Welcome to Crochet By Mery Blog, today i am sharing with you a beautiful crochet bag pattern with leather straps, very easy to make, it was originally created by ilmik tutkum Channel, you will find further in this blog post the translated insctructions with the original video :

DIFFICULTY LEVEL :
Easy.
MATERIALS :
- Yarn :
- Any polyester or macramé yarn.
- With color: Beige or Coffee.
- Hooks :
- 3mm crochet hook for base.
- 3.5mm crochet hook for sides.
- Stitch markers;
- Leather shoulder strap;
- Magnetic button or zipper;
- Tapestry needle.
Final dimensions for the Base: (32 cm length, 8 cm width)
Final dimensions for the Bag: (30 cm height, 38 cm width)
Original Video :
ABBREVIATIONS :
- This pattern is written using standard US crochet terminology.
- Sl st = Slip stitch
- Sc = Single crochet
- St(s) = Stitch (es)
- Dc = Double crochet
- Hdc = Half double crochet
- Ch = Chain
Croche Bag Pattern Leather Strap
- 1st Round: start with ch45, sc in 2nd ch from hook, sc across the chains until reach the last ch, 3sc in the last ch, working in the opposite side of the foundation chains, sc across until reach the last st, 3sc in the last st.
- 2nd Round: Working in the round without sl st; 3sc in the next st, sc across until reach the 3sc in the corner, 3sc in the next st, skip next st, 3sc in the next st, sc across until reach the 3sc in the corner, sc in the next st, 3sc in the next st, sc in the next 2st, 3sc in the next st, sc in the next st, repeat using this way until reach the desired base dimensions (In this video, she will stop after round 6).
- Now we finished the base part, let’s make the sides.
- 7th Round: Working in the back loop and the stitch below it [back to video to understand this part clearly (at minute 1:25)], sc in the next st, repeat * across the round.
- 8th Round: sc across the round.
- (9th -11th) Round: repeat previous round.
- 12th Round: skip next 2st, 5dc in the next st, skip next 2st, sc in the next st, repeat * across the round.
- 13th Round: sl st to the next 3st (until reach the middle st of 5dc stitches from previous round), 5dc in the next sc from previous round, sc in the middle st of 5dc stitches from previous round, 5dc in the next sc from previous round, repeat * across the round.
- 14th Round: sl st to the next 3st (until reach the middle st of 5dc stitches from previous round), 5dc in the next sc from previous round, *sc in the middle st of 5dc stitches from previous round, 5dc in the next sc from previous round *, repeat * across the round.
- (15th -32th)Round: repeat previous round.
- We will make last 2 rounds to make the edges looks straight [back to video to understand this part clearly (at minute 15:00)]
- 33th Round: sl st to the first st in the previous round, ch1, hdc in the next st, sc in the next 3st, hdc in the next 3st, sc in the next 3st, repeat * across the round, hdc in the last st, sl st to the ch1 at the beginning of the round.
- Last Round: without ch1, sc across the round, sl st to 1st sc in the round, fasten off. [Back to video to understand how to fasten off (at minute 16:15)], weave in all ends.
- Attach leather shoulder straps to the bag using tapestry needle and a strand of yarn [back to video to understand this part clearly (at minute 18:15)]
- Sew zipper or magnetic button to the bag. [back to video (at minute 19:50)] .

And that’s it ! i hope you liked the pattern .
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