How I designed and Crocheted a Star Stitch Bag in 3 Hours – Video Tutorial

How to crochet a custom bag in any size featuring the star stitch. Beginner friendly, using any yarn. Full video tutorial included.

My daughter loves her little fisher price purse but being a maker, I had to make my own purse for her! So I went deep into my stash and found a 100% cotton cake yarn and got to crocheting!

Items Used:

Wood Rings Handles

Rattan D Shape Handles

Sugarwheel Cotton Yarn or Ra-Ra Raffia by Wool and the Gang

5.5mm crochet hook

Suggestion on Hook Size:

I recommend playing around with your hook size. I decided to hold two strands of DK weight yarn which equals the same as worsted weight yarn. I started out with a 6mm crochet hook and didn’t like it so I sized down to a 5.5mm. Using a smaller hook will make your bag more structured and sturdy.

Video Tutorial:

Written Notes/Instructions:

These instructions are very loose guides to help you design and customize your own bag that’s uniquely you! Between the two bags I made, there are definitely slight differences so don’t be afraid to get creative!

Using 2 strands of yarn and the appropriate hook size (5.5mm in my case, go smaller for more structure). 

Foundation Single Crochet (or chain) 5-6, begin to work single crochets around increasing on the ends and the center until the desired oval size is reached for the base.

Begin Star Stitch Section:

Sc5tog: *insert hook into designated stitch, draw up a loop* repeat 5x for 6 loops on hook, yarn over and draw through all 6 loops, ch 1 to close the stitch (creating an eye)

Star Stitch Section, 2 row section: 

Row 1: ch 3, sc5tog starting in the 2nd ch from the hook, sc5tog across ending with a hdc in the final stitch. (RS)

Row 2: ch 2 (counts as hdc), *2 hdc in each ch 1 from the previous row* end with hdc in starting ch 3. (WS)

Continue the 2-row repeat until the desired size. 

Single Crochet Section:

Optional Decrease: sc2tog every 6-8 sc

Ch 1, sc around for the desired number of rows.

Attaching the Handle:

Determine the number of middle stitches to designate for attaching the handle. 

You are going to use a single crochet to attach to the wooden ring/handle.

Insert hook into 1st st, grab yarn & pull through st (2 loops on hook).

Then pull yarn through the center and over the ring then through both loops on the hook.

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