Monet Bag in Adriafil Candy - Downloadable PDF

Monet Bag Crochet Pattern in Adriafil Candy – Free Downloadable PDF

The Monet Bag is a beautifully textured super chunky crochet handbag worked in Adriafil Candy yarn, available as a free downloadable PDF. This charming project combines straightforward rectangular panel construction with decorative floral embellishments, making it an ideal weekend make for crocheters who want a stylish, handmade bag with a romantic, vintage-inspired finish. The pattern is suitable for those with a working knowledge of basic crochet stitches and produces a structured, substantial bag with a woven ribbon handle detail.

What Is Being Made

The finished project is a structured handbag consisting of two matching rectangular panels — a back panel and a front panel — sewn together along three sides to form the bag body. A separately crocheted handle is threaded with a length of brown satin ribbon for added strength and visual interest. The front panel is decorated with three crocheted pink roses, one centred on each square of the panel, giving the bag its signature Monet-inspired, garden-fresh aesthetic. The upper edge of the bag is left open to form the bag's opening, and the handle is sewn securely to each end of this opening.

Construction and Design Details

Each panel is worked in two connected square sections. The crocheter begins by casting on a chain of 17 stitches and works in double crochet, with each row beginning with 3 turning chains to replace the first double crochet. Once the first square measures 14 cm (6 rows), the yarn is not broken off. Instead, work continues along the side of the completed rows, with 3 treble crochets worked along the side of each of the last 5 rows and 2 treble crochets along the side of the first row, effectively building the second square directly onto the first. This sequence is then repeated to complete the full panel. Both the back and front panels are worked identically in this way.

The handle is made by casting on a chain of 48 stitches and working a single row of treble crochet before the yarn is fastened off. A 140 cm length of 2.5 cm brown satin ribbon is then braided through the treble stitches of the handle — picking up and skipping 2 treble crochets alternately — and also woven between the stitches and the upper edge rows of the bag body, creating a decorative and functional woven effect.

The Pink Rose Embellishments

The pink roses are crocheted separately and sewn onto the front panel. Each rose is worked in the round, beginning with a chain of 5 stitches closed into a loop with a single crochet. The construction unfolds across three rounds:

• Round 1: 12 treble crochets are worked into the loop, closed with a single crochet.
• Round 2: A series of 3-chain arches are created by working 1 double crochet into the central loop, repeating a sequence of 3 chains, skipping 2 treble crochets, and working 1 double crochet back into the loop — creating 6 arched sections in total.
• Round 3: Each 3-chain arch is filled with a petal sequence of 1 double crochet, 1 half treble crochet, 2 treble crochets, 1 half treble crochet, and 1 double crochet, producing six fully formed petals. The round is closed with a single crochet.

Three roses are made in total, each worked in the same manner, and one is sewn to the centre of each square on the front panel of the bag.

Techniques Used

• Foundation chain — used to begin both the panels and the handle
• Working in rows — for the rectangular panel construction
• Working in the round — for the crocheted rose embellishments
• Side-edge treble crochet construction — joining the second square to the first by working into the row ends of the completed