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Knit Beach Bag Patterns For Summer Fun

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We recently updated our roundup of crochet beach bag patterns. When we did, we realized we didn’t yet have a similar roundup for the knitters. Since we believe in BiCraftiness here at Marly Bird, we had to remedy that immediately. So, here’s your roundup of knit beach bag patterns. These are all roomy, durable, and ready to hit the sand.

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knit beach bag patterns

Sea Breeze Knit Bag Pattern

sea breeze knit beach bag

The drop stitch pattern is such an easy design for a beach bag. Work it in almost any color, although this natural jute is a great choice. Line the bag so you don’t have to worry about anything falling out through the open knit stitches.

Knit Market Tote Pattern

knit market tote

Of course, you can use any knit market bag pattern as a beach bag pattern. However, some are better than others for the job. Most market bags are openwork designs, which have pros and cons. On one hand, the sand easily runs through it and doesn’t get stuck inside. On the other hand, small beach toys can easily slip through. So, if you’re looking for a denser knit stitch, here’s a good choice.

Felted Knit Shopping Bag Pattern

felted shopping bag

Felting a bag is one of the best ways to make sure you close up any holes in the stitches. It also creates a dreamy blend of yarn colors. This bag is large and colorful and perfect to use as one of your knit beach bag patterns.

Summer Bag Knit Pattern

Mary's summer bag

Knit the bottom of this bag in a garter stitch for a dense, sturdy, durable bottom. Then work in knit lace for a more openwork summer beach bag pattern. Use double-stranding as one of the techniques in this design.

Watermelon Knit Beach Bag Pattern

melon pocket bag knit pattern

This is one of the most unique knit beach bag patterns. It functions like an openwork knit market bag. Fill it with towels and other beach supplies. Then, once it’s empty, it folds up, zips closed and becomes a little watermelon-designed clutch purse. Super cute.

Off to Market Knit Bag Pattern

knit market bag pattern

This knit bag was designed as a market bag. However, it’s truly perfect as a beach bag. It’s got blue and white stripes, so it has a nautical feel. Additionally, it’s got an external pocket so you don’t lose things like your cell phone or chap stick in that bigger bag.

Lovely Lunch Bag Knit Pattern

knit lunch bag

This is one of the most unique knit beach bag patterns since it was originally designed as a lunch bag. It’s a dense stitch in a bright sunny yellow which is perfect for a summer bag. If you’re looking for a bag to pack a picnic into this summer, this might be the one you’re looking for.

Seaside Knit Beach Bag Pattern

seaside knit beach bag pattern

This is one of my own knit beach bag patterns. It has a felted bottom, so you don’t have to worry about it falling apart. And yet it also has a ton of stretch. You can fit a surprising amount of stuff in there!

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Crochet Beach Bag Patterns For Summer Ease

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These crochet beach bag patterns give you room to carry everything summer fun requires. Fit your sunscreen, beach toys, beach blankets, swimsuit coverups, and so much more into these bags. Of course, you can also use these big bags for other activities like picking up food at the farmer’s market or hauling your library books back to return them. Have fun crafting these!

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Crochet Beach Bag and Mat Patterns

Convertible crochet beach bag and mat

This is a terrific crochet beach bag pattern. However, it’s more than you think. Once you get to the beach and empty out your sunglasses, summer reading, and other supplies, you can unroll a mat from the inside. This turns the beach bag into a beach yoga mat or beach blanket. It’s perfect! You don’t have to carry a second blanket with you to the beach. Crocheted in cotton, it even works in a pinch as a towel.

Tremendous Tote Crochet Bag

Tremendous Tote roomy purse pattern

I designed this crochet beach bag pattern based on the Fibonacci sequence. Therefore, if you find yourself drawn to the pattern, it might be because it’s scientifically considered beautiful. I recommend combining different yarns for this bag. You’ll use felting to change the design, and those two different yarns will have different felting results. This is fun to make and super useful, especially since it has a pocket on the inside.

Rainbow Hexagon Crochet Beach Bag

rainbow hexagon bag crochet pattern

We don’t usually think of rainbows as summer patterns in particular. However, they’re sunny and bright and perfect for summer. These textured hexagons are perfect motifs to craft and then use in a summer beach bag.

Floral Rainbow Crochet Bag Pattern

floral rainbow crochet beach bag

Here we see that terrific rainbow color set put together in an entirely different way. This is a fun beach bag – fun to make and use. Doesn’t it make you ready to fill it up and head to the beach today?

Sunny Day Tote Bag

sunny day tote bag to crochet

Here’s one more really colorful crochet beach bag pattern. It also uses rainbow-inspired colors in a totally different design. Add that great sunny applique on the front to celebrate summer. Of course, you could use other appliques instead to personalize this design.

Crochet Bento Bag Pattern

Bento Bag

This crochet bento bag is a versatile design that’s easy to crochet. It’s also really fun, thanks to the unique design. I’ve created a video tutorial to accompany it. Get ready to head to the beach soon with this tote in hand.

Nautical Striped Crochet Bag

nautical striped beach bag

Nautical blue and white are natural choices for crochet beach bag patterns. They’re bold and beautiful. Here those stripes are paired with a red bottom to the bag, making it especially perfect for patriotic holidays like Fourth of July. Worked in cotton, this is an easy breezy bag.

Beach Days Crochet Tote Bag Pattern

beach days tote

The great thing about crochet beach bag patterns is that you can work them in any color. Here we have a solid bottom and a variegated top half to the bag, worked in sand-inspired hues. However, tassels add a pop of fun pastel color. Note: you can create crochet handles for these bags or buy purse handles.

Crochet Beach Party Bag Pattern

beach party bag pattern

Not all beach bags can easily go from day to night. However, this is one of the crochet beach bag patterns that definitely can. That creative round handle with a pop of color is perfect against the granny stripe, easy beach bag body design.

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Craft Summer Reading: Yarn & Books Summer Make-Alongs!!

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I’m thrilled to collaborate with Robyn, Erin Lane Bags, and Destination Yarn to bring you this summer’s Craft Summer Reading Make-alongs. We’ll have three two-week-long make-alongs, each with one knit and one crochet option – for six patterns over six weeks if you’re BiCrafty. You can choose from one of three genres (romance, thriller, and sci-fi) or make them all. But that’s just the beginning. You’ll order your boxes to get so much more than the yarn and the pattern – there’s a Craft Summer Reading list, a course, Erin Lane bags, and the community experience, which includes so much. We can’t wait to share it with you; but it’s coming up fast so order your Craft Summer Reading Boxes soon!

Craft Summer Reading

How Does Craft Summer Reading Work?

First, you order a box (or three). Each box is themed to one of the three reading genres (romance, thriller, sci-fi.) Each box comes with all six knit and crochet patterns designed by myself and Robyn. Each box also comes with:

  • Three 50-gram skeins of Destination Yarn’s Souvenir DK weight yarn in three new, exclusive colorways to fit the theme of each box.
  • Matching handmade bags by Erin Lane Bags; all new and custom-designed, with a different type of bag in each box.
  • The four creators have added their book suggestions to a Craft Summer Reading list.
  • Non-food extra treats are included in the box to surprise and delight you.
  • In addition to the patterns, you get a full digital course for the make-along.

Camp Colorwork

We’re calling that digital course Camp Colorwork. When you order one box for this make-along, you get all six patterns – three knit, three crochet. Moreover, you get access to Camp Colorwork, a complete video class on improving and learning colorwork techniques in both knit and crochet. And we’ll offer pattern support during the make-along.

It’s All About the Craft Community

Well, it’s also about the great yarn and books and patterns and bags. But we join CALs/KALs largely because of the community, right? There’s an exclusive Facebook Group for Craft Summer Reading. For six weeks this summer, join us for reading suggestions, reading parties, trivia, and more.

Which Box Should I Order?

Craft Summer Reading Themes

You can order one, two, or more boxes to participate in the make-alongs. Each box has its own theme and color story related to the genre. Each box will work with any of the six included patterns. So, if you want to get just one box, say in the romance theme, and crochet just one of the patterns, then you can do that.

For example:

craft summer reading thriller box

However, the make-along lasts for six weeks, and we’ll highlight each box for two weeks at a time. It all starts with the Romance Box on June 21st, followed by the Sci-fi box two weeks later, and the Thriller box starts two weeks after that on July 19th, 2022.

So, you might have more fun if you order all three boxes and make three of the patterns! If you want to do that, we’ve made it easier for you by offering $10 off any two boxes using code TWOBOXES and $20 off any three boxes using code THREEBOXES.

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51 Free Crochet Corner-to-Corner Patterns

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Most patterns are crocheted side to side, with horizontal rows. But some patterns are made on the diagonal! Two ways to make projects like this in crochet are corner-to-corner (C2C) blocks and regular rows crocheted on the bias.

A small block usually consists of 4 half-double or double crochet stitches in C2C blocks. (The pattern will tell you the details.) Turn the fabric and additional blocks are built on top of it. The finished fabric has lots of little squares and is ideal for making projects with words or pictures.

Corner to Corner Blocks Method - Free Digital Pattern - Marly Bird
Here’s a close-up of the fabric showing the C2C blocks method.

Crochet projects can also be crocheted on the bias, like knitting projects. In this project, regular single crochet, half double crochet, or double crochet stitches are used in back-and-forth rows, but there are consistent increases and decreases at the ends of rows that create a square, rectangle, or triangle shape.

Crochet on the Bias Method - Free Digital Pattern - Marly Bird
Here’s a close-up of the fabric showing the crocheting on the bias method.

Whichever method you use, crocheting from one corner to the opposite adds interest to your projects and teaches you a new skill!

51 Free Crochet Corner-to-Corner Patterns- Free Digital Pattern - Marly Bird

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Marly Bird’s Most Popular Knitting Video Tutorial

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Yesterday, I shared my most popular YouTube tutorial with you. It’s a crochet video tutorial. However, as you know, we’re BiCrafty around here. We love knitting and crochet equally. And I celebrate both of them over on YouTube. So, you might wonder, what is Marly Bird’s most popular knitting video tutorial? I’ll tell you today!

Marly Bird's Most Popular Knitting Video Tutorial

A Little Bit About Marly Bird on YouTube

I hope you’ve already subscribed to my YouTube channel. I really love sharing video content with you there. So, if you’re not, head on over and hit subscribe. On the fence? Here are some things you might want to know about the Marly Bird YouTube Channel:

  • I launched the channel in 2014, starting with a series of lessons on crochet basics.
  • When I became a Red Heart Ambassador and then a Yarnspirations Ambassador, my video content really began to soar. I started offering lots of crochet and knitting tutorials, including many for their free patterns. These remain some of my most popular videos to date.
  • I launched the Yarn Thing podcast as an audio podcast. However, it eventually moved to YouTube. That way, you could see the people I was talking to and the yarn, books, and patterns we were discussing.
  • I have 291K subscribers on YouTube to date. I’d love for you to join me if don’t already. Help me hit this year’s goal of 300K!
  • My most popular video ever is a crochet video, as I said. It’s for a beginner throw pattern. It has over 1 million views.
  • The Marly Bird YouTube Channel has 21,536,609 views across all of my videos. Thanks to each and every one of you who watches my videos there.

Marly Bird’s Most Popular Knitting Video Tutorial

Okay, we know that the most popular crochet video is for a beginner crochet blanket. But what about the knitters? What do they love most? What is Marly Bird’s most popular knitting video tutorial? Here it is:

That’s right; it’s my video tutorial for My First Big Comfy Sweater. People have really enjoyed the “My First” and “Absolute Beginner” knit and crochet video tutorials that I’ve done over the years. It’s a great way to get step-by-step visual instruction to complete a pattern for something you’d like to create, even if you’re new to the crafts. In this case, you can start as a beginner knitter and end up with your first sweater!

This sweater pattern uses garter stitch, stockinette stitch, and a rib at the hem. You create two same-shaped (T-shaped) knit panels and stitch them together. Therefore, you don’t need to learn increasing and decreasing, yet, to complete this oversized sweater pattern. It’s an easy design that you’ll be super proud of when it’s done!

My Most Popular Knitting Video By The Numbers

I first published this video on Oct 5, 2016. It’s received almost 450K views since that time. So it’s not as popular as my most popular crochet tutorial, but it’s still gotten lots of love. 10,000 people have hit that thumbs-up button. If you like this video, you can do the same to support me in a simple way! It’s even received over 500 comments.

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Marly Bird’s Most Popular Crochet Video Tutorial

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Do you follow me on YouTube? I hope you do! I go live there to teach you things while directly interacting with you. Whenever we have make-alongs, the crochet and knit videos are on YouTube. It’s home to the old episodes of the YarnThing Podcast. And, over the years, I’ve made loads of crochet and knit video tutorials for stitches, techniques, and full patterns. Do you know which is my most popular crochet video tutorial ever?

Marly Bird's Most Popular Crochet Tutorial

Marly Bird’s YouTube Channel

I launched the Marly Bird YouTube channel way back in 2014! My oldest video is a tutorial about how to make a slip knot and work the chain stitch. In other words, I started off the channel by teaching you crochet basics. Although my knit and crochet videos are popular, my most popular video tutorial is a crochet project.

Marly Bird YouTube By The Numbers

I have 291K subscribers on YouTube. I appreciate each and every one of you. If you’re not one yet, hit that subscribe button. I’d love to reach 300K by the end of the year! Since I launched the channel in 2014, I’ve received 21,536,609 views! Wow!

Marly Bird’s Most Popular Crochet Video Tutorial

So, which one is the most popular crochet video of all time? It’s this one:

My Absolute Beginner knit and crochet video tutorials have historically been pretty popular. I show you step by step, basics by basics, exactly how to work on a beginner pattern. This lets you learn to knit or crochet and finish your first project.

Absolute Beginner Crochet Throw

This video for How to Crochet the Absolute Beginner Throw is the most popular. People often want to learn how to crochet blankets when they’re learning how to crochet. After all, they’ve seen many crochet blankets throughout their lifetimes. Moreover, the square or rectangular shape is simple, yet it’s a big project allowing you to practice those new skills.

The Absolute Beginner Throw crochet pattern uses a chunky yarn, which works quickly, even for newbies. You use double crochet stitches to complete most of this project. It’s easy-peasy, and yet it’s a terrific blanket. You can easily gift this to people with pride, especially if you’re looking for a present for a new baby.

Absolute Beginner Crochet Throw Video by the Numbers

I released this video on May 16, 2018. Four years later, it’s received 1,295,611 views! 21,000 people have hit that thumbs-up button on this one. If you like the video, please hit it as well! And there are more than 700 comments on this video!

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