7 Crochet Mesh Tote and Market Bag Patterns
Mesh bags range from featherweight produce sacks that weigh barely over an ounce to sturdy, doubled-yarn totes built to carry a full grocery haul. What separates them is mostly yarn weight and whether the yarn is worked single or doubled, not the mesh stitch itself, which stays fairly similar across all seven of these.
Mesh bag patterns to explore
1. Willow Mesh Crochet Market Bag
Briana Kepner at Briana K Designs writes this one pattern to cover three finished sizes, small at 20 by 12 inches up to large at 24 by 16 inches, using a cotton-acrylic blend on 5.0 and 5.5mm hooks. The no-sew handles are worked directly into the bag rather than added afterward.
2. Peek-A-Boo Mesh Bag
Michelle Moore at MJ’s Off The Hook Designs holds the yarn doubled throughout, four balls held as two strands, specifically to make this 15.5 by 13.5-inch bag sturdy enough for heavy groceries rather than light produce. The linked double crochet mesh is denser than a typical single-strand version as a result.
3. Filet Crochet Market Bag
Joanne Loh at Craft Passion uses raffia yarn on a small 3mm hook, which gives a stiffer, more structured mesh than cotton does, closer to a basket than a floppy tote. It’s written in three sizes from a 9-inch small up to a 15-inch large.
4. Easy Mesh Market Bag
Esther Thompson at CAAB Crochet builds this 16-inch tall bag from treble and single crochet rather than the double-crochet mesh most of the others use, giving taller, more open gaps in the weave. It’s sized for a full shopping trip rather than a handful of produce.
5. Crochet Produce Bag
Guest designer Faydra Kenning of Knottie Hooks, published on Joy of Motion Crochet, goes the opposite direction from the market totes: a single skein makes a bag weighing about 1.2 ounces, sized for produce rather than a full grocery load. Fine #2-weight yarn on a 6mm hook keeps it lightweight while still holding its mesh shape.
6. Reusable Produce Bag
Cintia at My Poppet Makes makes the smallest bag on this list, about 32 by 24 cm, using only a third of a ball of yarn on a 4mm hook. It’s the quickest project here if you just want a couple of produce bags rather than a full market tote.
7. La Via Market Tote Bag
Crystal Marin at ChristaCoDesign starts from a solid crocheted bottom worked to 96 stitches, then switches to a mesh stitch in continuous rounds for the body before decreasing to close the top. It’s 16 inches tall with a single wide strap.
