Free Japanese Knot Bag Crochet Pattern Roundup
Introduction
Have you seen the trending Japanese Knot Bags yet? Are you in the market for a new bag? I love the style of these cute bags. These bags make great gifts for yourself or a loved one and would be great for markets as they require a small amount of time and materials.
These are usually on the smaller size and bucket shaped. I’ve rounded up some of my favorites to share with you today. Scroll to see the list of free and easy crochet patterns I’ve rounded up for you.
What is a Japanese Knot Bag?
Japanese knot bags are usually on the smaller size and bucket shaped. While most bags you see have symmetrical handles, a Japanese knot bag has asymmetrical handles. One side has a long handle and one side has a much shorter handle. You simply pass the longer handle through the shorter one to close and carry it. Most free patterns for Japanese knot bags are made with one piece of fabric, however, there is an exception here that creates 2 pieces of fabric and seams them to make a duo-colored bag.
A lot of makers and designers like to add a fabric lining to their bags with a sewing machine. This is a great way to keep your bag from stretching and have the beautiful stitchwork of crochet on the outer fabric. This can also cover up raw edges of crochet work if you don’t like how they look.
Ami Project Bag
Designer: Madame Stitch
About the Pattern: The Ami Project Bag is aptly named as “Ami” means crochet in Japanese. This bag uses worsted weight cotton yarn and features a square bottom. It uses only single crochets and double crochets throughout making this an easy skill level crochet pattern.
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Japanese Knot Bag
Designer: Crochet Life
About the Pattern: This Japanese knot bag pattern is made using the Alpine Stitch with super bulky weight yarn. The Alpine Stitch uses front post stitches to create a diamond-like texture and gives a beautifully textured result. This pattern is worked in 2 pieces then seamed together to reduce the amount of joining while creating your bag.
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Japanese Knot Bag
Designer: Life + Yarn
About the Pattern: We think this Japanese knot bag pattern falls into the medium-sized Japanese knot bags bucket. The unique shaping of the base of this bag gives it a bold finishing look. Pattern includes a video tutorial showing how to seam a Japanese knot bag with the short handle and long handle.
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Japanese Knot Bag
Designer: Malloo Knits
About the Pattern: Do you love crochet that looks knit? Then you’ll love this cute bag! Using single crochet stitches and half double crochet stitches, the knit-look fabric it creates is easy and beautiful. This pattern uses worsted weight yarn of your choice. The yarn the designer used is a wool that’s a favorite of hers.
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Japanese Knot Bag
Designer: Mirrymas Crafts
About the Pattern: If you’re looking for a very square Japanese knot bag, look no further! We love the simplicity of the square base and body and how it folds when it’s closed. With the long strap, this bag would make an awesome market bag. There are no special stitches required and uses t-shirt yarn to create a durable and sturdy bag.
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Japanese Knot Plarn Tote Bag
Designer: My Recycled Bags
About the Pattern: If you don’t know what plarn is, you’re missing out! Plarn is plastic yarn and is made from plastic grocery bags, making this a very unique design in our opinion. We would say this bag is on the end of large Japanese knot bags. This bag would make a great market bag or project bag for a larger WIP and may even be awesome used as beach bags.
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Mini Bean Knot Bag
Designer: Merri Purdy
About the Pattern: We absolutely love this small Japanese knot bag using the Mini Bean Stitch. Paired with the pretty pastels of the Caron Cotton Cakes the designer used, this bag might be perfection. Pattern is available as a free Ravelry download.
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Mosu Japanese Knot Bag
Designer: Sweet Softies
About the Pattern: “Mosu” means moss in Japanese. This Japanese knot bag pattern uses the Moss Stitch throughout. Paired with the lovely moss color of the yarn, this bag screams naturistic simplicity to us. We could see this bag being a great pattern for cosplaying or for taking your WIP on a nature walk.
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Nifty Knot Bag
Designer: Emily Ann
About the Pattern: We love the finished product of this pattern with the Red Heart Super Saver Stripes. Combine it with a little texture and you’ve got yourself an adorable Japanese knot bag. We love how the colors of the bag handles compliment the striping in the body so well. Pattern is available as a free Ravelry download with an option to Venmo a tip to the designer.
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​Super Fashion! Crochet Japanese Knot Bag
Designer: Bag-O-Day Crochet for Urbaki Crochet
About the Pattern: We love the texture in this Japanese knot bag (we love texture in general, can you tell?)! The handle of the bag looks like it’s got some stretch to it so take that into consideration when deciding how long you’d like it to be. This free Japanese knot bag would make a great summer bag. This is not a written pattern, but the designer provides a full video tutorial.
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Wagon Wheel Knot Bag
Designer: Lisa Hounshell
About the Pattern: This delicate Wagon Wheel Japanese knot bag uses fingering weight yarn and the Breakaway Crochet Method to join the motifs as you go. No seaming required! This pattern also offers different variations of handles. You can make it with Japanese knot bag style handles or with 2 handles the same size to make a ‘regular’ bag. Pattern is available as a free Ravelry download and also includes a video tutorial.
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Final Thoughts on Japanese Knot Bag Crochet Patterns
We love the variety of stitch patterns and base styles of these crochet projects. We hope you found a crochet bag pattern here that you can’t wait to get started on. A lot of these free crochet patterns can be made in different sizes to customize your bag. You can also customize yours by altering the sizing of the handles of the bag, specifically the longer handle. Most use worsted-weight yarn and a 4.5-6mm crochet hook.
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Happy crocheting!
