Crochet Tote Bag Patterns: 7 Free Designs

A crochet tote can be a structured basketweave bag, a simple one-piece carryall, or a larger straw-style bag with optional lining. These three original patterns state their construction and proportions so you can compare the finished use.

Structured totes hold their shape better with a sturdy hook size and a tapestry needle for closing up the base seam.

Tote bag patterns to explore

1. Basketweave Stitch Crochet Tote

Salena Baca at the American Crochet Association creates basketweave texture with front- and back-post double crochet. The tote measures 12 inches around and 10.5 inches high without handles. The front- and back-post stitching is what creates the raised basketweave look rather than a flat single-color surface.

2. Simple Crochet Tote Bag

Viv at VivCrochets makes the bag in one piece without sewing. It uses only single crochet and allows body height and strap length to be adjusted. Working in a single continuous piece with no seaming makes this the most beginner-friendly construction on this list.

3. Crochet Straw Tote Bag

Joanne Loh at Craft Passion lists a finished bag measuring 14.5 inches wide, 6 inches deep, and 13 inches tall. Optional additions include a lining, pockets, and magnetic closure. The straw-like texture and larger proportions make it closer to a structured everyday bag than a lightweight market tote.

4. Easy Tote Bag

Jo to the World Creations holds two strands of worsted yarn together throughout with a 6.5 mm hook, building the bottom-up body in continuous rounds for an open, airy fabric. Holding two strands together bulks up the fabric quickly, which is a faster way to build volume than switching to a single bulky-weight yarn.

5. Simple Striped Tote Bag

Jennifer Renaud at A Crocheted Simplicity starts as a tube worked in the round, then seams in a square bottom, in navy-and-white cotton, finishing at 12.75 by 11 inches with separately crocheted straps and a bow. Seaming a separate square bottom onto the tube gives the bag a flatter base than the round-bottom totes elsewhere on this list.

6. Easy Crochet Market Tote Bag

Jennifer at Fiber Flux works this one in the round with a stretchy mesh center panel between solid top and bottom sections, in number-4 medium weight yarn on a J/6mm hook, finishing 14.5 inches tall with a 25-inch circumference and a 26-inch strap.

7. Fraîche Crochet Tote Bag

Ashleigh Kiser at Sewrella builds the bag from a single rectangle in thermal stitch with eyelet holes for threaded straps rather than separate handles, in worsted yarn on a 7mm hook, finishing 12 by 14 inches.

Choose the structure you need

Choose basketweave texture for a more structured surface, the one-piece tote for simpler construction, or Craft Passion for a larger bag with optional lining and pockets.