Easy Crochet Japanese Knot Bag Pattern For Beginners Step By Step

Are you looking for a fun and stylish crochet project? A crochet Japanese Knot Bag might be just the thing! This charming accessory has a unique design where one handle slips through the other to form a neat closure, making it perfect for carrying your essentials.

Crochet Japanese Knot Bag

Materials Needed:

Yarn: 290 grams of number 6 yarn in green color
Crochet Hook: 4.5 mm (US 7)
Accessories: 3.5 marking pins, scissors, and measuring tape
Optional: A magnetic button for closure

Abbreviations:

ch = chain
sc = single crochet
dc = double crochet
sl st = slip stitch

Pattern For Base Of The Bag:

Starting Knot:

Make a slip knot on your hook.

Foundation Chain:

Ch 35. This chain should measure approximately 24 cm.
Working into the back loops of your chain, skip the first loop closest to your hook.

First Row:

In the second chain from the hook, start making sc in each chain across until you have a total of 34 sc. Turn your work.

Main Body:

First Few Rows:

At the beginning of the next row, ch 1 (does not count as a stitch), make 4 sc, then start working in relief stitches for texture. To make a relief stitch, skip the next stitch, and in the following one, yarn over and draw up a loop (as shown in the video, referring to the previous class on the Blanca bag), complete the stitch as instructed in the video.

Repeat the pattern across the row:

4 sc, relief stitch (skip one stitch, work on the next), until the end of the row, finishing with 4 sc.
Ch 1, turn your work.

Work this established pattern:

Alternating front rows with relief stitches for texture and back rows with only sc to create the fabric's right and wrong sides consecutively.

Continue for Height:

Repeat the pattern for a total of 72 rows to reach the desired bag height of 42.5 cm by 23 cm wide.

Strap Creation:

Start of Strap:

On the last row of the bag's body, without cutting the yarn, continue to crochet 11 sc to start forming the strap.

Strap Pattern:

Alternating rows with the established pattern, now on this narrow strip, for 60 rows or until the strap measures about 37 cm by 7.5 cm.

Second Strap:

Follow the same pattern for the second strap, maintaining symmetry with the first. This time, the strap will be shorter, about 20 cm long, for a noticeable design feature.