Beginner crochet bags can be assembled from rectangles, moss stitch squares, granny squares, or a single piece worked in the round. These ten original patterns give you different finished sizes, handle styles, and construction paths to compare.
However you build it, a sturdy hook and a yarn needle for closing up seams will get you through any of these.
Crochet bag patterns to explore
1. Spring Fling Bag
The Spring Fling is made from four equal rectangles, in worsted cotton (Lily Sugar ’n Cream in several colors), on a 4 mm hook, with a pair of beaded wooden handles and optional lining. Each panel takes about 75 yards, and it finishes 14½ inches wide and 14 inches tall without the handles. A crochet strap needs another 85 yards.
2. Quartz Project Bag
Nicky’s project bag is made for storing your works in progress, and it is 12½ by 12½ inches with a 16½ inch strap. She used one 1,020 yard ball of Lion Brand Pound of Love in Quartz, and says it is a great worsted weight yarn. It is worked from four moss stitch squares, and there is step-by-step help.
3. Big Easy Crochet Bag
The Big Easy is a big, forgiving bag for the pool, beach or park, and it fits a beach towel, books and a drink. It is about 15 inches across, 11 tall and 3.5 deep, but stretches, and it uses super bulky yarn (Lion Brand Hometown USA, 4 skeins of tan and 1 of white) on an H hook. Jessica says the pattern is forgiving and there is a video for a technique.
4. Granny Square Bag
Ashley Parker’s bag uses her mosaic granny squares, and you need to make three Pink Lemonade squares first, from her written pattern. It comes in two sizes, can replace plastic bags, and is designed to minimize the yarn ends you have to weave in. It is part of the Fantastical BagtastiCAL 2026.
5. Mosu Japanese Knot Bag
Mosu is named for the moss stitch (moss is mosu in Japanese), also called the linen stitch, which is very easy and gives a texture with a minimal look. Jade made it as a crochet version of a Japanese knot bag, in Hobbii Twister yarn (the Summer version is discontinued, but the regular Twister has other gradients). There is a video tutorial and a yarn kit, and the PDF is sold in her store.
6. Drawstring Gift Bag
B.Hooked’s gift bag is rated intermediate, in medium weight yarn, about 4 by 6.5 inches. It has a drawstring closure and is good for candy, jewelry or a small handmade gift, and a great way to use small amounts of yarn. She says smooth, solid yarns show the stitch pattern best.
7. Easy Crochet Bag
Janne Kleivset’s bag is beginner friendly and uses only half double crochet with a simple construction. She says it works for the grocery store, a farmers market, your crochet projects or the gym, and it comes in a tutorial with photos.
8. Coco Tote
Hannah says the Coco is easy, in 100 percent worsted cotton with single and double crochet, and it has a textured stitch that looks modern. You can change the height and strap size, and the PDF has a schematic, charts, color inspiration and stitch tutorials. It holds the yarn double for a sturdy bag.
9. Crochet Scraps Bag
Lindsey’s bag is inspired by rag rug bags, worked from yarn scraps in Red Heart Super Saver on a 5 mm hook, and she says half used skeins were taking over her stash. It uses about 75 inches of 9/32 inch Dritz cable cord and 10 yards, rated Easy, and it is worked as a rectangle and folded into a flat bottom bag.
10. Crochet Granny Square Bag
Heather Corinne’s purse uses a starburst granny square to make a boho bag, and it whips up quickly, so it makes a good gift. Because granny squares are small motifs, it is a good scrap yarn project, and the pattern is free on her blog.
