Crochet Grocery Bag Holder – Free Pattern

To crochet this grocery bag holder was very easy. It helped find a new home for all the grocery bags that otherwise occupied the precious space of my kitchen’s bottom drawer.

I combined wool (really coarse Bosnian sheep wool) with chenille like yarn that has been around for years. Hook size 4.5 mm. Made by working in rounds without joining.

I started with 20 chains and joined the chain into a ring by working sl st in first chain. Then I worked the first round (and the last 2 rounds) in single crochet stitch but the rest of the bag in double crochet. In round 3 I increased to 30 stitches and continued working even until I finished 25 rounds (I thought it will be long enough), alternating between green and pink. In round 26 I made spaces (make a chain, skip next stirch and double crochet in next stitch) to weave the drawstring through. Last 2 rounds I worked in single crochet stitch again. Finished with the scalloped edge.

To make scalloped edge:
[Sl st in next st, (sc, ch1, sc, ch1, sc) in next st, sl st in next st] repeat around.

Then I made 100 chains for the drawstring and weaved it through the chain 1 spaces of round 26.

The crochet grocery bag holder is adorned with 2 tassels attached on each side of the drawstring. I wanted the tassels to be a bit fluffier so I separated individual strands of the wool with tapestry needle. The wool I used is 3-ply, it has 3 separate strands.

Very simple and easy to do. It seems it will not be used just for grocery bags