The Vegetable Market Bag is an easy to crochet cotton market bag with the new Carrot Stitch worked into the base. This free crochet pattern works with my Carrot Stitch Photo and Video Tutorial to show you how to make this bag.
Below you will find the complete pattern and instructional photos for this crochet market bag. You will also find all the materials, stitches, gauge, and sizing information. If you would like all of this in a nicely formatted printable format, you can purchase the Ad-Free Large Print PDF Pattern.
I love how quick this market bag works up with just a little extra vegetable detail to really make it stand out. For this bag, I used a variety of cotton yarn that I had on hand. In my stash, I have a wide color selection of Peaches and Cream, Sugar and Cream and Red Heart Scrubby Smoothie in my stash. I am afraid I was not able to find out which yarn the tan color is from.
With Earth Day just around the corner, this is a perfect project to help reduce your waste. Another great project for upcycling or reducing waste includes my T-Shirt Yarn Basket made with my Super Thick T-Shirt Yarn Tutorial.
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Vegetable Market Bag Materials
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300 yds or 6 oz of Size 4 Tan Cotton Yarn
12 yds of Size 4 Orange Cotton Yarn
12 yds of Size 4 Green Cotton Yarn
Crochet Hook, Size H, 5.0mm
Yarn Needle
Scissors
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Stitches and Abbreviations
MC – Magic Circle
Ch – Chain
Sc – Single Crochet
Dc – Double Crochet
SCS – Spike Cluster Stitch
Skst – Skip Stitch
Slst – Slip Stitch
R – Row or Round
St(s) – Stitch(es)
Gauge and Size
12 Dc = 4 inches
7 Dc Rows = 4 inches
Laying Flat the bag measures 14 inches wide and 15 inches tall. (This is with the strap laying flat against the top of the bag, the strap will add height when flung over your shoulder.)
Special Stitches
Spike Cluster Stitch – *Yarn Over, Insert you hook into the base of the next stitch (where the stitch attaches to the stitch of the previous row), Yarn Over and pull up a loop, Yarn Over, Pull the first loop on your hook through the second and third loops on the hook,* repeat from *to* a total of three times.
You will end up with 4 loops remaining on your hook. Yarn over and pull the first loop through the remaining loops on your hook. This completes the Spike Cluster stitch. The Spike Cluster Stitch will always be followed by a Chain to secure the stitch.
Carrots Stitch – Video Tutorial – Photo Tutorial
Vegetable Market Bag Crochet Pattern
Notes:
- Pattern is written in US terms.
- Turning chain is not counted as a stitch.
With Tan.
R1: Work 12 Dc into a Mc. Slst to first Dc. (12)
R2: Ch2, turn, *Work 2 Dc in the next St* repeat from *to* around. Slst to the first Dc. (24)
R3: Ch2, turn, *Dc in the next St, 2 Dc in the next St,* repeat from *to* around. Slst to first Dc. (36)
R4: Ch2, turn, *Dc in the next 2 Sts, 2 Dc in the next St,* repeat from *to* around. Slst to first Dc. (48)
R5: Ch2, turn, *Dc in the next 3 Sts, 2 Dc in the next St,* repeat from *to* around. Slst to first Dc. (60)
R6: Ch2, turn, *Dc in the next 4 Sts, 2 Dc in the next St,* repeat from *to* around. Slst to first Dc. (72)
R7: Ch2, turn, *Dc in the next 5 Sts, 2 Dc in the next St,* repeat from *to* around. Slst to first Dc. (84)
R8: Ch2, turn, *Dc in the next 6 Sts, 2 Dc in the next St,* repeat from *to* around. Slst to first Dc. (96)
R9: Ch2, turn, Dc in each st around. Slst to first Dc. (96)
R10: Ch2, turn, *Dc in the next St, Ch1, skst,* repeat from *to* around. Slst to first Dc. (96)
R11-12: Ch2, turn, Dc in each St and Ch space around. Slst to first Dc. (96)
R13: Ch4, turn, change to orange yarn, skst, *SCS into the Dc directly under the next St, Ch2, skip 2 Sts* repeat from *to* around. You will only skip 1 St in your last repeat. Slst to the 3rd Ch in your turning Ch. (96)
Change to Tan yarn.
R14: Ch1, turn, work 2 Sc in the first Ch space, *sk next St, work 3 Sc in the next Ch space,* repeat from *to* until the last Ch space, work 1 Sc in the last Ch space. Slst to first Sc. (96)
R15: Ch2, turn, Change to green yarn, *Dc, Ch1, Dc into the top of the next SCS of row 13* repeat from *to* around. Slst to first Dc. (96)
Note: In row 15 you are not working into any of the Sc stitches of the previous row. Instead you are working into the top of the Spike Cluster Stitches of Row 13. This allows the Orange carrot stitch look attached to the green carrot top.
Change to Tan yarn.
R16: Ch2, turn, Dc into the space between the first St and the turning chain of the last row, *Dc into the next Ch space, Work 2 Dc into the space between the next two Sts* repeat from *to* the last Ch space. Work a Dc in the last Ch space, Dc between the last St and the turning chain of Row 15. Slst to the first Dc. (96)
Image below is from the Carrot Stitch tutorial to display the ‘space between the next two stitches’.
R17: Ch2, turn, Dc in each St around. Slst to first Dc. (96)
R18-26: Ch4, turn, Skst, *Dc in next St, Ch1, Skst* repeat from *to* until the end of the row. Slst to the turning Ch. (96)
In Rows 18-26, our turning Chain is acting as a Dc plus a Ch 1.
R27: Ch2, turn, Dc in each St around. Slst to first Dc. (96)
Change to Green Yarn.
R28: Ch1, turn, Sc in each St around. Slst to first Sc. (96)
Change to Tan yarn.
R29: Ch2, turn, Dc in each St around. Slst to first Dc. (96)
R30: Ch2, turn, Work a Dc into each of the first 5 Sts, Ch 38, Skip 38 Sts, Work a Dc into the next 10 Sts, Ch 38, Skip 38 Sts, Dc into the next 5 Sts. Slst to the first Dc.
R31: Ch2, turn, Dc in every St and Ch around, Slst to first Dc.
Change to Orange yarn.
R32: Ch1, turn, Sc in each St around, Slst to first Sc.
Change to Tan.
R33: Ch2, turn, Dc in each St around, Slst to first Dc. Fasten off and weave in all your ends.
Your Vegetable Market Bag is complete and ready for a trip to the farmer’s market.
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This is absolutely adorable! I pinned it so I can (hopefully) find it later when I want to make it. I can definitely see making a bunch of these, 1 (or 2!) for myself and some for friends. Happy Easter!
Happy Easter to you as well. I am glad you like the bag. You can never have enough market bags.
Sorry you had a rough week. Thanks for sharing this super cute bag with us ❤️
You are very welcome.
So this is worked like a flat piece except each row is connect to the beginning and not going in the same direction each round.
The last stitch is joined by a slip stitch to the first stitch in each round. You will turn at the beginning of each row, so that you are working in the opposite directions compared to the previous row. Let me know if that clarifies it.
Love this market bag! I am trying to make it. On round 13 : chain 4, change to orange. Do you mean change to orange when you SLST then chain 4 to start the carrot? I am stuck😫
You can do either. I Chained 3 and changed my yarn on the fourth chain, but you can just as easily change the yarn color during the slst and chain up 4. Both ways will work.
Thank you! All your patterns are beautiful. The only problem I have is there isn’t enough of me to make them as much as I would like😃
I’d really like to see a video tutorial with all of your patterns. I’m an audio-visual learner. Perhaps there are others that follow you that have a similar learning style and would benefit from hearing and seeing what you’re doing. If you’ve already done a video tutorial for the Vegetable Market Bag, could you please direct me to your youtube account? Thanks for sharing the pattern.
Hi Theresa,
I do have a youtube channel. I have been making it a goal to make videos for all my new patterns. It will take a little time to swing back and make videos for the old patterns as well. There is a video for making the carrot stitch that can be found here: https://youtu.be/FbgdaHSTKss . I hope that helps.
Thank you! I’ve subscribed to your channel.
I just finished the green sc row towards the top… In comparing the look of my carrots to your picture of the finished bag, I was wondering if I wasn’t supposed to turn when I started the green carrot stem row. Both the tan sc row and the green stem row seem to be done on the same side in your picture of the finished bag.
Thanks for cute pattern!
I tend to turn at the end of all my rows.
Thank you for sharing. It’s beautiful with the carrot stitch. I love it!
I just made this during a sick day from work and I LOVE it. Such a simple pattern, although I did get stuck a bit in the carrot portion, but my questions were already addressed in the comments. Thank you for this adorable pattern! I know all my friends will want one of their own.
I am so happy you enjoyed it.