Here is a free crochet pattern for the spooky Halloween bag for candy. It is one my patterns from the Spooky Halloween collection. You can see the full collection here.
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I have a few more patterns that fit perfectly for Halloween: the drawstring bag with a ghost, the drawstring bag with a bat, the drawstring bag with a skull, the tapestry crochet drawstring bag with a cat, the tapestry crochet moon bag and the spider coasters.
If you haven’t tried tapestry crochet before, you can take a look at my tutorial here.
You can find my other free crochet patterns here.
Good luck!
Spooky Halloween bag for candy
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Materials
- Yarn: any thin yarn will work. I used Soft FRAYA Cotton 8/4 100% Organic cotton 50g – 180 m, colors: black and orange.
- Hook: as suggested on your yarn label. I used a 2.0 mm hook.
Abbreviations (US terms)
- ch: chain
- sl st: slip stitch
- sc: single crochet
- msc: modified single crochet
- prev: previous
- st: stitch
Notes
The diameter of my bag is 12.0 cm and the height is 20.0 cm.
For this pattern you should be familiar with the tapestry crochet (you can find the tutorial here). Photo instructions below show the main steps how to make the bag. This pattern uses a modified single crochet: make a single crochet back loop only, just instead of yarning over for the last step, yarn under (see the tutorial here).
You will work in continuous rounds, which means that in the end of a round you don’t join with a slip stitch, but instead continue making modified single crochets in the top of the first stitch of the round. Remember to use a marker showing the beginning of each round. Follow the color chart showing how you should change colors.
Pattern
The bag
tart by making a magic (adjustable) ring with the black yarn.
Round 1: 8 sc in the magic ring. (8 st in total)
Introduce the orange yarn.
Round 2: msc inc in every st. (16 st)
Round 3: *msc inc, 1 msc in the next st*, rep ** 8 times. (24 st)
Round 4: msc; *msc inc, 2 msc*, rep ** 7 times, msc inc, msc. (32 st)
Round 5: 2 msc; *msc inc, 3 msc*, rep ** 7 times, msc inc, msc. (40 st)
Round 6: 3 msc; *msc inc, 4 msc*, rep ** 7 times, msc inc, msc. (48 st)
Round 7: 4 msc; *msc inc, 5 msc*, rep ** 7 times, msc inc, msc. (56 st)
Round 8: 5 msc; *msc inc, 6 msc*. rep ** 7 times, msc inc, msc. (64 st)
Round 9: 6 msc; *msc inc, 7 msc*. rep ** 7 times, msc inc, msc. (72 st)
Round 10: 7 msc; *msc inc, 8 msc*. rep ** 7 times, msc inc, msc. (80 st)
Round 11: 8 msc; *msc inc, 9 msc*. rep ** 7 times, msc inc, msc. (88 st)
Round 12: 9 msc; *msc inc, 10 msc*. rep ** 7 times, msc inc, msc. (96 st)
Round 13: 10 msc; *msc inc, 11 msc*. rep ** 7 times, msc inc, msc. (104 st)
Round 14: 11 msc; *msc inc, 12 msc*. rep ** 7 times, msc inc, msc. (112 st)
Round 15: 12 msc; *msc inc, 13 msc*. rep ** 7 times, msc inc, msc. (120 st)
The bottom of the bag is finished.
Round 16-63: msc in every st of the prev round. (120 st)
Making the holes for the string:
Round 64: msc, *ch2, skip 2 st of the prev round, 2 msc*, rep ** 29 times. ch 2, skip 2 st of the prev round, msc.
Round 65: msc, *2 msc in the ch2 space of the prev round (make sure to grab the loose yarn hanging in the ch2 space in the prev round too), 2 msc*, rep ** 29 times. 2 msc in the ch2 space of the prev round, msc.
Round 66-72: msc in every st of the prev round.
In the end make 4 additional sl st in the back loop only in the next 4 st to even out the edge. Fasten off.
Making the string
Start by chaining. The length of the chain should be around 54 cm long. Make a row of slip stitches in the third loop of the chain as it is shown in photo instructions below. When you reach the end of the row, fasten off. You are ready to weave in the string into your bag. Done!
Color chart
How to read the chart
Each square represents a stitch and its color. In total there are 120 stitches in one round. Rows represent rounds (there are 72 rounds, however, the first 15 rounds are not shown in the color chart: they are all black and they are the round base of the bag). For each round you have to read the row in the chart from right to left.
It might be hard to see the full color chart above. Therefore, below you can find two zoomed in parts of the pattern: the first one shows 1-84 stitches in a row, and the second one shows 85-120 stitches.
You can find a more detailed tutorial explaining how to read a color chart and when and how to change yarn color here.
Photo instructions for the spooky Halloween bag for candy
Round 1
1. Start by making a magic ring. Then make 8 single crochets in the magic ring. Tighten the ring by pulling the end of the yarn.
Round 2
2. Don’t make a slip stitch. Instead insert your hook in the top of the first single crochet grabbing just the back loop.
3. Yarn over.
4. Pull the yarn through. Now you have two loops on your hook. In round 2 you have to introduce orange yarn. So, put the orange yarn behind your hook and in front of the black yarn like it is shown in the picture.
5. Then yarn under the black yarn.
6. Pull the yarn through. You have just made a modified single crochet.
7. To make a modified single crochet increase you have to make the second modified single crochet in the same stitch.
8. Continue making single crochet increases in every stitch until the end of the round.
Round 3
9. Make a modified single crochet increase in the first stitch, then make a modified single crochet. Continue following the written pattern.
Round 17
10. The fourth stitch in round 17 is orange. So, make two full modified single crochets with the black yarn, start making the third one but stop when you have two loops on your hook because you have to change yarn color.
11. So, put the orange yarn up.
12. Yarn under the orange yarn.
13. Pull the yarn through. Now your orange yarn is ready to use.
14. Start making the fourth stitch with the orange yarn but stop when you have two loops on your hook. The next stitch is black, so you have to change yarn color.
15. Complete the fourth stitch with the black yarn.
16. Then make two full modified single crochets with the black yarn, start making the third one but complete it with the orange yarn.
17. Start making the next stitch with the orange yarn, but complete it with the black yarn because you have to change yarn color again.
18. Continue following the color chart until the end of the row. Complete the last stitch of the row with the orange yarn because the first stitch in round 18 is orange.
Round 18
19. So, start making the first stitch in round 18 with the orange yarn, but complete it with the black yarn, because the next stitch is black.
20. Continue following the color chart.
Round 64
21. In round 64 you have to make holes for a string. Make one modified single crochet.
22. Then chain two.
23. Skip two stitches of the previous round and make two modified single crochets in the next two stitches. You can see that the orange yarn is hanging in the hole. That is fine.
24. Keep working in the same way until the end of the round: chain two, skip two stitches and make two modified single crochets in the next two stitches.
Round 65
25. Make one modified single crochet.
26. Then insert your hook in the chain two space grabbing both orange yarns like it is shown in the picture.
27. Yarn over the black yarn.
28. Pull the yarn through. Now you have two loops on your hook. Then yarn under.
29. Pull the yarn through both loops on your hook.
30. Make one more modified single crochet in the chain two space of the previous round.
31. Then make two modified single crochets in the next two stitches.
32. Make two modified single crochets in the next chain two space of the previous round and two modified single crochets in the next two stitches. Continue working in the same way until the end of the round.
Round 72
33. When you are done with round 72, you need to make a few slip stitches in the back loop only to even out the edge.
34. So, leave the orange yarn aside and insert your hook in the next stitch grabbing just the back loop.
35. Yarn over the black yarn.
36. Pull the yarn through. Now you have two loops on your hook.
37. Next pull the first loop through the second one. You have just made a slip stitch back loop only.
38. Make three more slip stitches back loop only in the next three stitches. Fasten off.
Finished spooky Halloween bag for candy
39. You can find a tutorial showing how to make a string here. Done!
Enjoy your spooky Halloween bag for candy!
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