How to crochet a checkered bag | beginner friendly tutorial 

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That sounds so fun! I’m glad you like the tutorial! Happy Mother’s Day 💕

Yay! That’s actually pretty fast! Crocheting always takes me longer than I expect it to. I’m glad you like your bag!❤️

That’s so great! Good luck making the bag! :)

You don’t have to chain 2 when doing the sides, the height will just add itself by going in circles :)

Yes, it’s the 60th chain :)

Thanks! When you switch colors you don’t cut the other color, you work it into your stitches as you go. I hope that helps :)

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You keep going around :)

Thanks so much! For the foundation chain you need 60 + 2 for the turning chains. I hope that helps 💗

Yes, you attach the second color just like you did all the way at the beginning when you added it for the first time.

Of course. Just might want to add some stitches every square and you might have to make an extra row of squares to get it to be the same size, but you can definitely do that :)

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No, it’s all made as one piece. First you make the base (the bottom of the bag) and then you make the sides by going around the base.

Hi, you just keep going around in circles to build up the sides of the bag. I hope that helps.

Hey, you do the same color on top of itself for 4 rows and on the 5th row you change to have the opposite color on top of it. I hope that helps! I’m glad you like the tutorial! Good luck finishing the bag ❤️😊

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You make the sides onto the bottom of the bag so, there is no need to attach after

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The straight structure is correct for the first row of squares. When you have finished the fourth line of double crochets you start working in the round into every side of the straight structure. I hope that helps 😊

Hey, I don’t understand exactly what you mean, but it’s one double crochet in each stitch.

I’m so glad you found it helpful! :)

Yes 😊

Hi, thanks so much! I use cotton yarn from two Dutch stores called the action and the zeeman.

Hey, it’s a weight 3 yarn and a 4 millimeter crochet hook :)

Good luck making the bag! :)

You make less squares when working on the base of the bag.

It’s about 180 meters per 120g :)

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Hi, that’s the beginning of the video. The whole bag is made in one piece, so you have to do minimal sewing. You make the bottom first and then you work in the round to make the sides. I hope that helps :)

You make the sides around the base. So you don’t need to attach the sides, because you make them in a continued loop around the base :)

@@IsabelPost so when i complete the first side, which how do i go back to the bottom to start the other side

You only make one row on the first side, then you go around the base and do the first row on the other three sides. The instruction for the sides are at 4:03. :)

I don’t know sorry 😬. It’s kind of in between a shoulder bag and a tote, but I don’t know if this style has a specific name.

Hi, I used about 150 to 200 grams of yarn :)

Thanks! I think it took me about 8 to 10 hours total :)

60 chains + 2 for your first double crochet

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Hi, if you don’t want squares you can just add however many extra chains you want to the starting chain of 60. If you do want squares you will have to add at least as many chains that will make up the bottom of the next square. So for example 12 extra chains for a 6th added square. Don’t forget to add the chain 2 after you have your desired amount of chains.

First you make the base and then you start going around it in circles. So you make all the sides of the bag at once. I hope that helps.

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That so impressive that you are crocheting such a large project at 11! You should be very proud of yourself :) I hope you enjoy making the bag and thanks so much for subscribing.

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How do you go in circles?

You can, but if you use thicker yarn the bag will be bigger. So you might have to adjust the pattern a little bit. Make sure you also use the right hook for the yarn ❤️

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Hey, do you mean when you have to change to a new color at the end of the row/the end of that square? Could you maybe tell me the timestamp in the video that you are having trouble with? Then I can help you a bit better :)

13:19 for here for the strap right we kept doing decreases at both end and eventually you would reach a part where you are only switching between the colours to get the length of your strap right. But right before the last row of switching between the colours and making my decrease (this is the third row by the way) I’ve reached the point where the decrease of the other colour no longer have two stitches to go into on the third row of changing colours to complete that square to reach to the part where I’m just going up to form the length of my strap

I think I get what you mean. You have to do a decrease and a color switch at the same time. So you start doing the second to last stitch in that color and when you have the last two loops on your hook your going to go into the last stitch and pull your other color through instead, then make that stitch until you have the last two loops left and then pull through all the loops of both stitches. I hope that helps :)

@@IsabelPostokay thank you sooo much I’m gonna try these instructions and then tell you if it works out😊

About 380 meters, but it depends on what yarn size you are using :)

You make multiple stitches in each row. You have to see where you can place stitches in the side. The most important thing is that you have 12 in the end. I hope that helps.

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No problem 😊

I don’t know what the yarn size is, but my yarn says to use a 4 or 5 millimeter crochet hook. I hope that helps :)

@@IsabelPost it does, thank you! :)

The base of the bag is 30 by 22 centimeters :)

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I think you’ll probably need at least 150 to 200 grams total.

I’m not sure, it is worsted weight though.

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Hey, the base of the bag is 30 by 22 centimeters.

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Do you mean the sides? Because those are supposed to be on an angle :)

If that’s not it, you can send me a picture on Instagram and I can see if I can help you figure it out :)

Do you mean how many grams or the thickness of the yarn?

@@IsabelPost The thickness. Do yarns vary in thickness? I am so clueless sorry.

Yes they do. I’m not an expert but this yarn has a little bit of information that says it needs a 4 to 5 millimeter crochet hook. So if your yarn says that you have the right thickness.

@@IsabelPost thanks. I aslo wanted to know.. Um the base , is it a total of 60 chains or 60+2 chains?

60 :)

If you press cc, there should be automatic subtitles in English.

Yes, just ignore the color changes and keep going around with double crochets in one color :)

Is there anything in particular that you don’t understand? Maybe I can help. I have also already helped a lot of people in the comments, maybe check those to see if they can help :)

Can you please provide written pattern 😭

That’s okay, I made this as a free tutorial two years ago. A lot of people find it very easy to follow and I’ve gotten a lot of good feedback. There are a lot of other free tutorials on RU-vid if this one doesn’t suit you. Or if you need more in depth instructions there are also many paid patterns on Etsy, those will have way more detail.

60 chains + 2 chains for your first double crochet