Create Your Own Stylish Through Tote Bag with this New Knitting Pattern

Woman in blue dress holds a knitted tote bag in garden. Background text: "Knitting Pattern - Through Tote Bag - Made with Love and Fibres." — **Pin to your Pinterest yarncraft board to find the pattern later!**

I am really pleased to be able to let you know that my Through Tote Bag and Mini Tote Knitting Pattern is now available in my Ravelry or Etsy stores from the 30th March. A 25% launch discount is applied automatically until 13th April. Mailing List subscribers will receive a code for 50% off in my March Update and April News emails. Subscribe now and click through on the button in your confirmation email to get the code from the latest newsletter!

Why choose Through Tote Bag Knitting Pattern?

Woman in blue dress smiles, holding a knitted yellow bag with blue and white accents. She's outdoors with leafy green and pink flowers in the background. — Trying out the bag for the first time

A tote bag is a really handy item to own; I know I can never have enough of them to store and carry everything I need to. Whenever I go to grab one to take shopping, I find that I don't have any spare. My children use them to take shoes and boots or snacks and drinks to school and other activities they do, my husband sorts wires and gadgets into them and I suspect quite a few of them are holding my WiPs too! Do you have that problem?

Close-up of a knitted square with yellow yarn and a blue cord accent in a bow. The intricate design has a warm, cozy feel. — I love weaving ribbons and cord through knitted eyelets

Bags are also great fun to knit because you can add all sorts of fun details and relax without worrying if it'll fit you. I really like them as a way to try out a new technique and I love having a new handmade bag to carry about, showing off my craft skills as I go!

Square knitted in pale pink yarn, featuring textured geometric designs. The background is a plain white surface. — Through Square in sock yarn

The main square of the design adds texture in a simple, elegant manner to an otherwise very classic knitted square. There is nothing uncommon in the techniques used so it will be an unthreatening make even for very new knitters, yet it has an eye-catching appeal even amongst more complex squares. Newer lace knitters may like to use a lifeline before eyelet rounds for reassurance if not confident to pick up any dropped yarn overs.

Knitted yellow bag with blue accents and bow hangs on white stair banister. Background features red carpeted stairs.

It works well as a single square mini-tote or a 4 patch tote bag and those are just the start of the customisations possible! You'll find a page worth of suggestions for how you could use the pattern to make a bag that exactly suits your style, crafting preferences and the bag's intended purpose.

Yarn balls in blue, yellow, white, knitting tools, and ornate scissors on a white textured cloth. Warm, crafty atmosphere. — tools and Materials for aran cotton bag

I worked up the Mini-Tote in Lily's Sugar 'n Cream yarn, a sturdy aran/worsted cotton yarn in a great range of colours. It was perfect to create a bag that won't be saggy or be difficult to wash if needed. The textures showed up really well and the finished bag feels soft and strong.

Colorful yarn balls, knitting needles, and tools on a wood-textured surface. Purple ruler with measurements, creating a cozy crafting vibe. — Tools and materials for bag in sock yarn

You can also make the bags in other yarn weights and textures, typically adjusting the needle size to be a little smaller than usual to create a dense fabric. In fact, sample maker Amanda worked up the four-patch version in Scheepjes Metropolis, a sock type yarn that's fine textured and springy on tiny 2.5mm needles. It looked great!

Pattern: Through Tote Bag

Yarns: Mini-Tote made in Lily's Sugar 'n Cream shades Country Yellow, Light Blue and White; Tote Bag made in Scheepjes Metropolis shade Cota (024)

Through Tote Bag and Mini Tote Knitting Pattern is now available in my Ravelry or Etsy stores from the 30th March. A 25% launch discount is applied automatically until 13th April. Mailing List subscribers will receive a code for 50% off in my March Update and April News emails. Subscribe now and click through on the button in your confirmation email to get the code from the latest newsletter!

Do let me know if you make the set or just one of the pieces. I'm always so excited when I see that someone has used one of my patterns! I love to get comments on my blog too, so do let me know your thoughts on the design or ask any questions you have below.