An easy peasy pattern, adaptable to every kind of bag bottom, for a super trendy, elegant and unique summer bag.
You can work it with raffia, cotton or Thai cord, with a 4mm crochet.
It is worked bottom up, in one neutral color, with the chance to use a contrasting color in the last round, at the upper border of the bag.
Choose the bag bottom bearing in mind that its shape and width will determine the bag’s shape and width. Following the instructions your bag will be about 23 cm height, but you can also choose to make it smaller skipping some rounds.
A link to a video tutorial of the special techniques is provided in the pattern.
Have fun crocheting your bag!

To create your project, you will need the following materials:

1. Raffia – Cotton – Thai cord. The amount can vary accordingly to the dimensions of the bag bottom. For a 32 cm ( 12 “) height bag and a 30 x 10 cm ( 12” x 4 “) bag bottom, the amount of yarn could be about 500 m (546 yards) for the main color and about 10 m (11 yards) for the contrasting color
2. Hook No. 4 mm and a thinner one accordingly to the dimensions of the bag bottom holes
3. Bag bottom
4. Iron Wire
5. Bag handles
6. Bag lining

Abbreviations and stitches (US)

● ch - chain stitch
● sc - single crochet
● dc - double crochet
● hdc – half double crochet
● tc - treble crochet
● sl st - slip stitch
● st – stitch
● BOR – beginning of round
● Star stitch
● Picot stitch