Garden Gatherer – Free Hexagon Market Bag Crochet Pattern

There’s something funny about how a simple market bag can quietly become part of your life without you realizing it. One day it’s just yarn and hexagons… and the next it’s the bag you keep reaching for every time you head out the door.

This Garden Gatherer Hexagon Market Bag started out with that same feeling in mind — something practical, a little earthy, and easy to carry along for slow mornings, grocery runs, and farmer’s market walks.

I had originally thought about adding tiny bees scattered around the design once it was finished. Something subtle, almost like they just wandered in and decided to stay. But once everything was assembled, I couldn’t bring myself to add anything else. There’s something about the clean floral hexagons on their own that just feels complete in a way I didn’t want to interrupt.

Although I will say… I haven’t completely ruled out the bee idea for a future version. If that sounds like something you’d actually want to see, I might just have to revisit it someday.

Lately I’ve been trying to take advantage of the energy I do have — whether that’s crocheting new designs, making things for baby girl, or slowly getting the house ready for what’s coming next. It’s a strange mix of busy and quiet all at once. My husband and I have been spending more time at local farmer’s markets lately, which has been such a nice rhythm… although somehow I now spend more time deciding which crochet bag I’m going to “strut into town with” than I do picking out my actual outfit.

I’ve also recently become very aware of how quickly this season is moving, so I’ve been trying to slow down and actually enjoy the in-between moments where I can. My husband and I still get to wander through farmer’s markets without diapers or car seats in tow, and I’ve been sitting with my crochet while baby girl kicks along in the background. This bag fits right into that space — quick to make, repetitive in the best way, and still exciting enough that you’re already picturing where you’ll take it once it’s done.

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Hexagon Market Bag Crochet Pattern

Size

Finished hexagons are approximately 5.5” across one flat side to another.

Materials

• I Love This Cotton Yarn. 324 yards of Antique Gold.
• US 7/4.5 mm Crochet Hook 
• Tapestry Needle for weaving in ends

Special Stitches

TC4TOG: *Yarn over hook 2 times. Insert hook into next stitch and pull up a loop. Yarn over and pull through 2 loops on hook. Yarn over and pull through 2 loops on hook again.* Repeat this 3 more times until you have 5 loops on hook. Yarn over and pull through all loops on hook. Starting tc4tog stitch made. 

TC5TOG: *Yarn over hook 2 times. Insert hook into next stitch and pull up a loop. Yarn over and pull through 2 loops on hook. Yarn over and pull through 2 loops on hook again.* Repeat this 4 more times until you have 6 loops on hook. Yarn over and pull through all loops on hook. Tc5tog stitch made. 

Hexagon (Make 10)

R1: Ch 6, sl st into first ch. Circle made. Ch 3 (counts as dc), 17 dc. Sl st into top of ch3. (18sts)

R2: Ch 3 (counts as a dc), 1dc in same st. 1dc in next st. 2dc in next st. Ch2. *2dc, 1dc, 2dc ch2.* Repeat from *to* around. Sl st into top of ch3. (6 clusters of 5sts)

R3: Ch 3 (counts as beginning of first tc), tc4tog. Ch3, [1tc, ch3, 1tc] in ch2 space, ch3. *tc5tog, ch3, [1tc, ch3, 1tc] in ch2 sp, ch3.* Repeat from *to* around. Sl st into top of tc4tog. (6 petals)

R4: Ch3 in top of tc4tog/petal (counts as dc), 3dc in next ch space. [3dc, ch2, 3dc] in ch3 corner space. 3dc in next space. *1dc in top of petal, 3dc in sp, [3dc, ch2, 3dc] in corner sp, 3dc in next sp.* Repeat from *to* around. Sl st into top of beginning ch3. Fasten off. 

Assembly

Using the diagram below, place down your 10 crochet hexagons and begin assembly. White dotted line is where you fold. Yellow dotted lines need to be lined up to each other and sewn together. I ended up turning my project inside out and used a simple whip stitch in the back loops for a flat look, but how you attach these hexagons together is entirely up to you! 

Bag Handles

From henceforth the term “valleys” will be used to define the part of the bag that dips down and “peaks” for the parts that go up. I like decreasing in my valleys to flatten out my crochet bag a bit, but it all comes down to every person’s preference and yarn tension.

R1: Insert your hook in the middle of the top left square, left of the peak. Ch1, 1sc in each st, with 1dec in the valleys and 2sc in the peaks. Sl st into the top of your first sc.

R2: Ch1, 1sc in each st, with a dec3tog in each valley. *At your first peak, 1sc and ch70. Being careful not to twist your ch, 1sc into your next peak, skipping over your middle valley area. Continue 1sc in each st with 1dec3tog in your valleys. Repeat from * for your next peak. Sl st into the top of your first sc at the end of your row.

R3: Continuing on the outside of the straps going around the bag, ch1 and 1sc into each st, including 1sc into each st in the chains we created. You may continue decreasing in your valleys. Sl st into the top of your first sc at the end of your row.

R4: Ch1, 1sc in each st around the bag. You may continue to decrease in your valleys. Sl st into the top of your first sc at the end of your row. Fasten off.

We are now working inside the inner area of the straps. R5 and R6 will need to be done for each side of the crochet bag.

R5: Inserting your yarn into the middle of either squares, ch1, 1sc into each st or ch around. 1dec in the valley. Sl st into the top of your first sc at the end of your row.

R6: Ch1, 1sc around. 1dec3tog in the valley. Sl st into the top of your first sc at the end of your row. Fasten off.

Conclusion

Some projects don’t really feel like they’re about finishing at all — they’re more about the rhythm of making them. The steady joining of hexagons, the repetition, the slow reveal of something useful taking shape.

If you make your own Garden Gatherer bag, I’d absolutely love to see it. I always find it so interesting how the same pattern can look completely different depending on yarn choice and color palette.

And I’ll admit… I still think about those bees sometimes. Not as something this bag is missing, but as an entirely separate idea that deserves its own moment someday. This version felt right on its own — clean, floral, and grounded — but there’s definitely space in my sketchbook for a future design that plays with that idea in a different way.

If you’re in the mood for more market-style makes, you might also love my You Grow, Girl Flower Granny Square Bag, which has a similar playful, floral feel but in a totally different silhouette. And if you’re leaning more toward practical everyday makes, my Convertible Chicken Market Bag is another fun one that’s become a bit of a homestead favorite. You might also enjoy these beginner-friendly Reusable Crochet Produce Bags and Farmhouse Kitchen Crochet Patterns if you’re also in a “useful crochet” season right now.

And of course, you can always find more of my ad-free patterns over on Etsy and Ravelry.

As always, I love seeing what you’re making. If you share your finished bag on Instagram, feel free to tag me @crochetwithgabriellarose so I can see your color choices and cheer you on (and probably add them to my ever-growing list of “future projects I suddenly need to make”).

Until next time… I’ll probably be standing in my closet deciding which crochet bag gets to come to the farmer’s market this time.