Granny Square Bag Patterns: 5 Free Designs

Granny-square bags can use eleven joined motifs, three squares joined while the last round is worked, eighteen reinforced squares, or three squares folded in half and seamed. These four original patterns show how the number of squares changes the finished shape and construction.

Granny square bag patterns to explore

1. Granny Square Bag

Jess Coppom at Make & Do Crew uses 11 granny squares joined with reverse single crochet. The bag is 12.5 inches tall and 15 inches wide, with an adjustable strap.

2. Bag from Three Granny Squares

Jessie Rayot at Jessie At Home requires three same-size squares. The middle square is joined to the other two while completing its final single-crochet round.

3. Granny Square Bag

Shehnaaz at Crochet Dreamz uses 18 granny squares and measures 12.75 inches wide by 13.5 inches tall. Plastic canvas reinforces the sides and bottom.

4. Granny Square Bag for Beginners

Wilmade folds three squares in half and joins them with either an invisible seam or a visible slip-stitch ridge, finishing at 17 by 17 inches flat.

5. Boho Starburst Granny Square Bag

Heather Corinne joins two starburst granny squares with puff and bobble stitches along three sides, finishing at 7 by 7 inches with a single-crochet border and an adjustable crossbody strap — an intermediate step up from the plainer squares in the other patterns here.

Choose the motif count

Choose three squares for a compact construction, eleven squares for an adjustable-strap bag, eighteen reinforced squares for a structured tote, or the folded three-square version if you want a beginner-friendly seam choice.