This free crochet pattern for a Slender Baguette Bag is the perfect blend of minimalism and fashion.
Best of all, it’s beginner-friendly and quick to whip up using just basic stitches.
In this post, you’ll find step-by-step instructions on how to crochet this beautiful handbag. Grab your hook and let’s get started on creating your own handcrafted baguette bag that looks store-bought but is 100% handmade with love!
Level of skill Required:
Knowledge on how to crochet single crochet and slip stitch and chain is required for this pattern.
Material list:
- Crochet Hook size 6mm
- Macramé/ Rope or t-shirt yarn or any other bulky yarn that is about 3mm thick
- Meters used – 95 meters
- Scissors
- 2 stitch markers
- Button 20mm diameter
- Sewing needle and thread for button
Tension:
Gauge: 4″ = 10 rows x 9 stitches (single crochet)
One size bag
Finished bag measurements
7.4 inches height and 9.5 inches width
Crochet Terms in US Terminology
- join – join two stitches together, done by working a slip stitch in the top of the next stitch
- rep – repeat (do it again)
- st (s) – stitch(es)
Stitch guide
- ch – chain
- sl st – slip stitch
- sc – single crochet
Pattern notes:
- You are going to work in rounds.
- The number in the brackets at the end of each instruction is the total number of stitches for that round.
Instructions:
The bag is made in 2 steps
- Step 1 – the bottom and sides
- Step 2 – the handle
Step 1- The Bottom and sides
Foundation round: make a slip knot and chain ch 23. Work 1sc in the 2nd chain from the hook and mark it. Continue with 1 sc in the next chains until you are at the end of the row. Sc 4 in the last chain. Now continue to crochet in the back of the chains as shown below, put 1 sc in the back of each chain until you are left with one chain (the back of the chain with the first sc) and put 3 sc in that chain.
Crochet in the back of the chains to make a round.
Round 2: 1 sc in the first stitch (remember to mark the first st). Continue with 1 sc in each stitch until you are back at the starting point
Round 3 to round 15: repeat Round 2
Round 16: starting counting from the st were your bag turns (the stitch at edge), put a st marker in stitch number 12.
Work 1 sc in each st, skip the stitch that you just marked above and chain 2 (this is your button hole) and continue with 1sc in each st until you are back at the starting point.
Round 14: slip st in each st right round. Join the last st to the first with a slip st. Cut and fasten off the ends to finish the sides of the bag
Step 2- The Handle and button
Lay your bag flat. Put 1 st marker at the edge of the bag, count from there and put a st marker in st 26
Make a slip knot and attach it on one of the marked stitches, chain 55, attach the chain to the other marked st. Work 1sc in the next st from the one marked (in which you joined the chain). From there turn and slip st in each chain until you are back at the starting point. At the starting point, join with a slip stitch into the st besides the one you attached the slip knot in. Cut and fasten off the ends. Sew the button directly opposite the button hole inside the bag. Your bag is complete.
There you have it – your very own Slender Baguette Bag made entirely by hand! This free crochet pattern is not only fun to make but also results in a functional, trendy piece that complements almost any outfit.
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