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It’s a marvellous time of year! Welcome to the 2025 Marvellous Market Bag Crochet Along!
This is the sixth annual Market Bag crochet along and it’s always such a fun event! If this is your first time participating in the Market Bag Crochet Along, here’s how it works!
Beginning May 7th, on each Wednesday for the month of May I will release a NEW crochet market bag crochet pattern. That means over the course of the event you will learn to make four new bags!
Each market bag crochet pattern will be available for free here on Rich Textures Crochet and their video tutorials on my YouTube channel. You will definitely wish to subscribe to my email newsletter and YouTube channel if you have not already so that you are notified as each of the patterns is posted. I will post the links below. There will also be an ad-free version of the patterns for sale in my Etsy and Ravelry shops for those who wish a PDF format.
Past Crochet Market Bag Crochet Alongs:
As mentioned above this is the sixth market bag crochet along that I will have hosted here on Rich Textures Crochet. I’m not going to lie and each year I tend to have a favourite. Last year it was the Sunny Day Market Bag for its durability and simple, but pretty design. I’ll wait to reveal my favourite for this season a little later on in the event!
If you are curious about the other market bag crochet alongs that I have hosted, you will find them and all of the bag patterns under the “Crochet Alongs” menu above. Enjoy taking a look around!
The Materials:
For my crochet market bags this year I used a worsted weight 100% cotton yarn called 24/7 by Lion Brand Yarn. I really love using cotton for market bags. Not only is it available in a wide range of colours, but it is also durable and holds its shape well, even when under a lot of stress! I will provide the exact amounts of yarn for each bag below. But each will require about 450 yards of your worsted weight cotton.
Along with the yarn you will want to have a 4mm crochet hook and four stitch markers on hand as well, although these are optional.
How it works:
Beginning May 7th, 2025 I will release one new crochet market bag pattern each week for four weeks. The patterns (including the written and video tutorials) will be posted on the Wednesdays at 9am EST.
The schedule will be as follows:
- Wednesday, May 7th: Leyburn Market Bag
- Wednesday, May 14th: Bingley Market Bag
- Wednesday, May 21st: Southport Market Bag
- Wednesday, May 28th: Ellesmere Market Bag
The patterns will be posted FOR FREE in written form here on my website and a full video tutorial will also be posted here and to my YouTube channel. As well each week, for those who wish, I will make a PDF available that can be purchased from my Etsy and Ravelry Shops. All of the patterns will be free to follow here on my website and YouTube Channel and will forever remain free here even after the crochet along has ended.
The Patterns:
Each crochet market bag features a similar construction and is worked as one piece from the bottom and into the continuous handles. This year the first of the market bags will ease us into the event as it uses easy and basic crochet stitches, although I will warn you that it takes the longest to make. The final three bags are classified as intermediate patterns and they each feature a lot of great texture!
How do I join the event?
There is no official sign up list for this crochet along! However, there are several ways you can connect and interact.
First, you will want to join my email list (you can find the sign-up form on my homepage at the top or through the sign-up form below – NOTE: If you have signed up for my email newsletter in the past, you will NOT need to sign up again). Each week I will send out an email with the direct links to the patterns to your inbox.
Second, you can join the Rich Textures Crochet Community on Facebook! Here you can ask questions, post photos and see how other participants projects are coming along. Also don’t forget to follow the Rich Textures Crochet Facebook page.
Third, be sure to subscribe to Rich Textures Crochet on YouTube! Not only will you be notified when a new crochet market bag video is posted, but you will be notified when I post new stitch tutorials and other great patterns!
Fourth, I invite you to follow Rich Textures Crochet on Instagram. Here I will share weekly sneak peeks!
I am also active on Reddit, TikTok, Threads and Bluesky if you would like to connect there as well!
Be sure to tag #marketbagcal across all social media and mention @richtexturescrochet so that I can admire it!
I hope that you will crochet along
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please share this post with your friends!
This is always such a fun crochet along! The bags that you share with me and in the community group are always so unique in their colour selections and occasional variations and embellishments that you add.
See you on May 7th!
