What a delightful way to combine a love of bags with a love of crochet, by making a crocheted bag!
This is Inga’s Haekelbeutel, crocheted in around 11 balls of Anchor Magicline cotton. This is the 7 round size (the other option is 5 rounds) and boy, is it HUGE! And there were definitely a lot of ends to weave in.
It’s really a market bag. I love the richnes of the colours, and the variations within each square (the yarn is self-striping, for anyone who wondered).
The squares are crocheted together with single crochet – I decided to do this on the outside of the bag to leave obvious bright ridges. There are currently 774 projects featuring this pattern on Ravelry, unsurprisingly. It’s great for a beginner, and lots of fun. Highly recommended – although if I make it again, I’ll do the smaller version. One massive market bag is enough!
