Add a splash of color to your accessories with this Free Color Pop Crochet Tote Bag Pattern.
This fun and beginner-friendly project features beautiful texture and a compact, stylish design—perfect for everyday essentials.
Size & Skill Level
- Skill Level: Easy
- Finished Size: Approx 7½” (19 cm) wide x 9″ (23 cm) long, excluding strap
Gauge
13 sc and 14 rows = 4″ (10 cm)
Materials
- Caron® Layer Cakes™ – Bubblegum (8 oz/227 g; 312 yds/286 m)
- Yarn: Medium Weight 4
- Bubblegum (09011) 1 ball or 160 yds/145.5 m
- Size U.S. J/10 [6 mm] Susan Bates® Silvalume® crochet hook or size needed to obtain gauge. Susan Bates® yarn needle.
Abbreviations
- Approx = Approximately
- Beg = Beginning
- Ch = Chain(s)
- Dc = Double crochet
- Dcbp = Yoh and draw up a loop around post of next stitch at back of work, inserting hook from right to left. (Yoh and draw through 2 loops on hook) twice
- Dcfp = Yoh and draw up a loop around post of next stitch at front of work, inserting hook from right to left. (Yoh and draw through 2 loops on hook) twice.
- Hdc = Half double crochet
- Lnkdc = Linked double crochet: Insert hook down through horizontal bar in center of previous stitch, yoh and pull up a loop. Insert hook in next stitch (through top loops in usual manner), yoh and pull up a loop. Yoh and pull through first 2 loops on hook. Yoh and pull through last 2 loops on hook – Linked Dc made.
- Rem = Remaining
- Rep = Repeat
- Rnd(s) = Round(s)
- Sc = Single crochet
- Sl st = Slip stitch
- St(s) = Stitch(es)
- Yoh = Yarn over hook
Instructions
Notes:
- Ch 2 at beg of rnd does not count as st.
- All rnds are joined with sl st to first st.
Bag
Ch 24.
Rnd 1: 1 sc in 2nd ch from hook, 1 sc in each ch to last ch, 3 sc in last ch, working in opposite side of chain, 1 sc in each ch to last ch, 2 sc in last ch, join with sl st. (48 sc)
Rnd 2: Ch 2, 1 dc in first sc, 1 lnkdc in next sc repeat around, join.
Rnd 3: Ch 2, 1 dc in first dc, 1 lnkdc in next lnkdc repeat around, join.
Rep Rnd 3 until work measures approx 7½” (19 cm).
Edging
Rnd 1: Ch 2, 1 hdc in each lnkdc around, join.
Rnd 2: Ch 2. Dcfp around first st. *Dcbp around next st. Dcfp around next st. Rep from * to last st. Dcbp around last st. Join.
Rep last rnd once more.
Fasten off.
Strap (Romanian Cord)
Ch 2. 1 sc in 2nd ch from hook.
Rotate work clockwise.
Skip sc just worked. 1 sc in rem loop from 2nd ch from hook (loop just below sc).
*Rotate work clockwise. Skip sc just worked. 1 sc in next 2 loops.
Rep from * until Strap measures 50″ [127 cm]. Fasten off.
Sew each end of Strap to Bag at corners as shown in photo, seaming each end of Strap approx 1½” [4 cm] down to inside of Bag.
Summary
The Color Pop Crochet Tote Bag is a quick and stylish project that combines texture and color beautifully. It’s perfect for beginners looking to create a functional and fashionable accessory.
