Bag with a square bottom

crochet pattern
 Materials
- 3-4 mm cotton, acrylic or polyester cord 350-450 meters
- hook 5mm or 6 mm
- scissors, stitch markers, yarn needle

In this pattern I use 4 mm acrylic cord and a 5 mm crochet hook. My green bag has
sizes: 16" (41 cm) wide, 14" (36 cm) high.

If you use any other yarn, take a hook 1 sizes smaller than recommended for this
yarn (to make the bag more tightly). The size of the bag may vary - it depends on
your crochet density and the yarn you choose. The thicker the yarn, the larger the
bag.

Abbreviations
ch - chain stitch
sc - single crochet
sl st - slip stitch
3in1 - work 3 sc in 1 stitch
BLO - back loops only
(…)*n - repeat the sequense in brackets "n" times
(...) - amount of stitch after the row

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 Description
8 sc in MR (Magic Ring) (pic 3) (How to make a Magic ring step by step, see page 10)
Tightly pull the ring. Work in a spiral. When you make the first stitch in each
round, place a marker (for counting rounds).

1 3rd back loop 2

Work the bag and handels BLO
3rd back loop
BLO
When working BLO, also
crochet in the 3rd back loop
of each stitch to make your
work tighter

Crochet the end of the cord inside the part, as you go the first round. Then cut it off.
Round 1: (3in1, sc)*4 (16) When work increase (3in1), place marker on the middle
stitch (the stitch markers mark where you need to crochet 3in1 in the next
round ) (pic 4-8)

8 sc in MR 3 Tightly pull the ring 4 place marker on the middle stitch 5

place a marker

6 7 8

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Round 2: sc, (3in1, 3sc)*3, 3in1, 2sc (24)
5
Round 3: 2sc, (3in1, 5sc)*3, 3in1, 3sc (32) 4

Round 4: 3sc, (3in1, 7sc)*3, 3in1, 4sc (40) 3

2
Round 5: 4sc, (3in1, 9sc)*3, 3in1, 5sc (48) 1

Round 6: 5sc, (3in1, 11sc)*3, 3in1, 6sc (56)

Round 7: 6sc, (3in1, 13sc)*3, 3in1, 7sc (64)
Round 8: 7sc, (3in1, 15sc)*3, 3in1, 8sc (72)
Round 9: 8sc, (3in1, 17sc)*3, 3in1, 9sc (80)
Round 10: 9sc, (3in1, 19sc)*3, 3in1, 10sc (88)
Round 11: 10sc, (3in1, 21sc)*3, 3in1, 11sc (96)
Round 12: 11sc, (3in1,23sc)*3,3in1, 12sc (104)
Round 13: 12sc, (3in1,25sc)*3, 3in1, 13sc (112)

9 10 11

8,25" (21 см)

If you need a larger or smaller bag, increase or

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decrease the size of the square from which the
bottom is formed.
When the size of the bottom is 8,25" (21 cm), the
width of the finished bag is 16" (41cm) (green bag on
the picture)
When the size of the bottom is 7" (18 cm), the width
of the finished bag is 13,75" (35 сm) (pink bag on the
picture)

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 Rounds 14-63: 112 sc (pic 13-14)
You can change the height of the bag by crocheting more or fewer rounds

13 14

Put the bag exactly and place 4 markers (places for handles) The distance
between markers 1-2, 3-4 : 25 sc. On sides , between markers - 2-3, 4-1
: 31 sc (pic. 15)
Round 64: Work sc till the first marker, ch60, sc in stitch with second marker, 31 sc
till third marker, ch60, sc in stitch with forth marker, sc to the end of the
round (pic. 16)
Rounds 65-66 : sc to the end of the round. Finish on side (on the fold of the bag) (pic 17)

15 16 17
25 сбн
3 4
31 сбн 31 сбн 60 вп
2 1

18 Round 67: sl st to the end of the round (pic 18)

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Cut off the cord, leaving the end of 15 cm (pic 19)
Pull the end out (pic 20)
Take a needle and make 1 stitch as it is shown on the picture pic 21-22
Pull out the loop (pic 23). Hide the end between stitches on the wrong side,
cut off the cord. (pic 24-25)

19 20 21

22 23 24

25

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 One more variant of handles
Work the bag to the size you need.
Put the bag exactly and place markers (pic 26-27). Work sc till the first
marker (pic 28) Make ch2 (pic 28). Skip stitches with 2 markers and work sc.
Repeat 4 times.
Crochet 2 rounds sc. Last round sl st to the end of the round. Insert the
handles

26 27 28

29 30 31

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 You can also crochet the handles
Make ch100 (pic 32). From the second ch from the hook: sc in each ch (pic 33-34).
3in1 in the last ch, sc in each ch on the opposite side of the chain. (pic 35), inc in
the end of the round (pic 36) Cut off the cord and fasten off as it is shown on the
picture pic 38-39. Hide the cord between stitches on the wrong side, cut off the
end (pic 40)

ch 100 32 33 34

3in1 in the last ch

35 36 37

38 40
39

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Insert the handles into the holes and tie in any way

41 42

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Congratulations! Your Bag is ready!

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Magic Ring step by step

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