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[yuuago]

Man, one of these days I would love to make myself some produce bags. Those little plastic ones at the grocery store drive me nuts.

I think there might be some knitters/crocheters on my flist who've done it before... Which patterns did you use? I don't know crochet, but this seems the kind of project that might be good for it. (I could learn?)

Though I did find a knitted one that looks good - Weightless produce bag 2.0. I don't currently have any suitable material for it right now (and I have a whole lot of other projects on the go), so it'll have to wait a while, but 's a possibility.

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[st_aurafina]

I've made market bags - bigger than produce bags? But they could size down with a lighter weight yarn.

A lot of patterns for crochet bags are worked in the round and I don't think they're very practical because the moment you put something heavy into one, it stretches into a long skinny cylinder. I've had best luck with ones that are worked as a large square that gets gathered along the sides.

Frankston Market Bag is my favourite.

I bought some resuable produce bags, because I don't work with laceweight yarn, my hands can't handle it. I got Onya brand. They're okay? But the mesh damages the delicate stuff, and they're not great for storage. I honestly get more use out of the plastic bags I have. I, um, wash them and hang them up to dry, then reuse them.

[yuuago]

Thanks for the suggestion!

Sounds like this is something I'll need to research more. :D

[foxinthestars]

This one's fun to make: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/lizs-magic-string-bag

It's knit with a row of yarn overs at the beginning, and later the stitches above them are dropped to make intentional runs and expand the bag. When I made them I liked to run a thread/ribbon through the dropped stitch row and tie a bow so if I was giving it away, the recipient could take out the bow and do the "magic" expansion part.

[yuuago]

Thanks for the suggestion! :D