Bubbly Drawstring Bag: Free Crochet Pattern

Ever have those days when you start crocheting nothing in particular and it somehow turns out to be awesome?

Well anyway, that’s what happened with this bag. I had three things in mind while making it: 1) My friend gave me some beautiful yarn and I loved it so much that I absolutely had to use it right then and there. 2) My sister’s birthday was in two days and I still hadn’t figured out what to crochet for her. And 3) I definitely had too much coffee that morning because my hook was whirring away at 90 miles per hour.

And somehow it still ended up looking pretty good, if I do say so myself. I even had it done in time for my sister’s birthday, which, as I already mentioned, had kind of been my goal in the first place.

She took it on vacation with her, and it worked nicely as an on-the-road/beach bag. That reminds me to tell you that this is uniquely large for a drawstring bag. So it can hold all your beach necessities. I think you could even squeeze a towel in there. Also, one of you should try making this in sea-green shades. Because I think that would be gorgeous.

And I promise that one of these days, I’ll get around to posting something besides drawstring bags.

Bubbly Drawstring Bag Pattern:

Materials:

-Size G crochet hook (4.25 mm)

-1 skein Red Heart Super Saver Ombre (482 yds). I used Sea Coral.

-stitch marker

-scissors

-yarn needle

Stitches used/abbreviations:

st – stitch

mc – magic circle

ch – chain

sl st – slip stitch

sc – single crochet

dc – double crochet

fsc – foundation single crochet

puff stitch – *yo, insert hook into stitch, yo, pull up a loop* 3 times (7 loops on hook), yo, pull through all 7 loops.

Gauge: with the same yarn and size G hook: 14 sc x 15 rows = 4″ x 4″

Dimensions: 13 3/4″ tall, 10″ in diameter

Pattern Notes:

-Anything between asterisks is repeated to the end of the round.

-In the rounds with the puff stitches, you will end up chaining one and skipping the last sc from the previous round. Do not sl st to the first stitch after that, just sc in the first stitch, and continue the next round.

Body of Bag

Rnd 1) Mc, 8 sc into ring, tighten, do not join.

Rnd 2) 2 sc in each st around, place stitch marker in first stitch of round.

Rnd 3) *sc in first st, 2sc in next* around.

Rnd 4) *sc in first 2, 2 sc n next* around.

Rnd 5) *sc in first 3, 2 sc in next* around.

Rnd 6) *sc in first 4, 2sc in next* around.

Rnd 7) *sc in first 5, 2 sc in next* around.

Rnd 8) *sc in first 6, 2 sc in next* around.

Rnd 9) *sc in first 7, 2 sc in next* around.

Rnd 10) *sc in first 8, 2 sc in next* around.

Rnd 11) * sc in first 9, 2 sc in next* around.

Rnd 12) *sc in first 10, 2 sc in next* around.

Rnd 13) *sc in first 11, 2 sc in next* around.

Rnds 14-17) sc around.

Rnd 18) *puff st in first, ch 1, sk 1* repeat around (you will end up skipping last stitch. See note.).

Rnd 19) *sc in first puff st, sc in space* around.

Rnds 20-22) sc around.

Repeat Rounds 19-22 seven times, or until desired length. Continue with instructions for Round 50.

Rnd 50) ch 3, sk first st, dc in next, *ch 1, sk 1, dc in next* repeat until last stitch, dc in last st, sl st to first ch-3.

Rnd 51) ch 1, sc in same, sc in each st and space around.

Rnds 52-55) sc around. At the end of Round 55, sl st to first sc in the round.

Fasten off, weave in ends.

Drawstrings (make 2):

Fsc 145. Add tassels, if you want.