Bumble Bag Crochet Pattern

Description

The Bumble Bag is the perfect addition to your handmade summer wardrobe, just swap out the teal yarn with any colour to fit your style. Whether you’re heading to the beach or going shopping, this fabulous tote bag is big enough to fit in all of your essentials as well as your current crochet WIP.

This pattern boasts a simple 2-panel half-double crochet construction with a fun bumble bee intarsia colourwork design, finished with a quick slip stitch seam. The sample is made using the wonderfully soft and glossy Rainbow Bamboo from Hobbii, a 100% natural bamboo and cotton blend.

This pattern is perfect for the advanced beginner crocheter, if you can do colour changes, you can make this bag. And if you can’t do colour changes, you can still make this bag because I include tutorials in all of my colourwork patterns!

WHAT DO OTHER MAKERS SAY ABOUT THIS PATTERN?

‘I loved this pattern! It was my first time doing intarsia crochet on something other than a chequered pattern, and I really enjoyed the experience.’

‘The pattern is great and it is easy to follow.’

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MATERIALS
Rainbow Bamboo, Hobbii (4ply, 60% bamboo viscose, 40% cotton, 273 yards / 250 metres, 100g / 3.5 oz)
Deep Teal (37) 2 balls
Curry (20) 1 ball
Black (07) 1 ball
Almond (03) 1 ball
Crochet hook 3 mm (US F/8)
Tapestry needle
Scissors
Stitch markers

GAUGE
4” x 4” (10 cm x 10 cm) = 18 sts x 13 rows in HDC

SIZE
16” x 16” (40cm x 40cm) not including handles.

COLOUR CHANGES
I recommend using Intarsia colourwork and making a new bobbin at each colour change for this pattern, here are some links to tutorials on this method:
Written tutorial – Master Graphgan Color Changes Quickly – How To Change Colors On A Crochet Graphgan
Video Tutorial – How To Change Colors On A Graphgan | Step-By-Step Crochet Tutorial

This is a PDF download (including a printer-friendly version), not a physical product.