pollution after the acrylic. Unlike biodegradable fibers like wool, cotton, or silk, however, polyester does not naturally degrade in the environment. It is knot known how long polyester will remain in the ecosystem before it degrades.

So, it’s up to you what to make this beauty with. 🙂

Abbreviations (in American crochet terms):

yo – yarn over,

ch – chain (s),

st (s) – stitch (es),

sc – single crochet,

Hdc – half double crochet,

dc – double crochet,

pdc – post double crochet,

WS – wrong side,

RS – right side,

prev. – previous,

beg. – beginning,

rep – repeat,

* – repeat stitches from * to * as stated.

R. – row or round when it’s worked in the round.

Special stitch:

fpdc – front post dc: yo, insert hook from RS around post of one st of prev. R. from right to the left going through the front, yo, finish 3 loops on hook as a regular dc.

Each sample shown consists of oval bottom and body that is worked around the bottom; body and bottom are worked in the round in the same direction on RS, the beginning of each R. is joined by slip st. Start with the bottom of the bag.

This bag can be made with oval or round bottom, depending on your style preferences. Written and charted instructions for the optional round bottom are on page 7 in PDF. I have added FREE video tutorial on how to crochet the optional ROUND bottom and added FREE written instructions below. If you get tired from crocheting this round bottom, crochet crab stitch edging around last R. and use it as the table mat :).

Set each video to HD on YouTube and choose the comfortable speed in settings.

Optional ROUNG bottom (all charts are available in the paid pattern).

FREE crochet video tutorial https://youtu.be/Q3Jk5TJXCIY

Chain 3 (the loop on hook doesn’t count), slip st in 1^st ch made.

R.1: 1 ch, 8 Hdc into the ring, slip st in 1^st Hdc.

R.2: 2 ch (does not count as 1^st fpdc here and throughout), 2 fpdc around each Hdc, slip st in 1^st pdc. Count 16 pdc.

R.3: 2 ch, *2 fpdc around 1 pdc, 1 fpdc around 1 pdc*, work from * 8 times total, slip st in 1^st pdc. Count 24 pdc.

R.4: 2 ch, *2 fpdc around 1 pdc, 1 fpdc around each of 2 pdc*, work from * 8 times total, slip st in 1^st pdc. Count 32 pdc.

R.5: 2 ch, *2 fpdc around 1 pdc, 1 fpdc around each of 3 pdc*, work from * 8 times total, slip st in 1^st pdc. Count 40 pdc.