White cloud

White Cloud Bag by Kate Veselunka

What Is Being Made

The White Cloud is a crocheted tote bag designed by independent designer Kate Veselunka. This intermediate-level project creates a structured bag measuring 14 inches wide by 14 inches tall, with a 28-inch handle length, making it a practical everyday accessory suitable for shopping, travel, or casual carrying.

Craft and Primary Technique

This pattern is worked entirely in crochet, using fundamental crochet construction methods to build the bag from the bottom up. The design employs basic shaping and stitch combinations to create a cohesive, wearable garment. As an intermediate-level project, it assumes familiarity with foundational crochet techniques and the ability to follow pattern instructions with standard abbreviations and construction sequences.

Stitches Used

The White Cloud bag utilizes several essential crochet stitches to achieve its structure and texture:

• Chain stitch (Ch) – used for foundation and creating chain spaces throughout the pattern
• Slip stitch (Sl st) – employed for joining rounds and connecting stitches
• Single crochet (Sc) – a fundamental stitch used for creating dense fabric and structure
• Single crochet 3 together (Sc3tog) – a decrease technique for shaping the bag
• Double crochet (Dc) – used to create lighter, more open sections and contribute to the overall drape

The pattern is written in standard US crochet terminology and is worked in rounds, as indicated by the use of "Rnd(s)" in the abbreviations list.

Materials and Yarn Specifications

The White Cloud bag requires 4 balls of 100% linen yarn REX, each weighing 50g or 1.08oz with 150 meters (164 yards) per ball. The yarn is worked with 2 threads held together, creating a thicker working yarn from the DK-weight base. This doubling technique produces the desired fabric density and drape.

The pattern specifies worsted-weight yarn equivalent when substituting materials. Cotton yarn is noted as a suitable alternative to linen, using yarn size 3/DK/light/8 ply worked as one strand only. A 4mm crochet hook is recommended, or the size needed to achieve proper gauge.

Gauge and Finishing

The pattern specifies a gauge of 20 double crochet stitches by 10 rows equals 4 by 4 inches (10 by 10 centimeters). Achieving correct gauge is essential for obtaining the finished bag dimensions. The pattern instructions note that measurements should be taken after blocking, indicating that the finished piece benefits from wet or steam blocking to set the stitches and achieve final dimensions.