Can you believe that it’s almost the end of March and I’m just barely releasing a new bag? I just realized it as I’m typing this post and I’m socked. I love making bags and I can’t go too long without making a new fun one. And I hope you’re as excited as I am for the brand new Field of Flowers Bag crochet pattern this week 🙂

Like many of my other bags of the last year or more, this design uses 13 squares and this time, it’s just one square 🙂 In fact, the original idea for this bag was to keep it simple and easy, one square repeated. Elegant, right? But then I couldn’t help myself and decided to reverse like half of the squares, to make the finished product more visually interesting to look at. But if you’d like to keep the design simple and do all 13 squares the same, then I bet that’d be beautiful too.

And like the other bags, this design is really easy – when you’re done with your 13 squares, you seam them up in to an almost hour glass shape and then you fold that in half and seam up the sides to make your new bag. A set of straps are added, worked in the round directly onto the bag, to finish your design. It’s truly so easy. I am amazed by it every time.

Below you’re going to find some photos of the Field of Flowers Square 1 and I included them so you can get a bit more insight into how I like to work my squares. I primarily used tapestry for this one (color A working over color B) and I didn’t carry color B to the ends of the row. I don’t like that look and think it bulks up the ends. But do what works for you and what you’re most comfortable using. Don’t forget to read the notes I included to get more insight into the keeping the crocheted over yarn more hidden.

Anyway, I hope you like this new pattern. It’s great for Spring, if you ask me. It would also make a wonderful stash buster. Each square could be different, with a different main color and a simple flower design in the center. And I bet if you used a really fun variegated yarn for the main (background) color and white for the flower it would pop. Oh, I hope someone makes that, I’d love to see it.
As always, thank you so much for reading along (if you do read) and I hope you like this pattern. I have had a lot of fun making it (although it took a while because life has been lifing hard lately, ya know?) Please, take care of yourself and your community. Big hugs to you all. And if you’d like to buy the pdf for this pattern, it’s available now on Ravelry.

Please note: I was provided the yarn for this pattern by Lion Brand Yarn for the purposes of designing other projects and I had it left over an wanted to use it for this, without compensation. I wasn’t provided the yarn with the expectations of positive or negative reviews but I’ve used Basic Stitch many times, it’s fabulous.
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Notes on carrying yarn on the Field of Flowers Bag crochet pattern

For yarn conservation and clarity purposes, I only used the secondary color when it was called for and changed back and forth between both colors only in the center of the square. 

Below are 2 close up photos of Square 1 (light background, dark flower) showing how I used the 2 colors in the center (crocheting over the inactive one) but leaving the secondary color in the center and not bringing it to the edges. If you’d like to carry/ crochet over the yarn, I do suggest that while carrying the inactive yarn with the RS facing, make sure it’s behind the previous row’s stitches. And when carrying the inactive yarn with the WS facing, make sure it’s in front of the previous row’s stitches.

Don’t pull the carried yarn too tight or let it hang loose (try to keep it even with the stitches), as it can distort your square’s final look. Blocking may help even out some distortion or bulkiness of the center that may occur.

Remember: Your squares may not be perfectly square when you’re done, but the border and blocking (which is highly suggested) can help this. The seaming can also even out some size inconsistency.

Field of Flowers Square 1 Graph

Make 8

Key: Main color is white (color A) and secondary color is brown (color B).

For the squares: begin with a ch 22 in color A, turn, and start in the 2nd ch from the hook. Each row begins with a “ch 1, turn” and all st counts are 21 sc.

Border
With the RS facing you, join color B in the first st on the other side of Row 1 of the coaster.
Row 1: B: Ch 1, sc into the next 21 sts, ch 1 at the corner, sc into the next 21 row ends, ch 1 at
the corner, sc into the next 21 sts of Row 21, ch 1 at the corner, sc down the next 21 row ends,
ch 1 at the corner, join with a slip st – 44 sc, 4 ch-1 spaces
Fasten off, weave in your ends. Block so your square measures 5.1” x 5.1”.

Field of Flowers Square 2 Graph

Make 5

Key: Main color is brown (color B) and the secondary color is white (color A).

For the squares: begin with a ch 22 in color B, turn, and start in the 2nd ch from the hook. Each row begins with a “ch 1, turn” and all st counts are 21 sc.

Border
With the RS facing you, join color A in the first st on the other side of Row 1 of the coaster.
Row 1: A: Ch 1, sc into the next 21 sts, ch 1 at the corner, sc into the next 21 row ends, ch 1 at
the corner, sc into the next 21 sts of Row 21, ch 1 at the corner, sc down the next 21 row ends,
ch 1 at the corner, join with a slip st – 44 sc, 4 ch-1 spaces
Fasten off, weave in your ends. Block so your square measures 5.1” x 5.1”.

Step 1: Fold your bag along the dark blue line in the center so it looks like the photo below.

Step 2: Seam the green edges to the teal edges on the right-hand side of the bag. The photo below shows how it will line up.

Step 3: Seam the pink edges to the yellow edges on the left-hand side of the bag. The photo below shows how it will line up.

When your bag is seamed, it should look like the photo below.
Weave in all your ends. You can block the bag or the seams at this time if you’d like.
Move onto the Straps.

Patchwork Halloween Bag Straps

In the left photo above, the blue arrow shows which side you need to start your straps on and in the right photo, the green arrow shows you where you start your first st (not the ch 1 at the corner).

The photo above shows you (in purple) how you go up the square from where you joined your yarn, skip across a space (this is where the strap is) and work down another square. You will repeat this on the other side of the bag to create 2 straps.

Rnd 1: With color B, pull up a loop in the indicated by the green arrow in the photo above (the first st, not the ch 1, to the left of the seam you made when you did Step 2 of the Assembly), sc into the next 21 sts of the square you’re on, ch 70, skip the ch 1 and next 21 sts on this square, skip where the 3 squares are joined and move to the next square to the left, skip the next 21 sts and ch 1 on the corner and sc into the next 21 sts of this square, moving to the other side of the bag, skip the ch 1 at the corner and where the 3 squares are joined and move to the next square to the left, skip ch 1 at the corner and sc into the next 21 sts of this square, ch 70, skip the ch 1 and next 21 sts on this square, skip where the 3 squares are joined and move to the next square to the left, skip the next 21 sts and ch 1 on the corner and sc into the next 21 sts of this square, skip the ch 1 at the corner and where the 3 squares are joined, join with a slip st – 84 sc, 2 ch 70 spaces
Rnd 2: B: Ch 1, turn, sc around (this includes sc and chs), join – 224 sc
Rnds 3 – 4: Ch 1, turn, sc around, join – 224 sc
Fasten off color B and switch to color A.
Rnd 5: A: Ch 1, turn, sc around, join – 224 sc
Fasten off, weave in your ends. Block this section if you’d like.

Optional
Add a rnd of slip sts to Rnd 2 of the Straps using color A. This will not only add an extra
pop of color but it will help deal with stretch in the Straps.

Tada! There they are, the Field of Flowers Bag crochet pattern! I hope you love it and use the hashtag #DivineDebris on Instagram and I’ll share it in my stories!