Elvina Crochet Tote Bag Free Pattern
This easy Elvina Crochet Tote Bag is thick and sturdy for everyday use. Perfect for beach days, picnics, and farmer’s markets. The crochet tote bag is beautifully blended with modern style, featuring the modified block stitch pattern for an extra thickness of the texture.
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The bag is crocheted with a modified crochet block stitch. This new way of the crocheting block stitch has no spaces between block rounds/rows so it’s great for using many crochet projects.
I used soft colors, simple and clean texture to get an aesthetic, modern looking tote bag.
Love these dots and blocks!
I love the little pops of color between the dc blocks. While using the main color for the 3-dc blocks, I used 2 contrasting colors for the sc (dots). If you want, you can add more colors to the dots rounds and block rounds. There are so many possibilities for playing with colors. Mix and match colors, you will have a gorgeous looking bag at the end.
How to crochet modified block stitch
This modified block stitch pattern has no spaces between blocks rounds. From the second round of the blocks, every 3-dc blocks working over the 2 rounds below.
– Working over the chains and into the st two rounds below, start from the first st in 2 rounds below (image 1),
– crochet chain 3 (image 2),
– working over the chains and into the st two rounds below, crochet dc in next st (image 3 & 4),
– working over the chains and into the st two rounds below, crochet dc in next st (image 5)
Elvina Crochet Tote Bag Pattern
Skill Level: Intermediate
Finished size: 13.5” wide and 11.5” tall without handle
Materials
Yarn: #4 Medium / Worsted weight / Cotton blend yarn
I used
– Ice Yarn Lorena Worsted (55% Cotton, 45% Acrylic; 174 yards [160 meters] / 100g) 1 skein of Cream (MC), a half skeins of Anthracite Black (C2), Cafe Latte (C3)
– Hook: (US) H-8/5 mm crochet hook
– Tapestry needle for weaving ends
– Leather purse handle (2 pieces) for sewing on the bag (26″ length/1.5″ width)
Gauge: 15 sc x 15 rows = (4” x 4”) with (US) H-8/5 mm crochet hook.
Abbreviations (US Term)
- ch = chain
- sc = single stitch
- dc = double crochet
- BL = back loop
- sl st = slip stitch
- st = stitch
- sk = skip
- beg = beginning
- * to = repeat * to the instructions.
- [ ] = work instructions within brackets as many times as directed
- (MC) = main color
- (C2) = color 2
- (C3) = color 3
Notes:
This bag pattern is easy to crochet.
The pattern works from the bottom up.
To make the body of the bag I used modified block stitch in the round.
Finally, you will need to attach leather handle, so the bag has a modern twist with aesthetic look.
With (MC), ch 41 +1
Round 1: 3 sc in second ch from the hook, sc in each of next ch 39, 3 sc in last ch, working on the opposite side of the foundation chains, sc in each of next ch 39, join with sl st in first sc. (84 sts total)
Round 2: ch 1, 2 sc in first st and each of next 2 st, sc in each of next 39 st, 2 sc in each of next 3 st, sc in each of next 39 st, join with sl st in first sc. (90 sts total)
Round 3: ch 1, sc in first st, 2 sc in next st, [sc in next st, 2 sc in next st] 2 times, sc in each of next 39 sts, [sc in next st, 2 sc in next st] 3 times, sc in each of next 39 st, join with sl st in first sc. (96 sts total)
Round 4: ch 1, sc in first st, 2 sc in next st, [sc in each of next 2 st, 2 sc in next st] 2 times, sc in next st, sc in each of next 39 st, sc in next st, [2 sc in next st, sc in each of next 2 st] 2 times, 2 sc in next st, sc in next st, sc in each of next 39 st, join with sl st in first sc. (102 sts total)
Round 5: ch 1, sc in first st, sc in each of next 2 st, 2 sc in next st, sc in each of next 4 st, 2 sc in next st, sc in each of next 3 st, sc in each of next 39 st, sc in each of next 3 st, 2 sc in next st, sc in each of next 4 st, 2 sc in next st, sc in each of next 3 st, sc in each of next 39 st, join with sl st in first sc. (106 sts total)
Round 6: ch 1, sc in first st, sc in each of next 6 st, 2 sc in next st, sc in each of next 6 st, sc in each of next 39 sts, sc in each of next 7 st, 2 sc in next st, sc in each of next 6 st, sc in each of next 39 st, join with sl st in first sc. (108 sts total)
Round 7 – 10: ch 1, sc in first st and each st around, join with sl st in first sc. (108 sts total)
Round 11: (C2), join the yarn with ch 1, sc in first st, *ch 2, sk next 2 sts, sc in next st; repeat * from around, after crocheting last chain 2 in repeat section, join with sl st in first sc. (36 sc / 36 ch-2 sp)
Round 12: (in this round, every dc is working over the chains and into the st two rounds below). join the (MC) yarn at first (unworked) sc in two rounds below, ch 3, dc in same st, dc in next st two rounds below, *2 dc in next (unworked) st two rounds below, dc in next (unworked) st two rounds below; repeat * from around, join with sl st in first dc. (36 dc-blocks)
Round 13: (C2) join the yarn with ch 1 between 3-dc block, sc in same space, *ch 2, sk next 3 dc, sc in next sp between 3-dc block; repeat * from around, join with sl st in first sc. (36 sc / 36 ch-2 sp)
Round 14: (in this round, every dc is working over the chains and into the st two rounds below). join the (MC) yarn at first (unworked) dc in two rounds below, ch 3, dc in each of next 2 st two rounds below, *dc in each of next (unworked) 3 st two rounds below; repeat * from around, join with sl st in first dc. (36 dc-blocks)
Round 15 to 18: repeat round 13 and 14 continuously.
Fasten off (C2) yarn.
Round 19: (C3) join the yarn with ch 1 between 3-dc block, sc in same space, *ch 2, sk next 3 dc, sc in next sp between 3-dc block; repeat * from around, join with sl st in first sc. (36 sc / 36 ch-2 sp)
Round 20: (in this round, every dc is working over the chains and into the st two rounds below). join the (MC) yarn at first (unworked) dc in two rounds below, ch 3, dc in each of next 2 st two rounds below, *dc in each of next (unworked) 3 st two rounds below; repeat * from around, join with sl st in first dc. (36 dc-blocks)
Round 21 -26: repeat round 19 and 20 continuously.
Fasten off (C3) yarn.
Round 27: (C2) join the yarn with ch 1 between 3-dc block, sc in same space, *ch 2, sk next 3 dc, sc in next sp between 3-dc block; repeat * from around, join with sl st in first sc. (36 sc / 36 ch-2 sp)
Round 28: (in this round, every dc is working over the chains and into the st two rounds below). join the (MC) yarn at first (unworked) dc in two rounds below, ch 3, dc in each of next 2 st two rounds below, *dc in each of next (unworked) 3 st two rounds below; repeat * from around, join with sl st in first dc. (36 dc-blocks)
Round 29 – 34: repeat round 27 and 28 continuously.
Fasten off (C2) yarn.
Round 35: with (MC), ch 1, sc in first st and each st around, join with sl st in first sc. (108 sts total)
Round 36 – 39: ch 1, sc in BL of first st and each st around, join with sl st in first sc. (108 sts total)
Fasten off (MC) yarn. Fasten off and weave the end.
Finishing
Attach leather straps to the bag using tapestry needle and a strand of the yarn, there are holes around the handle edge to attach, with back stitch I attach the handles to the bag. (I found this sewing video tutorial for back stitch from YouTube)
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