Tonight is the eighth night of Chanukah, so you may not be thinking about whipping up chunky crocheted gift bags or crocheted gelt bags, but you still could, as this pattern is truly a quickie with amazing results! I designed it myself and not to brag, but the results were so wonderful I had to tear out some other not as great looking bags to use the yarn to make more of these! And honestly some color combos not shown here were not as successful either, so tore those out a well, and so it goes! I love the one with the dark grey background (on top in photo above) so I would recommend following that as far as lights and darks if you choose to go with two shades of one color, then again, do experiment, that is part of the fun! Okay, lets get crocheting, maybe even to save for next year's holiday gifting, why not?
Chunky Crocheted Gift Bag Pattern, 14.5 x 22.5cm finished dimensions
You'll Need:
- 6.5mm crochet hook (or hook specified for your yarn, but if yarn is chunky you can use a slightly smaller hook, my yarn specified an 8mm, and used a 6.5mm for a sturdier result)
- bulky acrylic yarn in two shades of grey (or colors of your choice)
- t-shirt yarn, ribbon, or a crocheted chain of yarn for tie
- fun wooden beads
- a yarn needle to weave in ends
To start: crochet chain of 17 with color A
Round 1: Using color A sc in front loop of 16 stitches, rotate piece and crochet in back loop of 16 stitches, join to first sc with a slip stitch.
Round 2: ch 3, DC in every stitch around, join to first stitch (not chain) with slip stitch
Rounds 3 and 4: ch1, sc in every stitch around and join to first stitch with slip stitch
Round 5: ch5 (ch3 counts as DC) skip 2 stitches, DC, ch2, skip 2 stiches, DC, ch2 and continue around in this manner until end, join to top of ch3 with a slip stitch.
Round 6: Using color B, in first 2chain space, ch 3, DC, chain 1, 2DC in next 2 chain space, ch1, and so on around, join to top of ch3 with slip stitch
Round 7: Using color A ch5 (ch3 counts as DC) skip 2 stitches, DC, ch2, skip 2 stiches, DC, ch2 and continue around in this manner until end, join to top of ch3 with a slip stitch.
Round 8: Using color B, in first 2chain space, ch 3, DC, chain 1, 2DC in next 2 chain space, ch1, and so on around, join to top of ch3 with slip stitch
Round 9: Using color A ch5 (ch3 counts as DC) skip 2 stitches, DC, ch2, skip 2 stiches, DC, ch2 and continue around in this manner until end, join to top of ch3 with a slip stitch.
Round 10: Using color B, in first 2chain space, ch 3, DC, chain 1, 2DC in next 2 chain space, ch1, and so on around, join to top of ch3 with slip stitch
Round 11: Using color A ch5 (ch3 counts as DC) skip 2 stitches, DC, ch2, skip 2 stiches, DC, ch2 and continue around in this manner until end, join to top of ch3 with a slip stitch.
Round 12: Using color A: ch 1, sc around
Round 13; Using color A, ch3, DC around and join with slip stitch
Round 14 and 15: Using color A, ch 1 sc around
Round 16: Using color B: ch3, DC around and join with slip stitch
Rounds 17, 18, 19: Using Color B, ch 1, sc around and join with slip stitch
Round 20: Picot trim as follows: ch1, *3sc, ch3, slip stitch into previous sc, (to make a loop) continue from * around.
To finish, weave in ends. In Round 16, weave ribbon or t-shirt yarn between every two DCs to make tie. Add fun beads!
Hope you enjoyed this pattern, sorry if there are any discrepancies, and just wing it where necessary, if missing a stitch etc. no one will notice!
