chunky tote bag with thick, flared handles and oversized stitch texture

BeginnerUS TerminologyModular

A beginner-friendly tote bag with a rounded body and large, flared handles. The body is a flattened cylinder with a slight flare at the top opening. The handles are thick and flare outward from the attachment points. The oversized stitches are represented as overlapping rounded ridges on the body.

Materials

Yarn

WORSTED · 200yd

Hook

6mm

Notions

Tapestry needle

Stitch markers

Gauge

17 sts × 20 rows = 4in × 4in (in single crochet)

Stitches Used

sc = single crochet
ch = chain
inc = increase
dec = decrease

Pattern

Body

R1Ch 135, sc in 2nd ch from hook and each ch across. (134)(134 sts)
R2Sc in each st around. (134)(134 sts)
R3Sc in each st around. (134)(134 sts)
R4[Sc 134, inc] repeat around. (135)(135 sts)
R5Sc in each st around. (135)(135 sts)
R6Sc in each st around. (135)(135 sts)
R7[Sc 135, inc] repeat around. (136)(136 sts)
R8Sc in each st around. (136)(136 sts)
R9[Sc 136, inc] repeat around. (137)(137 sts)
R10Sc in each st around. (137)(137 sts)
R11Sc in each st around. (137)(137 sts)
R12[Sc 137, inc] repeat around. (138)(138 sts)
R13Sc in each st around. (138)(138 sts)
R14[Sc 138, inc] repeat around. (139)(139 sts)
R15Sc in each st around. (139)(139 sts)
R16Sc in each st around. (139)(139 sts)
R17[Sc 139, inc] repeat around. (140)(140 sts)
R18Sc in each st around. (140)(140 sts)
R19Sc in each st around. (140)(140 sts)
R20[Sc 140, inc] repeat around. (141)(141 sts)
R21Sc in each st around. (141)(141 sts)
R22[Sc 141, inc] repeat around. (142)(142 sts)
R23Sc in each st around. (142)(142 sts)
R24Sc in each st around. (142)(142 sts)
R25[Sc 142, inc] repeat around. (143)(143 sts)
R26Sc in each st around. (143)(143 sts)
R27[Sc 143, inc] repeat around. (144)(144 sts)
R28Sc in each st around. (144)(144 sts)
R29Sc in each st around. (144)(144 sts)
R30[Sc 144, inc] repeat around. (145)(145 sts)
R31Sc in each st around. (145)(145 sts)
R32[Sc 145, inc] repeat around. (146)(146 sts)
R33Sc in each st around. (146)(146 sts)
R34Sc in each st around. (146)(146 sts)
R35[Sc 146, inc] repeat around. (147)(147 sts)
R36Sc in each st around. (147)(147 sts)
R37Sc in each st around. (147)(147 sts)
R38[Sc 147, inc] repeat around. (148)(148 sts)
R39Sc in each st around. (148)(148 sts)
R40[Sc 148, inc] repeat around. (149)(149 sts)
R41Sc in each st around. (149)(149 sts)
R42Sc in each st around. (149)(149 sts)
R43[Sc 149, inc] repeat around. (150)(150 sts)
R44Sc in each st around. (150)(150 sts)
R45[Sc 150, inc] repeat around. (151)(151 sts)
R46Sc in each st around. (151)(151 sts)
R47Sc in each st around. (151)(151 sts)
R48[Sc 151, inc] repeat around. (152)(152 sts)
R49Sc in each st around. (152)(152 sts)
R50Sc in each st around. (152)(152 sts)
R51[Sc 152, inc] repeat around. (153)(153 sts)
R52Sc in each st around. (153)(153 sts)
R53[Sc 153, inc] repeat around. (154)(154 sts)
R54Sc in each st around. (154)(154 sts)
R55Sc in each st around. (154)(154 sts)
R56[Sc 154, inc] repeat around. (155)(155 sts)
R57Sc in each st around. (155)(155 sts)
R58[Sc 155, inc] repeat around. (156)(156 sts)
R59Sc in each st around. (156)(156 sts)
R60Sc in each st around. (156)(156 sts)
R61[Sc 156, inc] repeat around. (157)(157 sts)
R62Sc in each st around. (157)(157 sts)
R63[Sc 157, inc] repeat around. (158)(158 sts)
R64Sc in each st around. (158)(158 sts)
R65Sc in each st around. (158)(158 sts)
R66[Sc 158, inc] repeat around. (159)(159 sts)
R67Sc in each st around. (159)(159 sts)
R68Sc in each st around. (159)(159 sts)
R69[Sc 159, inc] repeat around. (160)(160 sts)
R70Sc in each st around. (160) Stuff lightly. Fasten off.(160 sts)

Right Handle / Left Handle (make 2)

R1Pick up 96 sc evenly around opening. (96)(96 sts)
R2[Sc 1, dec] repeat around. (53)(53 sts)
R3Sc in each st around. (53)(53 sts)
R4[Sc 52, dec] repeat around. (52)(52 sts)
R5Sc in each st around. (52)(52 sts)
R6Sc in each st around. (52)(52 sts)
R7[Sc 51, dec] repeat around. (51)(51 sts)
R8Sc in each st around. (51)(51 sts)
R9[Sc 50, dec] repeat around. (50)(50 sts)
R10Sc in each st around. (50)(50 sts)
R11[Sc 49, dec] repeat around. (49)(49 sts)
R12Sc in each st around. (49)(49 sts)
R13[Sc 48, dec] repeat around. (48)(48 sts)
R14Sc in each st around. (48)(48 sts)
R15[Sc 47, dec] repeat around. (47)(47 sts)
R16Sc in each st around. (47)(47 sts)
R17Sc in each st around. (47)(47 sts)
R18[Sc 46, dec] repeat around. (46)(46 sts)
R19Sc in each st around. (46)(46 sts)
R20[Sc 45, dec] repeat around. (45)(45 sts)
R21Sc in each st around. (45)(45 sts)
R22[Sc 44, dec] repeat around. (44)(44 sts)
R23Sc in each st around. (44)(44 sts)
R24[Sc 43, dec] repeat around. (43)(43 sts)
R25Sc in each st around. (43)(43 sts)
R26[Sc 42, dec] repeat around. (42)(42 sts)
R27Sc in each st around. (42)(42 sts)
R28[Sc 41, dec] repeat around. (41)(41 sts)
R29Sc in each st around. (41)(41 sts)
R30Sc in each st around. (41)(41 sts)
R31[Sc 40, dec] repeat around. (40) Stuff lightly. Fasten off, leaving 12-inch tail for sewing.(40 sts)

Left Handle

R1Same as Right Handle.(0 sts)