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Welcome to week two of the 2025 Marvellous Market Bag Crochet Along where we will learn to make the Bingley Market Bag Crochet Pattern.
I really love this bag! Actually I designed this bag early Spring while on a trip touring Europe! I started the bag in Belgium while travelling on the bus between destinations. By the time I headed to tour Paris, France, I had a wonderful market bag that I used to carry my newly purchased souvenirs. It was a great bag to have on the go!
The Bingley Market Bag Crochet Pattern features a variety of crochet stitches including crossed double crochet, half double crochet slip stitches (sometimes called “yarn over slip stitches”, and single crochet worked in be back loop. It’s a fun variety.
Like the other bags in this years’ crochet along, it is worked from the bottom up, features an oval design for the bottom and continuous handles for the top.
How to add a non-crochet bottom to your bag:
I have crocheted the bottoms of my market bags (the pattern is below), however if you wish to add a non-crochet bottom to your bag, you can check out this tutorial: How to add a Non-Crochet Bottom to your Bag.
The 2025 Marvellous Market Bag Crochet Along:
Is this your first time hearing about the crochet along? Be sure to check out the Introduction and Materials list, and you won’t want to miss the first market bag published last week: The Leyburn Market Bag. There are still two more crochet market bags to come!
The Materials:
For the Bingley Market Bag 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!
The colour of yarn shown in the photos of the Bingley Market Bag Crochet pattern is Coffee Beans and you are going to need approximately two and a half balls, or 500 yards. You will also need a 4.00 mm (G/6) crochet hook.
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Bingley Market Bag Crochet Pattern:
Skill Level: Intermediate
Gauge: 18 stitches x 12 rows of hdc = 4 inches
Finished Size: Approximately 11.5 x 16 inches laid flat
Yarn: 24/7 Cotton by Lion Brand® (186 yds/170 m; 100g/3.5 oz; 100% cotton; (4) worsted weight). You will need 2.5 balls, colour shown: Coffee Beans
Hook: Size G/7 (4 mm) hook.
Notions: Yarn Needle, 4-5 stitch markers (optional)
Stitches and Abbreviations:
Ch – Chain
Dc – Double Crochet
Hdc – Half Double Crochet
Hdc sl st – Half Double Crochet Slip Stitch (Sometimes called the “yarn over slip stitch”: Yo, insert your hook into the next st, yo and draw up a loop pulling it through the 2 loops on your hook. Half Double Crochet Slip Stitch made.)
Rpt – Repeat
Sc – Single Crochet
Sk – Skip
Sl st – Slip stitch
Yo – Yarn over
Pattern Notes:
- Pattern is written in American English terms.
- Pattern is worked in rounds, as one piece, from the bottom up to the handles.
- Ch 1 at the beginning of the row does not count as a stitch.
- Weave in ends as needed.
- Turn your work as indicated.
Free Crochet Pattern:
Bottom:
Ch 41
Rnd 1: Hdc in the 2nd ch from hook and in each ch across to the final st, 3 hdc in the final st, now working along the opposite side of the ch, hdc in each st across, 2 hdc in the final st. Join with a sl st in the 1st st. Do not turn. (82 sts)
Rnd 2: Ch 1, 3 hdc in the first st, hdc in each of the next 38 sts, 3 hdc in the next st, hdc in the next st, 3 hdc in the next st, 1 hdc in each of the next 38 sts, 3 hdc in the next st, hdc in the next st. Join with a sl st in the 1st st. Do not turn. (90 sts)
NOTE: If desired, place a stitch marker in the centre/2nd st of each corner set of the hdc. You will always work your 3 hdc into these middle stitches.
Rnd 3: Ch 1, hdc in the 1st st, 3 hdc in the next st, hdc in each of the next 40 sts, 3 hdc in the next st, 1 hdc in each of the next 3 sts, 3 hdc in the next st, 1 hdc in each of the next 40 sts, 3 hdc in the next st, 1 hdc in each of the next 2 sts. Join with a sl st in the 1st st. Do not turn. (98 sts)
Rnd 4: Ch 1, hdc in each of the 1st 2 sts, 3 hdc in the next st, hdc in each of the next 42 sts, 3 hdc in the next st, 1 hdc in each of the next 5 sts, 3 hdc in the next st, hdc in each of the next 42 sts, 3 hdc in the next st, 1 hdc in each of the next 3 sts. Join with a sl st in the 1st st. Do not turn. (106 sts)
Rnd 5: Ch 1, hdc in each of the next 3 sts, 3 hdc in the next st, hdc in each of the next 44 sts, 3 hdc in the next st, 1 hdc in each of the next 7 sts, 3 hdc in the next st, hdc in each of the next 44 sts, 3 hdc in the next st, 1 hdc in each of the next 4 sts. Join with a sl st in the 1st st. Do not turn. (114 sts)
Rnds 6-8: Ch 1, hdc in each st around. Join with a sl st in the 1st st. Do not turn. (114 sts)
Sides:
Rnd 1: Ch 1, sc in the 1st st and in each st around. Join with a sl st in the 1st st. Ch 1, turn.
Rnd 2: Hdc sl st in the 1st st and each st around. Join with a sl st in the 1st st. Ch 1, turn.
Rnd 3: Working in the blo around, sc in the 1st st and in each st around. Join with a sl st in the 1st st. Ch 4 (counts as a dc, ch 1), turn.
Rnd 4: Sk the previous st, dc in the st before the previous skipped st, *sk the next 2 sts, dc in the next st, ch 1, dc back into the first skipped st; Rpt from * around, join with a sl st in the 3rd ch of the starting ch 4. Ch 1, turn.
Rnd 5: Sl st into the 1st ch-1 sp, ch 3 (counts as a dc), work 2 dc in the same 1st ch-1 sp, *3 dc in the next ch-1 sp; Rpt from * around, join with a sl st in the top of the turning ch. Ch 1, turn.
Rnds 6-29: Repeat rnds 2-5 six more times.
Rnd 30: Hdc sl st in the 1st st and each st around. Join with a sl st in the 1st st. Ch 1, turn.
Top and Handles:
Rnds 1-3: Ch 1, sc in each st around. Join with a sl st in the 1st st. Do not turn.
Rnd 4: Ch 1, sc in the 1st st, loosely ch 35, sk the next 30 sts, sc in each of the next 27 sts, ch 35, sk the next 30 sts, sc in each of the next 26 sts. Join with a sl st in the top of the 1st st. Do not turn.
Rnd 5: Ch 1, sc in the 1st st, sc in each of the next 35 ch-sts, sc in each of the next 27 sts, sc in each of the next 35 ch-sts, sc in each of the next 26 sts. Join with a sl st in the 1st st. Do not turn. (124 sts)
Rnds 6-12: Ch 1, sc in each st around. Join with a sl st in the 1st st. Do not turn.
Fasten off, weave in your ends.
