Making useful crochet projects is a great way to bring little touches of beauty into your everyday routine. For example, running errands seems a little more fun when you take one of these crochet market bags with you. These free patterns are easy to work up and allow you to create a colorful, functional piece of crochet art that doubles as a fashion accessory.
For the environmentally conscious, crochet bags can help reduce waste by replacing plastic bags. They’re long-lasting and easy to grab on your way out the door when you’re going shopping. Many of these bags have open stitches that fold up small and tuck nicely into your purse or car. They also make practical crochet gifts for those people who seem to have everything.
The Best Crochet Market Bags: Free Patterns for Easy and Fashionable Accessories
We’ve rounded up a beautiful collection of the latest and greatest free crochet market bags—easy patterns including:
Plus the latest updates from Annie Design Crochet!
- Handy Shopper Market Bag
- Mesh Market Bag
- Granny Merge Market Bag
- Coconut Cake Trifold Crochet Bag
- Granny Square Market Bag
- Motif Market Tote
- Avery Market Bag
- Colorful Squares Bag
- Alice’s Granny Stitch Tote Bag
- Marvelous Market Bags (5 Patterns)
- African Flower Crochet Bag
- Natural Nomad Tote
- Pathways Market Tote
- Farmer’s Market Bag
- Afternoon Market Bag
- Granny Heart Market Bag
- Explorer’s Market Tote
- Farmer’s Market Tote
- Bonus Idea: Upcycle a Pre-made Tote With a Crochet Circle
Making Crochet Market Bags Your Own
Like all crochet accessories, these free crochet market bag patterns are easy to customize to express your personal style.
The market tote designs in this collection vary from light and feminine to sleek and simple, from bright and playful to calm and muted. Choose the one that suits you best!
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Free Easy Patterns for Crochet Market Bags
Handy Shopper Market Bag
This light and foldable mesh tote can go anywhere you want—the beach, the library, or the gym. The pattern is beginner friendly and uses only basic crochet stitches to create two openwork panels. Just crochet them together and add handles and you have a stylish reusable bag that will last you for years!
Mesh Market Bag
This stylish and practical crochet shopping bag is a relaxing project with a simple stitch pattern that you’ll memorize quickly. Made from durable cotton, it’s worked from the bottom up in one piece. The pattern includes detailed photos as well as a video tutorial.
Granny Merge Market Bag
The front and back panels of this granny square market bag alternate rounds of traditional granny stitch with solid double crochets for a contrasting effect. It looks fabulous with the gradual color changes of a gradient cake yarn. But you could experiment with different colors and yarn weights to create a different look.
Coconut Cake Trifold Crochet Bag
This trifold crochet bag uses just one rectangle and some creative folding and seaming to create a uniquely shaped tote. This particular tote is made using the bar stitch, a combination of single crochets and front post double crochets.
But as long as you crochet a rectangle in the right proportions, you could use this formula with just about any stitch pattern. Just use the folding diagrams provided on the pattern page.
Granny Square Market Bag
This colorful market bag, made with traditional granny squares, is the perfect stash-busting project. Just choose six colors that you love (it doesn’t take much of any one color). The post will show how to combine them to achieve the cohesive look shown above.
Motif Market Tote
This beautiful crochet tote is made from lacy four-petal flower squares, which are doable for an advanced beginner but still interesting for a more experienced crocheter. Helpful photos will guide you through the individual motif pattern, as well as assembly of the bag.
Avery Market Bag
Have you ever tried the crochet mesh stitch? It’s similar to the moss stitch, except that instead of placing a single crochet into the previous row’s chain space, you crochet into the single crochet. Worked in the round, the mesh stitch gives this pretty and simple market bag a subtle texture and lots of stretch.
Colorful Squares Bag
Speaking of moss stitch, this colorful tote uses 13 moss stitch squares in a rainbow of colors. A neutral border and handles really allow the bright colors to pop! This stitch provides a good balance of structure and stretch, which make it perfect for carrying smaller items that may poke through a more open stitch pattern.
Alice’s Granny Stitch Tote Bag
This granny stitch tote bag features a solid bottom, which makes it extra sturdy and helps the bag hold its shape. The airy granny stitch portion makes the bag lightweight and breathable—perfect for summer use.
Marvellous Market Bags (5 Patterns)
I couldn’t pick just one of these five gorgeous market bag patterns so I’m featuring the whole set! Each of these bags highlights one of five different open stitch patterns, most of which use filet crochet but some that incorporate other techniques. They’re approximately the same size and shape, and each bag has solid base for durability.
The link above will take you to the collection page. Scroll about 1/4 of the way down to find links to each of the five patterns.
African Flower Crochet Bag
This lovely African flower bag is full of boho charm and is as fashionable as it is functional! It’s so much fun to make these squares and play with different colors. Once you’ve found a color combo you like, the pattern will walk you through each step with helpful photos along the way.
Natural Nomad Tote
This sturdy tote alternates front post double crochet stitches with chains to create a fabric that is both lightweight and strong, making it the perfect bag to carry heavier items. Another great thing about this pattern is that it’s written with the increases stacked on top of each other. So you will always know where to place them and don’t have to closely count your stitches.
Pathways Market Tote
This roomy market tote is the perfect size to sling over your shoulder—and you’ll look great carrying it! It’s big enough and sturdy enough to hold all of your produce at the farmer’s market. Richly textured sections of crossed double crochet break up solid single crochet, for a stunning addition to your market day outfit.
Farmer’s Market Bag
Working a light and lacy stitch pattern in a heavier yarn—in this case, worsted weight cotton—really highlights the stitch pattern. This shell stitch market bag looks so pretty and feminine but can still handle all of your shopping. A handmade tassel and pre-made handles add the perfect finish.
Afternoon Market Bag
This simple market bag pattern gets its name from how long it takes to complete it. You can work up this gorgeous bag in just an afternoon or two. You can choose from two different handle styles—one that’s easier and one that creates a seamless handle. Either way, you’ll have a useful accessory in no time!
Granny Heart Market Bag
This cute market bag combines eight heart granny squares to make an adorable tote. The main pattern page covers the assembly. You’ll be directed to another page where you’ll find the pattern for the granny heart squares.
Explorer’s Market Tote
This richly textured market tote is made with two strands of light (#3) weight cotton yarn. This lends it lots of durability. It uses a dense stitch pattern with no large gaps, which is great for keeping all of its contents inside! If you prefer, you can also use a heavier worsted yarn instead of two strands of DK.
Farmer’s Market Tote
If you love trying interesting stitch patterns, this fun textured tote uses several of them! The pattern will keep you engaged, with sections of open mesh, star stitches, and bobbles. If some of these stitches are new to you, don’t let that intimidate you! There are plenty of photos to help you successfully complete the bag.
Bonus Idea: Upcycle a Pre-made Tote With a Crochet Circle
Do you already have a favorite market bag that serves you well? Give it a little extra personality with a crochet circle! You can even use the embellishment to cover up an imperfection on an otherwise perfectly usable bag. For more customization ideas, try a crochet mandala or one of these appliques.
I hope you have enjoyed these free and easy patterns for crochet market bags and have been inspired to make your own fun and useful fashion accessory!
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