Crochet Cross Body Bag Pattern Step By Step

Create your own cross body bag with this straightforward crochet pattern. By following the easy-to-understand instructions, you'll loop your hook through soft yarn, cultivating skills and watching as a chic accessory takes shape in your hands.

Crochet Cross Body Bag Pattern

Materials Needed

Lion Brand Pound of Love yarn in white and charcoal (230g of each color)
6mm crochet hook
Stitch markers
Scissors
Needle

Starting the Base

Initiating the Base

Begin with chaining 41. To chain, yarn over your hook and pull through until you have a total of 41 chains.

Row One

Flip your chains over to crochet in the back bars (the little bumps behind each chain). Skip the first back bar and single crochet in the second back bar. Consider using a stitch marker for your first stitch to keep track. Continue making single crochets in every back bar across until you have 40 single crochets.

Building the Body

For Row Two: Chain one, turn your work, and then skip the chain you just made. The chain does not count as a stitch. Make 40 single crochets all across. Repeat this step until you have a total of 31 rows.

Bordering the Base

After completing 31 rows, single crochet around the rectangle. This includes making 31 single crochets, adding an extra stitch at each corner, and 40 single crochets on the longer sides.

Adding Thermal Stitches

Introduction to Thermal Stitches

To make a thermal stitch: insert your hook in the back loop and the loop right below, yarn over, pull through, and then yarn over again, pulling through two loops. Continue across your work to make a total of 106 thermal stitches.

Progressing with Thermal Stitches

From Row Three to Row 21: Repeat the thermal stitch process for each row, following the same steps as introduced.

Setting Up the Handle

Marking the Handle Position

Identify the flat side of the handle to point outward. Use a stitch marker to mark the first stitch of your handle on the 32nd stitch from your starting point, covering three rows on the base of your bag.

Attaching the Handle

Use around a meter and a half of yarn and a needle to sew the handle to the bag by passing the needle through the loops in front of the little bumps and then through the handle loops, twice for each stitch.

Securing the Handle to the Bag

Continue sewing until the handle is fully attached, securing the ends with a knot.

Repeating for the Second Handle

Follow the same steps to attach the second handle on the opposite side of the bag, ensuring symmetry.

Finishing Touches

After attaching both handles and securing all ends, inspect the bag for any remaining loose tails or gaps. Use the remaining tails of yarn to close any holes and complete your cross body bag.