Quick and Easy Crochet Mesh Bag Tutorial | Beginner Fri… — Transcript

Hi crochet friends. Welcome and welcome back to Alice's Crochet Corner. Today, I'll show you how to crochet this easy mesh bag. It's beginner friendly, fully adjustable, and works up into a lightweight everyday bag. Here are the measurements for the finished bag. For yarn, I used about 2 and 1/2 skeins of 100 g yarn in a cotton acrylic blend. The pattern is adjustable, so you can use any type of yarn you'd like. But if you are worried about stretching, I recommend using cotton or cotton blend yarn. I'm using a 4.5 mm crochet hook, four stitch markers, scissors, and a yarn needle. Let's get started. First, we are going to make the base of our bag. To start, I'm going to create a slip knot. How I like to do mine is I twist my yarn to form a loop and I grab the tail end of the yarn and pull through that loop. And then I insert my hook and pull tight. Next, we chain 42. To do a chain, we wrap our yarn around our hook and pull through that slip knot we just created. You can see that that V is our first chain. This is our second, third, and I'm just going to keep going until I have a total of 42 chains. I have just chained 42. And for size reference, we're looking at about 25 cm. And if you need, that's about almost 10 in. Now if you want a bag that's a similar size to mine, feel free to adjust the number of chains. You just need to adjust your number of chains so that it is any even number. After we have chained 42, we are going to go ahead and chain four more. So that's one, two, three, and four. After chaining four, we are going to go ahead and do a double crochet into the fourth chain from the hook. So we don't count the chain on the hook, which means this is our first, second, third, and fourth chain. To do a double crochet, we wrap our yarn around our hook once and insert it into that fourth chain. We grab our yarn at the back and pull up a loop. We now have three loops on our hook. Then we wrap our yarn around our hook and pull through two loops. And we wrap our yarn around our hook again and pull through the remaining two loops. And then we chain one, skip the next chain, and work a double crochet into the chain after. So again, I've just wrapped my yarn around my hook, inserting it into that chain and pulling up a loop. Wrapping our yarn around our hook and pulling through two loops. Wrap our yarn around our hook and pull through the remaining two loops. After the double crochet, we chain one. We again skip the next chain and work a double crochet into the chain after. After the double crochet, we chain one again. We skip the next chain and work another double crochet into the chain after. We chain one, skip the next chain, and again work a double crochet into the chain after and then chain one. So you can see that the pattern we've just done is creating this space which looks like the mesh pattern. And so that is what we will continue to do all the way, sorry, all the way until the very end. So again, that is a double crochet, a chain one, we skip a chain, then we work a double crochet again. And we'll repeat that all the way until the end. When we reach the very last chain, we are going to work one double crochet and a chain one a total of three times. So I'm going to first do a double crochet in this very last chain. Chain one. And then again in that same very last chain, I'm doing another double crochet. And then the chain one again. And one last time, another double crochet in the very last chain. And a chain one. And what you'll see is that by doing that three times, we have started to create the curve for the base of our bag. After we have worked in that very last chain, we are going to start working in the mesh pattern on the underlying chains. And what we want to do is make sure that when we work a double crochet, it is right above the one that we have done on this side. So, I'll show you what I mean. I'm just working a double crochet into the underlying chain right below the one that we've done on the first side. And then we chain one. And then we do it again. And then chain one. And again, right below the double crochet. Chain one and then continuing on. And so we will repeat that mesh pattern all the way until the very end. And I'll meet you when we're done. When we reach the very last chain, I'm going to go ahead and work one double crochet and a chain one twice. So that's one double crochet, chain one, then I do one more double crochet and a chain one. And so you can see that what we've done here looks very similar to what this side looks like. And so to end this round, we are going to do a slip stitch into that third chain. So this is our first, second, and third chain. And to do a slip stitch, we insert our hook into that chain, grab our yarn, and pull through. And pull through again. And so you can see that the curve for the base of the bag now looks the same on both sides. So we have now done the first round for the base of the bag. We will now do the second round. To start, we are going to chain four. So that's one, two, three, and four. And this does count as a double crochet and a chain one. And so after the chain four, we will work a double crochet right above this one from the first round. Okay, right above. And then we chain one. And again, we work a double crochet right above this one from the first round. Chain one. We keep doing the same thing. Chain one, chain one, and chain one. So, this is going to be the pattern, the top of the bag. So, we're going to continue with the mesh pattern all the way at the top. And then when we reach the three double crochet and the chain one that we did in that last chain from the first round, I will show you what to do there. I have worked the mesh pattern all along the top and we have now arrived at where we've done the three double crochet and chain one. So, what we're going to do here is right above each of the double crochet, we are going to do two double crochets and two chain ones. So, I'll show you what I mean by that. Right above that first double crochet at the curve, I'm going to do one double crochet. Chain one and then one more time in that same stitch. Double crochet and the chain one. And then I'm going to do the same thing right above the next double crochet. So you can see, going to do one double crochet, chain one, and one more time in that same stitch, a double crochet, and a chain one. And then in that very last double crochet of that curve, I am doing the same thing. One double crochet, chain one, and then again in that same stitch, one double crochet and a chain one. So essentially, we have increased in the three stitches so that the base is nice and flat. And then from here on, I'm going to continue with the mesh pattern all along the other side again, which means that I'm going to work a double crochet right above the one from the last round. I do that once and then I move on to the next stitch. So you can see what we have done. And we're just going to continue with that mesh pattern all along the top. And I'll meet you when we're back at where we've started. I have worked the mesh pattern along the top. And you can see that we have now arrived at the first stitch of the curve. So, we're going to do what we've done here. And right above that first stitch of the curve, again, I'm going to work a double crochet. And then a chain one. And one more time in that same stitch, a double crochet. And a chain one. And then right above the next double crochet, I'm going to do the same thing. A double crochet and a chain one. And one more time, a double crochet and a chain one. So you can see I've done it twice now. And this is where it's slightly different. So, at the start of this round, remember we have chained four and I said that this does count as a double crochet and a chain one. We want it to look similar to what we've done on this side, which means that in that same stitch, we want to work a double crochet and a chain one. Right? So, it's just right at the base of where we...

bag. For yarn, I used about 2 and 1/2 skins of 100 g yarn in a cotton acrylic blend. The pattern is adjustable, so you can use any type of yarn you'd like. But if you are worried about stretching, I

recommend using cotton or cotton blend yarn. I'm using a 4.5 mm crochet hook, four stitch markers, scissors, and a yarn needle. Let's get started. First, we are going to make the base of our bag. To start, I'm going to create a

slip knot. How I like to do mine is I twist my yarn to form a loop and I grab the tail end of the yarn and pull through that loop. And then I insert my hook and pull tight.

Next, we chain 42. To do a chain, we wrap our yarn around our hook and pull through that slip knot we just created. You can see that that V is our first chain.

This is our second, third, and I'm just going to keep going until I have a total of 42 chains.

I have just chained 42. And for size reference, we're looking at about 25 cm. And if you need that's about almost 10 in. Now if you want a bag that's a similar size to mine, feel free to adjust the number of chains.

You just need to adjust your number of chains so that it is any even number.

After we have chained 42, we are going to go ahead and chain four more. So that's one 2 3 and four.

After chaining four, we are going to go ahead and do a double crochet into the fourth chain from the hook. So we don't count the chain on the hook, which means this is our first, second, third, and fourth chain. To do a double crochet, we

wrap our yarn around our hook once and insert it into that fourth chain. We grab our yarn at the back and pull up a loop. We now have three loops on our hook. Then we wrap our yarn around our

hook and pull through two loops. And we wrap our yarn around our hook again and pull through the remaining two loops.

And then we chain one. skip the next chain and work a double crochet into the chain after.

So again, I've just wrapped my yarn around my hook, inserting it into that chain and pulling up a loop. Wrapping our yarn around our hook and pulling through two loops. Wrap our yarn around our hook and pull through the remaining

two loops. After the double crochet, we chain one. We again skip the next chain and work a double crochet into the chain after.

After after the double crochet, we chain one again. We skip the next chain and work another double crochet into the chain after.

We chain one, skip the next chain, and again work a double crochet into the chain after and then chain one.

So you can see that the pattern we've just done is creating this space which looks like the mesh pattern.

And so that is what we will continue to do all the way sorry all the way until the very end. So again that is a double crochet a chain one we skip a chain then we work a double crochet again. And

we'll repeat that all the way until the end. When we reach the very last chain, we are going to work a one double crochet and a chain one a total of three times.

So I'm going to first do a double crochet in this very last chain. Chain one. And then again in that same very last chain, I'm doing another double crochet.

And then the chain one again. And one last time, another double crochet in the very last chain.

And a chain one. And what you'll see is that by doing that three times, we have started to create the curve for the base of our bag.

After we have worked in that very last chain, we are going to start working in the mesh pattern on the underlying chains. And we what we want to do is make sure that when we work a double crochet, it is right above the one that

we have done on this side. So, I'll show you what I mean. I'm just working a double crochet into the underlying chain right below the one that we've done on the first side.

And then we chain one. And then we do it again. And then chain one. And again.

right below the double crochet. Chain one and then continuing on. And so we will repeat that mesh pattern all the way until the very end. And I'll meet you when we're done.

When we reach the very last chain, I'm going to go ahead and work one double crochet and a chain one twice.

So that's one double crochet, chain one, then I do one more double crochet and a chain one.

And so you can see that what we've done here looks very similar to what this side looks like.

And so to end this round, we are going to do a slip stitch into that third chain. So this is our first, second, and third chain. And to do a slip stitch, we insert our hook into that chain, grab

our yarn, and pull through. And pull through again. And so you can see that the curve for the base of the bag now looks the same on both sides.

So we have now done the first round for the base of the bag. We will now do the second round.

To start we are going to chain four. So that's one 2 3 and four.

And this does count as a double crochet and a chain one. And so after the chain four, we will work a double crochet right above this one from the first round.

Okay, right above. And then we chain one. And again we work a double crochet right above this one from the first round.

Chain one. We keep doing the same thing. Chain one, chain one, and chain one.

So, this is going to be the pattern, the top of the bag. So, we're going to continue with the mesh pattern all the way at the top. And then when we reach the three double crochet and the chain

one that we did in that last chain from the first round, I will show you what to do there.

I have worked the mesh pattern all along the top and we have now arrived at where we've done the three double crochet and chain one.

So, what we're going to do here is right above each of the double crochet, we are going to do two double crochets and two chain ones. So, I'll show you what I mean by that.

Right above that first double crochet at the curve, I'm going to do one double crochet.

Chain one and then one more time in that same stitch. Double crochet and the chain one.

And then I'm going to do the same thing right above the next double crochet.

So you can see going to do one double crochet, chain one, and one more time in that same stitch, a double crochet, and a chain one.

And then in that very last double crochet of that curve, I am doing the same thing.

one double crochet, chain one, and then again in that same stitch, one double crochet and a chain one. So essentially, we have increased in the three stitches so that the base is nice and flat. And then from here on, I'm going to continue with the

mesh pattern all along the other side again, which means that I'm going to work a double crochet right above the one from the last round. I do that once and then I move on to the next stitch.

So you can see what we have done. And we're just going to continue with that mesh pattern all along the top. And I'll meet you when we're back at where we've started.

I have worked the mesh pattern along the top. And you can see that we have now arrived at the first stitch of the curve.

So, we're going to do what we've done here. And right above that first stitch of the curve, again, I'm going to work a double crochet.

And then a chain one. And one more time in that same stitch, a double crochet.

And a chain one. And then in right above the next double crochet, I'm going to do the same thing.

A double crochet and a chain one. And one more time, a double crochet and a chain one.

So you can see I've done it twice now. And this is where it's slightly different. So, at the start of this round, remember we have chained four and I said that this does count as a double crochet and a chain one. We want it to

look similar to what we've done on this side, which means that in that same stitch, we want to work a double crochet and a chain one. Right? So, it's just right at the base of where we've done the chain

four. going to do a double crochet and a chain one. And we only do it once because again, this already counts as a stitch.

So to end this round, we will do a slip stitch into that third chain. So this is our first, second, and third chain. I will insert my hook, grab my yarn, and pull through. And pull through again.

And there we've done it. We have just finished with the base of our bag.

From here on, we will be working on the pattern for the body of the bag. And the pattern for the body is going to be exactly the same for each round. First, we start by chaining four.

One 2 3 and four. And then again, this does count as a double crochet and a chain one. And so afterwards, we work a double crochet right above the one we did in the last round.

So we're always using the one that we did in the last round as the guide as we work on the body of the bag. We're just continuing on with our mesh pattern.

Chain one, double crochet, chain one, double crochet, chain one, double crochet, and chain one. So, as you can see right now, we're just using the double crochets that we did in the last round as a guide. And we're going to continue

with the mesh pattern all the way around the base of the bag. And I'll meet you when we're back where we've started.

I have worked the mesh pattern all around the base of the bag. And as you can see, our bag is starting to curve as it forms the body. When we are back at where we have started, we end this round

by doing a slip stitch into the third chain. So to do that, we count 1 2 3, insert our hook into that third chain, grab our yarn, and pull through. And pull through again.

And what you'll see is that we have just finished with the first round of the body of our bag.

And so from here on, the pattern for the body of the bag is going to be exactly the same as the round I've just shown you. I'm going to show you one more time. Always chain four to start.

And this does count as a double crochet and a chain one. And then again, we look for the double crochet that we did in the last round. And we continue by working a double crochet right above it.

Chain one and continue. Chain one. So you can see just like what we have been doing before, we are working our mesh pattern using the double crochet that we did in the prior round as a guide. And I'm going to repeat that mesh

pattern all the way around. I've worked the mesh pattern all the way around. And you can see we're now back at where we have started.

To end this round again, we will be doing a slip stitch into that third chain. So that's our first, second, and third chain. Grabbing our yarn and pulling through. And pull through again.

You can really start to see our bag taking shape. So we have done two rounds for the base of our bag and then we've done two rounds of the body of the bag.

So I'm going to go ahead and repeat exactly what I've shown you in the last two rounds for a total of 15 rounds. I have finished working on the body of the bag and for size reference we're looking

at about 25 cm and if you need that's about close to 10 in. Feel free to do more rounds of the body of the bag if you like a bigger bag. But I'm very happy with the size as I know

that as we put items inside it, the bag will also naturally stretch. Now that we are happy with how the bag is looking, we are going to fasten off. So, picking back up where we left off, we chain one.

And I like to leave a fair bit of yarn left. Give it a cut and weave it through. You can weave this end in now or later. I'm going to weave it in later. And so, now we're ready to mark where we want our

bag straps to start. I have our four stitch markers handy and you can see right now the bag is laid flat. We are going to start from the left hand side and mark the ninth double crochet. [snorts] So you can see that

this counts as the first double crochet. So that's 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 and 9. Going to grab our stitch marker and mark the very top of that double crochet.

And then I'm going to do the same from the right hand side. So that's 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 and nine.

And then we will turn our bag and again do the same thing. So that's 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 and 9.

And so that's 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 and nine. It doesn't have to be exactly correct, but you can see that the bag strap is pretty much right across from each other.

We are now ready to start our bag strap. So, I'm going to first insert my hook onto the first stitch marker on the left hand side. I'm going to insert my hook, wrap my yarn through, and I'll just like

to tie a knot like this. And so, we'll grab our yarn and pull up a loop. And then we will chain two.

And this counts as a decrease. Now, this might not make sense right away, but work with me and then you'll be able to see what we're aiming for.

And so, after the chain two, we work a double crochet right above the one from the body of the bag.

And then chain one again, work a double crochet right above the one from the body of the bag. And so this is pretty much the mesh pattern again as we work our bag straps.

And so I am just continuing on with that. And I will continue all the way until we have two double crochets left.

I've almost done the first row of our bag strap. You can see we now have two double crochets left for the first row of our bag strap. So here we are going to be doing a decrease again. To do a

decrease at the end, we wrap our yarn around our hook and insert our hook into that second last stitch and pull up a loop.

Then we wrap our yarn around our hook and pull through two loops. Again, we'll wrap our yarn around our hook and insert our hook into that very last stitch where the stitch marker is.

And then we're going to grab our yarn and pull up a loop. Going to wrap our yarn around our hook and pull through two loops. And then to finish off, we will wrap our yarn around our hook and pull through the remaining

three loops. So right now you can see that we have done a decrease at the start, which is where we've done the chain two, and a decrease that we've just done at the end as well.

And the reason why we do this is because we want our bang strap to slant to create that look which will become more obvious as we work on the later rounds.

But it is meant to slant like this. And so this is what we are aiming for when we do our decreases.

And so we will be continuing doing that, decreasing the start and end of each row of the bag strap for a total of five. So again, I'm going to show you. We will start by chaining two.

And then we turn our bag and then we'll work our double crochet into this stitch here.

Then we chain one and again we are just continuing on with our mesh pattern as normal. Now and so I will continue with this until I have two stitches left at the end of this row.

So we now have two stitches left for the second row of our bag strap. And we're going to do exactly the same as what we've done in the last row. So again, I'm wrapping my yarn around my hook

once, inserting it into that second last stitch and pulling up a loop. Wrap our yarn around our hook and pull through two loops. And then wrap our yarn around our hook again and insert it right above that very last stitch for this row.

We're going to again pull up a loop. wrap our yarn around our hook and pull through two loops. And to finish it off, we'll wrap our yarn and pull through all three loops.

And so, as you see, when we work another row of the bag strap, the slant that's achieved through the decreases is becoming more obvious.

So, I think I'm going to go ahead and do a total of five decreases. So, you can see I've just done two rows of decreases, and I want to do three more.

I'm going to show you one more time how to do that. So, again, we will chain two, and this forms part of our very first decrease.

We turn our work and I continue with the mesh pattern. And so I will continue with the mesh pattern again until we only have two stitches left at the end of this row.

I now have two stitches left. And again, I'm going to do our decrease. Wrapping our yarn around our hook, inserting into the second last stitch to pull up a loop. Wrap our yarn and pull through two. Wrap our yarn around our hook

again. Insert it into the very last stitch to pull up a loop. Wrap our yarn and pull through two. Wrap our yarn and pull through the remaining three loops.

And there we go. We have now done three rows of our bag strap where we have decreased on either side. I think I'm going to go ahead and do two more rows of the decrease on either side. And I'll

meet you when I'm done. I have finished working the remaining two rows of decreases. And you can see we now have five rows of the bag strap.

So that's one, two, three, four, and five. And this is how the bag strap is looking from this way.

I really love how it looks because I feel like the decreases that we do creates this beautiful shape for our bag.

You can do more rounds of decreases as well if you like if you prefer a thinner bag strap. But I'm very happy with how it looks right now. So I'm going to go ahead and finish the remaining bag

strap. Now, the pattern for how it's going to finish is very simple. We will just be repeating the mesh pattern with no increases or decreases until we have reached the halfway length that we are happy with because remember

we're going to do exactly what we have done on this side for this side as well.

So, we're only chaining or we're only doing the pattern for the remaining size of the bag strap. Again, this will make more sense as I show you how we work it.

So, to work on the remaining pattern for the bag strap, we will chain four to start. One, two, three, and four. And remember that the chain fours that we do does count as a double crochet and a chain one. And then we will turn our

work and continue with our mesh pattern. And we will do that until we have reached the very end of the row.

And there we have it. So, you can see that the row I've just done for the bag strap is just really repeating one row of the mesh pattern.

And then I'm going to go ahead and do the same again. So this is where we've just done the last double crochet.

So again, I'm chaining four cuz that's what we do at the start of every mesh pattern. Three and four.

And again, I'm turning my work. And again, we're working the mesh pattern until the very end of this row.

Now, when we reach the chain four that we do at the start of each row, it's going to look slightly different because we will be ending the very last stitch by doing a double double crochet into the third chain. Right? So, you'll know

that this is our first, second, and third chain. We're just inserting our hook into that third chain to do a double crochet.

And so, you can see that by doing that, we are mimicking the mesh pattern again. All right? So, we can see we have now done two rows where we haven't done any decreases.

And you'll see that with that we are starting to create the length for our bag strap. Right? So that's the shaping and then we're now doing the remaining length for our bag strap.

Remember we again are only doing half of it because we're repeating exactly what we've done this side on this side as well.

So I've just done two rows. I'm going to go ahead and do six more so that I have a total of eight rows of the bag strap where we don't do any decreases.

I finished working on remainder of the bag strap of one side. And you can see I've done eight rows. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 and eight.

And just for size reference, we're looking at about So I'm going to start from the first row of the bag strap about 20 cm for the length. And then if you need, again, that's about 8 in.

I'm very happy with the bang strap because I know that our bag is going to stretch and then it's going to stretch a little bit on the right hand side as well. So I think I would be happy with

the length. So to finish off from where we left off, we are going to chain one. Again, I like to leave a fair bit of yarn left. So I'm going to cut my scissors and weave it through.

And so we have now done one side of the bag strap. And I'm going to go ahead and do exactly the same for the right hand side.

Now we're going to repeat the same steps as before. First we'll turn your bag and work into the first stitch marker on the left. And then we will continue as before. I'll meet you back once both sides of the bag straps are complete.

I finished working the bag strap for the right hand side and we are now ready to join the two straps together in the middle like so.

I recommend testing by putting some items in your bag and just holding it together to see how the bag stretches just to make sure that you are actually happy with the size of the bag strap.

Once you are happy with it though, there's two different ways that you can join your bag straps. For me, I am going to cut my yarn and use a darning needle to sew it. But you can also slip stitch

together by allow aligning the stitches of the bag straps together to slip stitch across if you prefer as well.

So, picking back up where we left off, I'm going to chain one again. I'm going to leave a fair bit of yarn left.

I'll give it a cut and then weave through. I'm going to weave this through with our darning needle to join the straps together.

I like to turn the bag inside out to join the straps together. So, we're going to start by sewing in an under over motion to join the two straps together. We just want to pay particular attention to the start.

So, I just want to make sure that it's nice and secure, particularly on the sides, just so that they because they have a higher chance of getting a bit undone. I just want to make sure that it's extra secure at the

start. And then I'm just going to do an under over motion. along the straps.

You can also try and make sure that they are perfectly aligned if you like, but for me, I'm pretty happy to just eyeball it.

And so I'm just going to continue with that all along the top. And I'll meet you when we're back at the very end.

I've reached the end of the bag strap and similarly to what I've done at the start, I'm just going to loop it around a few more times just so that it's nice and secure.

And so you can see they are now nicely joined together. And then I'm just going to weave this through.

Now I'm just going to tie a little knot. And so once I feel that it's nice and secure, I'm going to cut our yarn.

And there we have it. Wonderful. So, now that our bag is finished, I'm going to go ahead and start weaving in the ends through the stitches.

Direction again. pretty happy with it. I am going to close it with a knot where I leave off and do it again.

I go ahead and cut our yarn. And there we have it. So, I've just weaved in one of our ends. I'm going to go ahead and weave in the remaining ones. And then we can remove our stitch markers as well. And that's it for this

mesh bag. I hope you enjoyed making it with me. If you did, don't forget to like and subscribe, and I'll see you in the next tutorial. Thank you.