FREE Drawstring Crochet Bag Pattern – Beautiful Stitch

The Acorn Basket Bag is made with an easy drawstring closure and is a perfect first bag pattern for confident beginners! This free pattern uses US Crochet Terms, 600 yards of cotton yarn and a 5 mm crochet hook. If you can crochet in the round, chain, single crochet, double crochet and follow this free crochet pattern closely, then you can surely make this cute modern drawstring bag! Happy Crocheting!

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Pattern Description 

Styled after a classic basket bag, the Acorn Basket Satchel is going to be your favorite crochet purse of the season. This crochet drawstring bag was designed with a solid stitch base to safely hold your necessities and a stunning woven stitch for the bag body to resemble a straw basket. 

Take advantage of the wide drawstring style opening to hold larger items and also close up securely.

The pattern calls to start with a chain 2, however, if you prefer you may start with 6 single crochet in a magic circle.

Designed using 24/7 Cotton from Lion Brand, a CYC 4 Worsted weight, this crochet bag will be durable and stand the test of time. 

You can try some of the yarn substitutes listed below, just be sure to check your gauge. If by chance you would like to use a different yarn weight you must make sure to adjust your hook accordingly.

Yarn Substitutes

• Made with Love, The Cottony One
• Color Theory
• Local Grown Cotton
• Pima Cotton

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Materials

• 5.00 mm Crochet Hook
• 4 Skeins of Lion Brand 24/7 Cotton in Haybale [#761-173AA]
• #4 Worsted Weight Yarn – 600 yards

Gauge

• First 9 Rounds of will produce a flat circle with a 4” diameter.

Sizing 

• One Size: 13 inches at deepest point by 12 inches at widest point when fully assembled.

Stitch Descriptions and Abbreviations

• Chain Stitch – ch 
• Slip Stitch – sl st 
• Stitch(es) – st(s)
• Skip – sk
• Stitch Marker – SM
• Single Crochet  – sc
• Double Crochet – dc

Pattern Notes

• * Designates a repeat.
• Do not turn at the end of Rounds.
• Rounds 1 to 26 are Sl St to join in the first sc st and then ch 1 to begin the next round, ch 1 does not count as a stitch.
• Rounds 27 to 52 are Sl St to join in the first dc st and then ch 2 to begin the next round, ch 2 does not count as a stitch.
• Moving from Round 27 to 28 your stitch count will increase. When working this next section the bag will lat flat for a significant amount of rounds, this is part of the design.
• “sc 1” means to single crochet in the next stitch.
• “sc 2” means to single crochet in each of the next 2 stitches.
• “2 sc” means to single crochet twice in the next stitch to create an increase.
• “sc2tog” means to work two sc stitches together for a one stitch for a decrease.

Bag Base + Body

Round 1 – Ch 2, 6 sc into 2nd chain from hook. [6 sts]
*Sl st to join and ch 1 on each round.
Round 2 – 2 sc in each st. [12 sts]
Round 3 – *Sc 1, 2 sc in next st, repeat from* to end. [18 sts]
Round 4 – *Sc 2, 2 sc in next st, repeat from* to end. [24 sts]
Round 5 – *Sc 3, 2 sc in next st, repeat from* to end. [30 sts]
Round 6 – *Sc 4, 2 sc in next st, repeat from* to end. [36 sts]
Round 7 – *Sc 5, 2 sc in next st, repeat from* to end. [42 sts]
Round 8 – *Sc 6, 2 sc in next st, repeat from* to end. [48 sts]
Round 9 – *Sc 7, 2 sc in next st, repeat from* to end. [54 sts]
Round 10 – *Sc 8, 2 sc in next st, repeat from* to end. [60 sts]
Round 11 – *Sc 9, 2 sc in next st, repeat from* to end. [66 sts]
Round 12 – *Sc 10, 2 sc in next st, repeat from* to end. [72 sts]
Round 13 – *Sc 11, 2 sc in next st, repeat from* to end. [78 sts]
Round 14 – *Sc 12, 2 sc in next st, repeat from* to end. [84 sts]
Round 15 – *Sc 13, 2 sc in next st, repeat from* to end. [90 sts]
Round 16 – *Sc 14, 2 sc in next st, repeat from* to end. [96 sts]
Round 17 – *Sc 15, 2 sc in next st, repeat from* to end. [102 sts]
Round 18 – *Sc 16, 2 sc in next st, repeat from* to end. [108 sts]
Round 19 – *Sc 17, 2 sc in next st, repeat from* to end. [114 sts]
Round 20 – *Sc 18, 2 sc in next st, repeat from* to end. [120 sts]
Round 21 – *Sc 19, 2 sc in next st, repeat from* to end. [126 sts]
Round 22 – *Sc 20, 2 sc in next st, repeat from* to end. [132 sts]
Round 23 – *Sc 21, 2 sc in next st, repeat from* to end. [138 sts]
Rounds 24 to 26 (3 total rounds) – *Sc in each stitch to marked stitch, move marker to last stitch in next round, repeat from * to stitch marker for end of round, move stitch marker up to next round. [138 sts]
Round 27 – Ch 2, sk 1, dc in next, ch 3, sk 1, dc in next, *ch 1, sk 3, dc in next, ch 3, sk 1, dc in next, repeat from * until 2 sts remain, ch 1, sk 2, sl st to first dc. [138 sts]
Increase Round 28 – Ch 2, *(dc, ch 3, dc) in sk’d sc below, ch 1, (dc, ch 3, dc) in center sc of 3 sk’d-sc, ch 1, repeat from * to end with last (dc, ch 3, dc) being placed in last sk’d sc instead of center sc of sk’d-sc, sl st to first dc. [276 sts]

Note: Round 29 works the ch-1 sts from Round 27. Round 30 does NOT work the ch-1 sts from round 28. The remaining rounds also do not work the ch-1 sts from previous rounds.

Round 29 – Ch 2, *(dc, ch 3, dc) in ch-3 loop 2 rows below through (dc, ch-3, dc), ch 1, sk ch-1, (dc, ch 3, dc) in ch-1 sp 2 rows below through (dc, ch-3, dc), ch 1, sk ch-1, repeat from * to end, sl st to first dc. [276 sts]
Round 30 – Ch 2, *(dc, ch 3, dc) in ch-3 loop 2 rows below through (dc, ch-3, dc), ch 1, sk ch-1, repeat from * to end, sl st to first dc. [276 sts]
Rounds 31 to 52 – Repeat Round 30. [276 sts]
Round 53 – Ch 1, *3 sc in ch-3 loop 2 rows below through (dc, ch-3, dc), sc in next ch-1 of previous round, repeat from * to end, sl st to first stitch. [184 sts]
Round 54 – Ch 1, sc 10, *ch 3, sk 3, sc 20, repeat from * 7 more times, for a total of (8) ch-3 openings, sc 10, sl st to first st. [184 sts]
Round 55 – Ch 1, sc around in each stitch, sl st to first stitch, finish off. [184 sts]

To create a 42” I-cord so you will need roughly 28 FEET of yarn held double and folded in half.

You will be using both tails to create this I-cord. You will hold one as you normally would as you crochet (“feeding yarn”) and the other one I will refer to the as the “live” yarn to the front closest to your body.

Drawstring

1. Measure, cut and fold your yarn in half, twice. 
2. Create a slip knot in the center of your yarn and insert your hook, the first few stitches are tricky. Holding the bottom of the slip knot to keep it in place is helpful.
3. Using the “live” yarn in the front closest to you, Yarn Over from the FRONT, up and over the hook to the back to create a loop next to the slip knot, two loops on your hook.
4. Using the “feed” yarn, Yarn Over from the BACK, up and over the hook to the front to create a third loop on your hook, pull that loop through the second loop created with the “live” yarn and the slip knot. You will now have one loop on your hook.
5. Using the “live” yarn in the front closest to you, Yarn Over from the FRONT, up and over the hook to the back to create a loop, two loops on your hook.
6. Using the “feed” yarn, Yarn Over from the BACK, up and over the hook to the front to create a third loop on your hook, pull that loop through both loops on your hook. You will now have one loop on your hook. 
7. Repeat Steps 5 and 6 for the desired length of cord and finish off.
8. Thread through the cord through the ch-3 openings and seam together using you yarn needle to create one piece.

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