The granny square is making a comeback and can be seen in all its forms: as a bag, a tee-shirt or jeans pocket, a little summer top, a plaid... The famous crochet square generally known for being used as a bedspread by our grandparents has been given a makeover! We love this colorful vintage pattern, which takes us back a few years.
Joueuse de Pelotes has put together a tutorial on how to make a granny square crochet bag for beginners. In this quick and easy tutorial, learn how to make crochet squares and let your imagination run wild. The bag featured in this tutorial is simply made up of two crocheted squares (front / back) joined together and a pair of handles. You'll be proud to have made your own summer bag, and its ultra-practical tote bag format means you'll be able to take it with you wherever you go: to the beach, to the market, or simply for a little outing. You can also use it as your summer handbag.
This creation is made with a thick cotton thread that gives it a truly bohemian style. The Nova Vita recycled cotton thread used in this tutorial is available in a wide range of colors on our site, and is easy to work with a large crochet hook, preferably n°12.
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Make a magic knot: form a loop by crossing the threads. Pass under the thread tail to catch the thread of the ball with the hook, bring it back under the thread tail and on the hook. Go over the tail to make a stitch in the air.
Continue the magic circle by making 2 bridles and 2 stitches in the air. Then repeat 3 times: 3 bridles, 2 stitches in the air.
At the end of this first round, make a cast on stitch in the air stitch of the marker. The round is closed.
Make 2 more cast on stitches to go to the beginning of the 2nd round, right at the beginning of the hole formed in the corner under the 2 cast on stitches.
To begin this second round, make 3 stitches in the air.
Then follow the diagram on this granny. And make a total of 4 rounds. If you are a beginner, you can follow the step by step of this granny pattern.
Make a 5th round and start by making a stitch in the air. Then make a tight stitch in each stitch. Add one stitch in each corner. You now have 72 stitches.
This granny is finished. You can cut the yarn and put it on hold.
Make a second granny in the same way: the 4 rounds of the pattern and the 5th round of tight stitches.
On this second granny, make 1 row of bridles on 3 sides. This row will create the thickness of the bag. Make a cast on stitch to position yourself over the center stitch of the first corner.
Make 3 stitches in the air and make a bridle in each of the stitches on the 3 sides. Counting the first purl in the air, you have made 55 purls.
Take the 2 grannys and lay them right sides together. The stitching is done with the hook inside the bag.
Stitch through the 2 layers, matching the stitches and crocheting a tight stitch.
Do this throughout the row, in all 55 flanges.
Do not cut the thread and turn the bag inside out.
Make the handles. Each handle will be anchored to the 2 flanges that adjoin the holes in the upper corners.
Position yourself over the first bridle. Stitch in the next bridle to have 2 loops on the hook. Then make a double chain.
When you have reached the length you want your handle to be (the ones in the pattern are 60 cm), you need to attach it to the other end of the bag. Stop when you have 2 loops on the hook and put each stitch on hold on an open marker or pin.
Place the end of the bail behind the edge of the bag without twisting it. Stitch through both the bag's tight stitch and the waiting right stitch. Sew a loop through both layers.
Stitch into the next tight stitch and into the other waiting stitch. Make a cast-on stitch. Bring it through the 2 layers and the crochet stitch.
Then, in cast-on stitches, move to the other side of the bag to make the second handle.
When the bag is finished, all that is left to do is tuck in the wires.
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