Summertime Market Bag Crochet Pattern

There is no shortage of texture in this Summertime Market Bag Crochet Pattern! Welcome to week two of the 2023 Marvellous Market Bag Crochet Along!

Our crochet Market bag crochet pattern today features a crochet stitch that you may not see all too often: the loop or fur stitch.  This stitch is unique not only in the way that it is constructed, but also in the fact that whether you choose to leave it as a loop or to cut the loop can leave your with two very different looks.

While I have seen the loops kept as loops in a few different patterns, for the bag today I decided to cut them in order to make more of a fringe look.  The texture in the Summertime Market Bag is so much fun!

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As mentioned above, this is week two of the Marvellous Market Bag Crochet Along! If this is your first time hearing about the crochet along, I invite you to check out the introduction post: 2023 Marvellous Market Bag Crochet Along.  You will find the first market bag in this series, the Daisy Market Bag here: Daisy Market Bag Crochet Pattern.

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Summertime Market Bag Crochet Pattern:

Skill Level: Intermediate

Gauge:  18 x 20 rows of sc = 4 inches

Finished Size: Approximately 16 x 18 inches excluding the handles

Yarn: 24/7 Cotton by Lion Brand® (186 yds/170 m; 100g/3.5 oz; 100% cotton; (4) worsted weight).  You will need 2 balls Aqua (Colour A), 2 balls Ecru (Colour B), 1 ball White (Colour C)

Hook: Size G/6 (4 mm) hook. 

Notions: Yarn Needle

Stitches and Abbreviations:

Bobble St – Bobble Stitch ([Yo, insert your hook into the stitch indicated, yo and draw up a lp] five times.  Yo and draw through all the loops on your hook.  Bobble Stitch Made.)

Ch – Chain

Dc – Double Crochet

Hdc – Half Double Crochet

Lp St – Loop Stitch (Insert your hook into the next st, wrap the yarn around your index finger and yarn over holding back the loop on your finger and draw a loop through (this will be the two ends of the of the loop on your finger), yarn over and draw through the loops on your hook.  Loop 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 beginning of round does not count as stitch.
• Weave in ends as needed.
• Do not turn unless stated otherwise.

Free Crochet Pattern:

Bottom:

With Colour A, Ch 4

Rnd 1: 11 dc in the 4th ch from hook (ch 3 counts as a st), join with a sl st in the 1st st. (12 Sts)

Rnd 2: Ch 3, dc in the same st as joining, 2 dc in each st all the way around, join with a sl st in the 1st st.  (24 sts)

Rnd 3: Ch 3, 2 dc in the next st, * dc in the next, 2 dc in the next st; Rpt from * around, join with a sl st in the 1st st. (36 sts)

Rnd 4: Ch 3, dc in the next st, 2 dc in the next st, * dc in each of the next 2 sts, 2 dc in the next st; Rpt from * around, join with a sl st in the 1st st. (48 sts)

Rnd 5: Ch 3, dc in each of the next 2 sts, 2 dc in the next st, * dc in each of the next 3 sts, 2 dc in the next st; Rpt from * around, join with a sl st in the 1st st.  (60 sts)

Rnd 6: Ch 3, dc in each of the next 3 sts, 2 dc in the next st, * dc in each of the next 4 sts, 2 dc in the next st; Rpt from * around, join with a sl st in the 1st st.  (72 sts)

Rnd 7: Ch 3, dc in each of the next 4 sts, 2 dc in the next st, * dc in each of the next 5 sts, 2 dc in the next st; Rpt from * around, join with a sl st in the 1st st. (84 sts)

Rnd 8: Ch 3, dc in each of the next 5 sts, 2 dc in the next st, * dc in each of the next 6 sts, 2 dc in the next st; Rpt from * around, join with a sl st in the 1st st. (96 sts)

Rnd 9: Ch 3, dc in each of the next 6 sts, 2 dc in the next st, * dc in each of the next 7 sts, 2 dc in the next st; Rpt from * around, join with a sl st in the 1st st. (108 sts)

Rnd 10: Ch 3, dc in each of the next 7 sts, 2 dc in the next st, * dc in each of the next 8 sts, 2 dc in the next st; Rpt from * around, join with a sl st in the 1st st. (120 sts)

Rnd 11: Ch 3, dc in each of the next 8 sts, 2 dc in the next st, * dc in each of the next 9 sts, 2 dc in the next st; Rpt from * around, join with a sl st in the 1st st. (132 sts)

Rnd 12: Ch 3, dc in each of the next 9 sts, 2 dc in the next st, * dc in each of the next 10 sts, 2 dc in the next st; Rpt from * around, join with a sl st in the 1st st. (144 sts)

Rnds 13-15: Ch 1, sc in each st all the way around, join with a sl st in the 1st st. (144 sts) Switch to colour B.

Sides:

Rnd 1: With colour B, ch 1, hdc in the 1st st and in each st around. Join with a sl st in the 1st st.  TURN.

Rnds 2-4: Ch 1, lp st in the 1st st and in each st around.  Join with a sl st in the 1st st.  TURN at the END OF RND 4.

Rnd 5: Ch 1, sc in the 1st st and in each st around.  Join with a sl st in the 1st st. Join colour C.

Rnd 6: With colour C, hdc in the 1st st and each st around.  Join with a sl st in the 1st st.  Ch 1.

Rnd 7: Working in the 3rd lp all the way around, hdc in the 1st st and each st around.  Join with a sl st in the 1st st. Ch 4 (Counts as a dc, ch-1).

Rnd 8: Sk the next st, *dc in the next st, ch 1, sk the next st; Rpt from * around, join with a sl st in the 3rd ch of the starting ch-4.  Ch 1.

Rnd 9: Hdc in the 1st st and each st and ch-1 sp all the way around.  Join with a sl st in the 1st st. 

Rnd 10: Ch 1, working in the 3rd lp all the way around, hdc in the 1st st and each st around.  Join with a sl st in the 1st st. Switch to colour A.

Rnd 11: Ch 1, sc in the 1st st and in each st around.  Join with a st st in the 1st st.  TURN.

Rnd 12: Ch 1, *sc in each of the next 3 sts, bobble in the next st; Rpt from * around.  Join with a sl st in the 1st st.  TURN.

Rnd 13: Sc in the 1st st and in each st around.  Join with a sl st in the 1st st.  Switch to colour C.

Rnd 14: With colour C, hdc in the 1st st and each st around.  Join with a sl st in the 1st st.  Ch 1.

Rnd 15: Working in the 3rd lp all the way around, hdc in the 1st st and each st around.  Join with a sl st in the 1st st. Ch 4 (Counts as a dc, ch-1).

Rnd 16: Sk the next st, *dc in the next st, ch 1, sk the next st; Rpt from * around, join with a sl st in the 1st st.  Ch 1.

Rnd 17: Hdc in the 1st st and each st and ch-1 sp all the way around.  Join with a sl st in the 1st st. 

Rnd 18: Ch 1, working in the 3rd lp all the way around, hdc in the 1st st and each st around.  Join with a sl st in the 1st st. Switch to colour B.

Rnds 19 – 36: Repeat rounds 1-18 of the bag sides once more.

Rnds 37-41: Repeat rounds 1 – 5 of the Bag sides once more.  Switch to colour A at the end of the repeat of round 5.

Top and Handles:

Rnds 1-2: With Colour A, Ch 1, sc in each st around.  Join with a sl st in the 1st st. 

Rnd 3: Ch 1, sc in the same st as joining, sc in each of the next 37 sts, ch 50, sk the next 34 sts, sc in each of the next 38 sts, ch 50, sk the next 34 sts, join with a sl st in the 1st st.    

Rnds 4-8: Ch 1, sc in each st (including each ch st) around.  Join with a sl st in the 1st st. (176 sts)

Fasten off, weave in your ends.

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