Hey guys, I made a crocheted mesh tote using macramé cord.
I made it this size to fit a bunch of my pouches.
It could also be used as a grocery bag for kids.
I used a 9mm crochet hook and this 3mm macramé cord.
If you use yarn instead,
you would need to make more squares and use a smaller crochet hook.
Place the yarn over the hook, with the end facing toward.
Bring the end of the yarn to the back, wrapping around the longer end.
Then, bring the longer end over to the front of the hook
and pull it through the loop created.
This is a slip knot.
Bring the longer end over to the front again
and pull it through the loop created.
This is the 1st chain stitch.
I made 29 chain stitches.
If you want to make a different size,
the amount of chain stitches
should be a multiple of 3 + 5 chain stitches.
In the 8th stitch from the end,
bring your hook through the back loop
and make a double crochet stitch.
To do this, yarn over,
go through the stitch,
yarn over again, and pull it through the loop.
Yarn over, pull it through 2 loops,
yarn over again, and pull it through both loops.
Next, make 2 chain stitches.
Skip 2 stitches and on the 3rd,
make a double crochet
followed by 2 chain stitches.
Continue this pattern for the rest of the row.
Make 5 chain stitches to start a new row.
Then, turn it over.
Skip 2 stitches and on the 3rd, make a double crochet
followed by 2 chain stitches.
I went through 2 loops at a diagonal instead of straight above,
to see if it'd look better,
but I don’t think it made that much of a difference.
But since I started it, I continued doing this for the entire bag.
Repeat this with the rest of the row.
I made 3 rows for the base.
For the sides, make 5 chain stitches to start a new row.
Continue the pattern, going around the base.
At the end of the round, make a slip stitch.
To do this, yarn over and pull it through all loops.
Make 5 chain stitches to start the next row and continue the pattern.
On the 9th row, I made 5 squares,
3 squares on the side + 2 on the front of the bag.
Then, I made 32 chain stitches for the strap.
You want to have a multiple of 3 - 1 chain stitch.
I skipped 4 squares and made a double crochet.
Then, I made 7 squares,
2 squares on the front + 3 on the side + 2 on the back.
At end of the row, make a slip stitch
followed by 5 chain stitches to start the next row.
For the strap part, go through the back loop of the 3rd stitch
and continue the pattern.
When you reach the end,
make a slip stitch followed by a chain stitch.
Then, pull the end of the cord through the loop.
With a tapestry needle,
weave the end a few times back and forth, and cut the extra cord
and here’s how it turned out.