Crochet Drawstring Bag Patterns: 7 Free Designs
Drawstring bags need a base, body, channel, and closure that work together. These three original designer patterns all start from a round base, but their finished proportions and resizing methods differ.
A tapestry needle makes threading the drawstring channel and closing the base seam much easier.
Drawstring bag patterns to explore
1. Round Crochet Drawstring Bag
Sarah-Jayne Fragola at Bella Coco Crochet uses a round base and functioning drawstrings. The finished bag is listed at about 19.5 inches in circumference and 7.5 inches high. At 19.5 inches around, it’s the roomiest bag on this list, closer to an everyday tote than a small pouch.
2. Resizable Crochet Drawstring Bag
Lindsey Roe at Off the Beaten Hook allows the base to be resized in multiples of six stitches. The stated finished bag is 8.5 inches wide by 11 inches tall. Being able to resize the base in multiples of six makes it easy to scale the whole bag up or down without recalculating the pattern from scratch.
3. Raffia Crochet Drawstring Bag
Louise Bollanos at Handy Little Me starts with a circular base and continues in single crochet. The sample lists a six-inch base diameter and a 9.5-inch height. Raffia yarn holds its shape better than a soft acrylic, giving this bag more structure than the plain cotton options elsewhere on this list.
4. Basic Crochet Drawstring Pouch
Viv at VivCrochets works the body in continuous double-crochet rounds with a 5 mm hook, adding chain spaces near the top for the drawstring channel, using about 15 g of medium-weight yarn. At about 15 grams of yarn, it’s a small enough project to finish from scrap yarn left over from a larger project.
5. Drawstring Backpack
Jess Coppom at Make & Do Crew holds two strands of cotton together for a sturdy body and crochets the straps as a Romanian cord (worked by continually turning the piece clockwise), finishing each strap about 52 inches long.
6. Simple Mini Crochet Drawstring Pouch
Rebecca at Sweet Bee Crochet weaves the drawstring through round 14, in worsted weight cotton or acrylic on a 5mm hook (4mm for the drawstring itself), finishing at 4 inches tall by 3 inches wide flat the smallest bag on this list.
7. Free Crochet Drawstring Bag Pattern
Hookfully’s no-sew, flat-bottomed pouch uses textured cluster stitches and two woven drawstrings, in number-4 aran or worsted yarn (about 41 yards total) on a 5mm hook, finishing about 7 by 9 centimeters, or 2.75 by 3.5 inches.
Choose the bag proportion
Choose Bella Coco for a shorter round bag, Off the Beaten Hook for a taller bag with a resizable base, or Handy Little Me for a single-crochet body. Follow the selected source for channel and drawstring construction.
