Last summer I came across a Prada raffia tote bag that is definitely cute but the price is insane for what it is; 1400€ for a simple crochet bag. It seems to be pretty popular with the fashion crowd and is actually sold out at the moment.
If you got the cash and don’t know or care to make one yourself, of course by all means, buy it, but I certainly won’t. I am not aversed to luxury items, I do have some, but I knew I could make it myself if I just had a bit of help.
I decided to google if someone had a tutorial up and I found this amazing free tutorial that I’m sure every beginner crocheter can follow, myself included.
I could have bought some raffia but I happened to have fisherman’s twine and a 2mm hook on hand, so I used those. Obviously I had to change the amount of stitches and rows because my yarn was very thin, but that was pretty easy.
With a different material and thinner yarn, mine of course is just inspired by, and not a straight up copy, but I’m pretty happy with it. I don’t crochet much so I’m pleased with my results, even though I made a few mistakes along the way.
This took me about 6 days to do, but if you were to use thicker yarn and hook, this would be like a one day project. I think at some point I’ll try and find raffia twine to make a more similar one, but maybe in a small size. I haven’t decided if I’ll embroider any text on the bag, I’m probably too lazy for that and/or don’t know what I’d want it to say.
Yours looks amazing! I like the length of it, pretty roomy.
I have never made me a beach bag before. Probably because I don’t get out often and haven’t went swimming in ages lol. It’s amazing when you make your own things and they turn out looking better than the original. 😁
Nicely done ~
Oh and you can’t tell you don’t crochet often. Your needlework looks very neat!
Ooo thank you so much, that means so much coming from you. I definitely wanted to make something that can hold more than a towel and a water bottle, many designs are too holey 😅
You’re very welcome. 😉
I agree about the very holey designs, those have never been my style.
I'm planning to make some tote bag also like this. But wanted to change that triangular shape on the center. And it looks simply and easy to crochet. One of the best to carry your things in the beach is through this crochet tote bag. Thanks for sharing.🥰
Luckily the triangle is really easy to change or leave out completely :) Can you believe I’ve never owned a crochet beach bag before!!
A friend of mine walked around the streets of Toronto, proudly carrying this bag. She received many compliments and stares.
If you could figure out a way to crochet it ... That would be far more impressive than Prada. ;-)
That actually looks awesome! I assume it’s a freebie from a hardware store or something like that? I can totally understand why people were interested, could literally be a trendy Off-White designer bag.
Hehe, it was a purchased item ...
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For fucks sake, should have known it was something dirty 😅
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I like yours better tbh.
Aww thank you so much! 😊
This heat is lowering my productivity so much that I should go to the beach myself.
The nearest lake is never far!
True. This time I went to a further one and even missed a turn but it was a blessing in disguise.
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