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Beach bag pattern: knit a summer bag
Summery stripes add bags of style to this knit bag pattern. It's a great project for your knit beach bag!
Knitted in cool cotton yarn, our knit beach bag is guaranteed to keep you looking and feeling fresh this summer. There’s room for all your essentials, while the zingy colours will get you noticed as you hit the beach or pool. And when you’re not lounging by the water’s edge, it also doubles up as a perfect knit tote bag pattern for market days.
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If you haven't tried lace knitting before, this knit beach bag is a great place to start. The simple mesh pattern is worked over four rows, so it's easy to master and to memorise.
We suggest using metal knitting needles for lace, as they're more slippery than wood or plastic, so your stitches glide along smoothly, plus they tend to have nice sharp tips – making it easier to work all those decrease stitches!
Our knit bag pattern was designed by Sarah Murray and first appeared in Simply Knitting issue 136. You can find the full pattern below, or skip to the bottom of the page for a free downloadable PDF.
Choose your own colour sequence for this stripy bag and create a piece that’s unique!
This knit beach bag uses a delicate lace pattern that's a repeat of four rows, so it’s easy to pick up.
Knit bag pattern materials
Cascade, Ultra Pima (100% Pima cotton, 100g/200m), 1 skein of each: Yarn A Sprout (3740), Yarn B Chartreuse (3746), Yarn C Buttercup (3748)
Yarn used knits as DK to this tension: 21 sts and 28 rows to measure 10x10cm (4x4in) over st st using 3¼mm needles. For more on tension and why it is important, see our article on knitting tension squares
Row 1 K1, *K1, yfwd, k2tog; rep from * to last 2 sts, K2.
Row 2 P1, *P2, K1; rep from * to last 2 sts, P2.
Row 3 K1, *K1, k2tog, yfwd; rep from * to last 2 sts, K2.
Row 4 P2, *K1, P2; rep from * to last st, P1.
Rows 1–4 form patt. Rep rows 1–4 three times more, then rows 1 & 2 once more.
Next row Knit.
Next row Purl.**
With Yarn C, knit 2 rows.
With Yarn B, work from ** to **.
With Yarn A, knit 2 rows.
With Yarn C, work from ** to **.
With Yarn A, knit 2 rows.
With Yarn B, work from ** to **.
With Yarn C, knit 2 rows.
With Yarn A, work from ** to **.
Knit 3 rows.
Cast off knitwise.
Work the same colour sequence for the beach bag handles, knitted in easy garter stitch.
Knit beach bag handles
Make 2.
Cast on 135 sts using 3¼mm needles and Yarn A.
Knit 2 rows.
With Yarn B, knit 2 rows.
With Yarn C, knit 2 rows.
With Yarn B, knit 2 rows.
With Yarn A, knit 2 rows.
Cast off.
To make up the knit beach bag
Join side and bottom seams. Sew handles in place using photo as a guide.
Download your knit bag pattern
We know many visitors will want printer-friendly version of the knit beach bag, as printing from the website is uses a lot of paper. So we have created a downloadable version of the knit bag pattern. The download is an A4 PDF with 2 pages. Click to download your Knit bag knitting pattern PDF
Sarah Murray is a freelance knitting and crochet designer who lives and works in Cornwall. She loves to take inspiration from the coast and countryside around her, using colours and textures reminiscent of the sea. Sarah has had designs published in several magazines such as Simply Knitting and Simply Crochet, Knitting Magazine, Knit Now and Let’s Knit. She has completed many commissions for Deramores, some of which have appeared on television. She also writes and edits patterns and knits for photography. Sarah’s Etsy shop has lot of digital patterns for instant download and can be found at www.etsy.com/uk/shop/cornishknittingco and her twitter account is @cornishknitting
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