Green Foot Market Tote

This market tote is crocheted using a rectangular base and mesh stitch sides using a size 4 crochet hook, 8ply 100% cotton from Bendigo Woollen Mills, and the finished product weighs approximately 100g. BWM sells cotton in 200g balls so you should be able to get 2 totes from one ball.

The handles are designed and constructed so that even heavier loads will not cause stitches to break where the handles join the tote body, as can happen in other designs.

This particular market tote is designed to be carried by hand, rather than slung over the shoulder, which is why the handles are shorter, but longer handles can be created by adding more rows, as indicated in the pattern.