Plastic Grocery Bag Holder Free Crochet Pattern

Don’t know what to do with all those plastic bags that you get from the store? Why not make a crochet grocery bag holder to keep them all in! This is a great way to reuse them and keep them organized while doing so!

A couple years ago I had designed another Plastic Bag Holder that turned out great and everyone seemed to love it! I decided to design another style of one for my camper that I recently bought. I chose to use a sage green yarn for this one as most of the decor in my camper is light green / sage color.

This bag holder will stay in my camper and keep all my plastic grocery bags organized

For this bag holder I use a couple fun stitches like the ‘Alpine’ stitch and the ‘Waistcoat’ stitch. These stitches really helped to give this piece its texture and the stitches look great when worked up in a solid colored yarn.

I chose to use a 100% cotton yarn for this crochet project as a cotton yarn will tend to stretch less than acrylic yarn. I’d recommend using a cotton yarn instead of acrylic but you could substitute for acrylic yarn if that is all you have on hand just be aware of the fact that it may stretch more than cotton will.

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Plastic Grocery Bag Holder Crochet Pattern

All crochet terms are US terms.

Skill Level – Intermediate

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Things you will need:

• 2 skeins I Love This Cotton in Sage
• 1 Ponytail Holder
• H/ 5.50mm Crochet Hook
• Yarn Needle / Tapestry Needle
• Scissors
• Tape Measure (optional)
• Stitch Markers (optional)

Finished Measurements – Approx. 11.5” long and 7.5” wide when laid flat

Notes:

• This holder is crocheted in the round.
• This pattern uses a stitch called the ‘Waistcoat’ stitch. Find a complete step by step tutorial for it IN THIS POST
• This pattern uses a stitch called the ‘Alpine’ Stitch. Find a complete step by step tutorial for it IN THIS POST

Stitch Key 

• ch = chain
• st = stitch (es)
• sk = skip
• sl st = slip stitch
• sc = single crochet
• hdc = half double crochet
• dc = double crochet
• fpdc = front post double crochet
• sc2tog = single crochet 2 stitches together
• sp = space
• yo = yarn over
• t = turn

Special Stitch

Waistcoat Stitch (WS): The waistcoat stitch is made with a normal single crochet, you just place the stitch in a different spot than normal. You will insert your hook into the post (in between the legs) of the single crochet from the previous row and work a single crochet as normal.

This is where you will insert your crochet hook…

Go!

Pattern –

Attach yarn to ponytail holder and chain 1

Round 1: 40 sc around the ponytail holder (40)

*Note – you will work rounds 1 – 9 with out joining them and just work in a continuous round marking the 1st st of the round with a stitch marker

Round 2: * sc in 3 st, 2 sc in next st* repeat * to * around (50)

Round 3 – 9: ws in each st around

*Note – if you don’t want to do the waistcoat stitch, you can substitute it for just regular single crochet.

You will start joining each round with a slip stitch on round 10

Round 10: ch 2 (does NOT count as a stitch here or throughout) dc in each st around, sl st into 1st st (50)

Round 11: ch 1, sc in each st around, sl st into 1st st (50)

Round 12: ch 2, * dc, fpdc * repeat * to * around, repeat * to * sl st into 1st st (50)

*Note – on round 12 we will start working the alpine stitch. Your front post double crochets will be worked into the double crochet in row 10 not in the stitches on row 11 while the regular double crochet will be worked in the stitches from row 11. If you need more details for the alpine stitch, find the full tutorial IN THIS POST

Round 13: ch 1, sc in each st around, sl st into 1st st (50)

Round 14: ch 2, * fpdc, dc * repeat * to * around, sl st into 1st st (50)

Round 15: ch 1, sc in each st around, sl st into 1st st (50)

Round 16 – 43: repeat rounds 12 – 15 (7 more times)

Round 44: ch 1, sc in each st around, sl st into 1st st (50)

Round 45: ch 1, * sc in 3 st, sc2tog* repeat * to * around, sl st into 1st st (40)

Round 46: ch 1, * sc in 2 st, sc2tog* repeat * to * around, sl st into 1st st (30)

Do NOT cut yarn

Hanger

ch 15 (you can chain more of less depending on how big of a hanger you want)

sc in the 2nd ch st from hook and in each ch st down. Cut yarn leaving a long tail.

Fold hanger down in half and use the tail of yarn to sew the hanger in place.

Weave in all ends!