Festive Holiday Gift Bags

December 07, 2021

Festive Holiday Gift Bags

These holiday gift bags are quick and easy - they're perfect for wrapping candy, gift cards and other presents in! The best part is, you can reuse them over and over. Change up the colors to make goodie bags for other holidays or birthdays as well!

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I have two cute holiday bag patterns for you today, and they're both free! The first has cute puff stitches all over it, in three different colors. The second, has fun festive stripes. Both bags are easily customizable by changing the colors. You can even do a few more rounds at the top or bottom to make your bag a bit taller! Enjoy!

Holiday Bobble Bag

Materials Needed:
Worsted (4) yarn in four colors (I used Hobby Lobby's "I Love This Cotton")
A (cream) - body
B (Pink), C (Green), D (Red) - bobbles
4mm crochet hook
Yarn needle
Scissors
Terms:
(#) : number of sts in rnd/row
Chain Stitch (ch)
Half Double Crochet (hdc)
Magic Circle/Ring (MC)
Puff Stitch (ps)
Round (rnd)
Single Crochet (sc)
Slip Stitch (sl st)
Stitch/es (st/sts)
Triple Crochet (tc)
Repeat what's inside **
(xyz): worked in same stitch
Puff Stitch: Insert hook in stitch, yarn over, pull up loop,
yarn over, insert hook, pull up loop, repeat until there are 10 loops on your hook. Then, yarn over and pull through all 10 loops. Make sure the puff pushes outward toward you.

Color Changes: Change color on Puff Stitches throughout the pattern by finishing the previous stitch with the new color. Puff Stitches will be shortened to: "PO-X" with X being the color used (Example: PO-C means a puff with color C/Green)

Pattern:

(At the end of each round, join with a sl st to the first st in the round, then ch 1. The ch1 will NOT count as a stitch, so you'll begin each round by working your first st in the same st as the ch1)

Begin with Color A: MC, ch 1

Rnd 1: 6 sc in MC (6)

Rnd 2: inc around (12)

Rnd 3: *inc, sc* around (18)

Rnd 4: *inc, sc in next 2 sts* around (24)

Rnd 5: *inc, sc in next 3 sts* around (30)

Rnd 6: *inc, sc in next 4 sts* around (36)

Rnd 7: *inc, sc in next 5 sts* around (42)

Rnd 8: *hdc in first 13 sts, inc* repeat around (45)

Rnd 9-10: hdc around (45)

Rnd 11: hdc in 5 sts, PO-B, hdc in 14 sts, PO-C, hdc in 14 sts, PO-D, hdc in last 9 sts (45)

Rnd 12: hdc in 13 sts, PO-D, hdc in 14 sts, PO-B, hdc in 14 sts, PO-C, hdc in last st (45)

Rnd 13-14: hdc around (45)

Rnd 15: hdc in 4 sts, PO-D, hdc in 14 sts, PO-B, hdc in 14 sts, PO-C, hdc in last 10 sts (45)

Rnd 16: hdc in 12 sts, PO-C, hdc in 14 sts, PO-D, hdc in 14 sts, PO-B, hdc in last 2 sts (45)

Rnd 17-19: hdc around (45) (join as usual, but ch 2)

Rnd 20: Increases will be TC in this round! *inc, inc, TC in next st* repeat around. (75) Fasten off. Secure and weave in all ends.

Ch 90. Cut, leaving a short strand on each end, pull to secure. Using your yarn needle, weave the chain throughout the last hdc round (rnd 19). I weaved in and out every 2 sts, leaving 4 unworked in the middle where the two ends meet. Cinch, and a tie a bow here!

Holiday Striped Bag

Materials Needed:

Worsted (4) yarn in four colors (I used Hobby Lobby's "I Love This Cotton")
A (cream) - body
B (Red), C (Green) - stripes
4mm crochet hook
Yarn needle
Scissors
Terms:
(#) : number of sts in rnd/row
Chain Stitch (ch)
Half Double Crochet (hdc)
Round (rnd)
Single Crochet (sc)
Slip Stitch (sl st)
Stitch/es (st/sts)
Triple Crochet (tc)
Repeat what's inside **
(xyz): worked in same stitch

Color Changes: Change color on stripes throughout the pattern by finishing the last stitch on the previous round with the new color.

Pattern:

(At the end of each round, join with a sl st to the first st in the round, then ch 1. The ch1 will NOT count as a stitch, so you'll begin each round by working your first st in the same st as the ch1)

Begin with Color A: MC, ch 1

Rnd 1: 6 sc in MC (6)

Rnd 2: inc around (12)

Rnd 3: *inc, sc* around (18)

Rnd 4: *inc, sc in next 2 sts* around (24)

Rnd 5: *inc, sc in next 3 sts* around (30)

Rnd 6: *inc, sc in next 4 sts* around (36)

Rnd 7: *inc, sc in next 5 sts* around (42)

Rnd 8: sc around (42)

Rnd 9-10: hdc around (42)

Switch to Color B

Rnd 11: sc around (42)

Switch to Color C

Rnd 12: sc around (42)

Switch to Color A

Rnd 13-16: hdc around (42)

Switch to Color B

Rnd 17: sc around (42)

Switch to Color C

Rnd 18: sc around (42)

Switch to Color A

Rnd 19-21: hdc around (42)

Rnd 20: Increases will be TC in this round! *inc, inc, TC in next st* repeat around. (65) Fasten off. Secure and weave in all ends.

Ch 90. Cut, leaving a short strand on each end, pull to secure. Using your yarn needle, weave the chain throughout the last hdc round (rnd 21). I weaved in and out every 2 sts, leaving 3 unworked in the middle where the two ends meet. Cinch, and a tie a bow here!