If you are anything like me, then you have a collection of plastic bags that accumulate after going to the store. I always keep mine so I can take them back to the grocery store to recycle, but they also get used for other things around the house and as an emergency lunch box.
So I am always looking for a way to keep them, besides shoving them in a bigger plastic bag in the back of the pantry. That’s where these crochet bag dispensers come in handy. Now I can hang them from a hook or on a door knob that is in a convenient location without it looking like an eyesore.
The finished bag dispenser has an open top where you can add the bags to the holder and a smaller opening on the bottom to allow you to pull the bags out as you need them.
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Notes:
- This crochet pattern is written in US terms.
- This pattern is worked in the round all in one piece.
- The initial stitch at the start of each round does not count as a stitch.
- Finished size: 16″ long x 7″ wide when laid out flat.
Materials:
- 210 yards of medium 4-weight cotton yarn
- Yarn used: Loops & Threads Capri Eco Cotton & Lion Brand Pima Cotton
- 5.00 mm (H/8 ) crochet hook
- Yarn needle to weave in ends.
- Stitch markers
- Scissors
Crochet Abbreviations Used (US Terms):
- sl st – slip stitch
- ch – chain
- sc – single crochet
- sc2tog – single crochet two together
- hdc – half double crochet
- dc – double crochet
Special Stitch Instructions:
sc2tog – insert hook into next stitch, yarn over and pull up a loop, insert hook into the following stitch, yarn over and pull a loop, yarn over again, and pull through all 3 loops on your hook.
Crochet Bag Dispenser Video Tutorial
A free video tutorial for this pattern is available on my YouTube Channel:
Farmhouse Style Crochet Bag Dispenser Pattern:
Base/Foundation: ch 20, join 1st and last stitch of chain with as sl st
Round 1: ch 1, hdc 30 times into the ring all around foundation chain, join last hdc with 1st hdc of the round with a sl st (30 stitches)
Round 2: ch 1, starting in 1st stitch: [hdc in next stitch, hdc 2x in next stitch]15x, join last hdc with 1st hdc of the round with a sl st (45 stitches)
Rounds 3 – 4: ch 1, starting in 1st stitch: hdc in each stitch all the way around, join last hdc with 1st hdc of the round with a sl st (45 stitches)
Round 5: ch 1, starting in the 1st stitch: [(hdc 1x in the next stitch)2x, hdc 2x in next stitch] 15x, join last hdc with 1st hdc of the round with a sl st (60 stitches)
Rounds 6 – 7: repeat round 3 (60 stitches)
Round 8: ch 1, starting in the 1st stitch [ in the next stitch (sc, hdc, dc in the same stitch), skip 2 stitches] 20x, join last dc with 1st sc of the round with a sl st (60 stitches)
Round 9: ch 1, starting in the 1st stitch [ sc in next stitch, chain 4, skip 2 stitches] 20x, sl st into the 1st sc to join
Rounds 10 – 11: sl st into 1st chain space, sc into same chain space (counts as the 1st stitch of the round), [ch 4, sc into next chain space] 19x, ch 4, sl st into the 1st sc of this round to join
Round 12: ch 1, starting in 1st chain space: [hdc 3x in next chain space, skip the sc between the chain spaces] 20x, join last hdc with 1st hdc of the round with a sl st (60 stitches)
Round 13: ch 1, starting in 1st stitch: hdc in each stitch all the way around, join last hdc with 1st hdc of the round with a sl st (60 stitches)
Rounds 14 – 37: repeat rounds 8 through 13 four more times
Round 38: repeat round 8
Round 39: repeat round 13
Round 40: repeat round 8
Round 41: repeat round 13
Round 42: ch 1, starting in the 1st stitch: [ (hdc in the next stitch)2x, sc2tog over the next 2 stitches], join last sc2tog with 1st hdc of the round with a sl st (45 stitches)
Round 43: ch1, starting in the 1st stitch: hdc in each stitch around, join last hdc with 1st hdc of the round with a sl st (45 stitches)
Top Ring/Ring for Hanging:
Base: starting from Round 43, ch 1, sc in each of the next 4 stitches
Round 1: ch 15, sl st to join chain to the 1st sc of the 4 sc of the base of the ring. (This will create a loop)
Round 2: ch 1 and sc 20 times into the loop going back in the direction you just chained, sl st to the stitch after Row 1 that is in the Round 43.
Fasten off and weave in your ends.
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