Crochet bucket bag pattern — three pieces, 227 rounds written out
About 19.5 cm across the base and 24 cm tall, with a 60 cm strap loop: a free crochet bucket bag pattern, worked on a 6.0 mm hook in three colours over roughly seven and a half hours. Rounds 32 to 35 are the only two-colour rounds in the bag — 32 and 33 run four tan then four cream around all 64 stitches, and 34 and 35 reverse the pairing, which offsets the blocks and turns what would have been eight stripes into a chequer. The base and body, the strap and the cord are written out separately, 39 rounds, 78 and 110, each carrying the count it ends on.
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Why it is rated High
High: 227 rounds, two colours carried across four of them, and a strap that is picked up from the rim and sewn back down at the point opposite where it started.
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00What you need before you start
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What you need before you start
Yarn — three colours, all weight 5
~110 m (about two 50 g balls)Chunky (CYC 5) cotton, worked firmly
~50 m (about one 50 g ball)Chunky (CYC 5) cotton, worked firmly
~15 m (scraps, or a part ball)Chunky (CYC 5) cotton, worked firmly
Tools
5 you probably own, 2 to buyYou likely have
Tapestry needle
Scissors
Stitch markers
Measuring tape
Pins
You need to buy
Lining fabric — about 65 x 28 cm for the wall plus a 21 cm circle for the base
Sewing thread to match the lining, and a sharp sewing needle
Optional
A wooden toggle or cord stopper for the drawstring
A card or plastic canvas circle about 19 cm across, to keep the base flat
A row counter
Gauge and finished size
the last check before you cast onTension
Worked firmly, tighter than the yarn label suggests. Gauge is not critical to the look, but a loose hand gives a wider, softer bag and eats more yarn — if the wall will not stand up empty, drop a hook size.
Finished size
~19.5 cm across the base and ~24 cm tall, with a 60 cm strap loop
How to make the bucket bag, piece by piece
Switching rewrites every round:US8 sc in mrUK8 dc in mrWork a US sc as a UK single crochet and the fabric comes out looser and taller.
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01The base and body
A flat disc out to sixty-four stitches, one round worked in the back…39 RNDS
starts in cocoa· magic ring· Piece 1 of 3
First six rounds[8] [16] [24] [32] [40] [48]
The base, opening out
RND 1–81[8]
2[16]
3[24]
4[32]
5[40]
6[48]
7[56]
8[64]
Back loops only — the fold
RND 9–99[64]
Straight wall
RND 10–3110[64]
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The checked band
RND 32–3532[64]
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Up to the rim
RND 36–3936[64]
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US termsmrmagic ringscsingle crochetincincreasest(s)stitch, or stitchesBLOback loop only
When this piece is doneWeave the ends in on the inside and press the base flat with your palm. It will look slouchy until the strap goes on and the cord draws the top in.
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02The strap
Eight stitches picked up from the rim, worked round and round into a…78 RNDS
starts in cocoa· picked up· Piece 2 of 3
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US termsmrmagic ringscsingle crochetincincreasest(s)stitch, or stitchesBLOback loop only
When this piece is doneSew the last round down to the rim opposite where you began, working through both the tube and the rim stitches so the join takes the weight.
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03The drawstring
A narrow cream cord, one stitch at a time, until it measures about 85…110 RNDS
starts in cream· picked up· Piece 3 of 3
First six rounds[1] [1] [1] [1] [1] [1]
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US termsmrmagic ringscsingle crochetincincreasest(s)stitch, or stitchesBLOback loop only
When this piece is doneThread it in and out of the last round, dipping in every fourth stitch or so, and bring both ends out at the front of the bag to tie.
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Eight notes on the bucket bag
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01An original Crochet Genie design.
02The whole bag is plain single crochet worked in a continuous spiral. The fabric comes out smooth and solid — no ribbing, no openwork, no gaps anywhere in it.
03Round 9 of the base and body is worked in the back loop only. It is still 64 single crochet, one stitch in and one stitch out, so the app counts it as an ordinary round. The back loops are what give the base a crisp fold up into the wall.
04Rounds 32 to 35 carry tan and cream across the same round, four stitches at a time, for a checked band. Carry the colour you are not working along the top of the previous round and cover it as you go.
05There are no eyelet holes. The drawstring weaves in and out between the stitches of the last round, which is why that round is left plain.
06The strap begins on eight stitches picked up from the rim and finishes sewn to the rim directly opposite, so it hangs as a closed loop with no free end. Count the rim into quarters before you start it — 32 stitches between the two ends.
07The drawstring is simulated as 110 one-stitch rounds. It is a cord, counted the only way this app can count one; work it to about 85 cm and adjust to how you like to knot it.
08Yarn and hook are a recommendation rather than a rule: chunky cotton on a 6.0 mm hook holds a bag shape well without a lining.
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