Crochet Drawstring Backpack: Step-by-Step Guide for Beginners in 2025

Learn how to create a stylish crochet drawstring backpack with this easy, step-by-step tutorial. Perfect for beginners, this guide will help you craft your own unique bag

Crocheting a drawstring backpack is a fun and rewarding project, especially when made with soft and durable blanket yarn. This tutorial will guide you through creating a mini-sized backpack, perfect for toddlers and young children. If you’re interested in making a full-size version suitable for bigger kids or young adults,

Materials Needed:

• Two different colors of blanket yarn
• Crochet hooks: 6mm and 7mm
• Stitch marker
• Sewing needle
• Scissors

Step 1: Creating the Drawstrings

1. Choose your preferred color for the drawstring and begin with a slip knot.
2. Using the 6mm crochet hook, chain 110 stitches to create a tight chain.
3. At the end, leave a long tail for sewing and stretch the drawstring to ensure it measures around 44 inches. Everyone’s tension differs, so check the length and adjust if necessary.
4. Repeat this process for the second drawstring.

Step 2: Starting the Base of the Backpack

1. Switch to the 7mm hook and pick your main color for the bag’s base.
2. Begin with a chain of 21 stitches. In the second chain from the hook, single crochet, then single crochet in each stitch for 18 stitches.
3. In the last chain, make four single crochets to turn the corner. Continue up the other side with single crochet in each stitch (18 stitches total).
4. At the end, add three single crochets to complete the round and slip stitch to the first stitch to close the round. This is the only round you’ll close; all subsequent rounds will be worked in a continuous spiral.

Step 3: Building the Bag Body

1. After the base round, place a stitch marker on the front to designate the right side.
2. Round 2: Chain one, then single crochet around for a total of 44 stitches. Use a stitch marker to mark the end of each round.
3. Continue crocheting in continuous rounds (no joining) from rounds 3 to 18. This will build the main body of the backpack.
4. Once you reach round 19, flip the bag right side out, with the stitch marker on the outside.

Step 4: Creating the Drawstring Envelope

1. Round 19: To make an envelope for the drawstrings, half double crochet into the back loop only for each stitch around, marking the start of this round with a stitch marker.
2. In the next round, half double crochet into the front loop only from the previous round, ensuring you have a space for the drawstring to pass through.
3. You’ll now have two sides of an envelope with a space in the middle where the drawstring can slide through.

Step 5: Inserting the Drawstrings

1. Fold each drawstring in half, laying one on the left and the other on the right, with both ends near the bag’s bottom.
2. Starting with one drawstring, insert it between the two envelope sides, pulling one end through the space.
3. Repeat on the opposite side with the second drawstring, ensuring each string passes through the corresponding side holes.
4. To keep the strings in place, pull both ends through one of the half double crochet stitches on the bag’s side. Repeat with the other string on the opposite side.

Step 6: Sealing the Envelope

1. Round 20: Slip stitch both sides of the envelope together, encasing the drawstrings inside. Avoid crocheting over the drawstrings to ensure they slide freely.
2. Slip stitch around, making a total of 44 slip stitches to close the envelope. Then, tie off and weave in any loose ends.

Step 7: Joining the Drawstrings at the Bottom

1. Pull one end of each drawstring through the corner stitches at the bag’s bottom.
2. Use a sewing needle to join the drawstring ends securely, creating a continuous loop for each drawstring.

This drawstring backpack is a simple and enjoyable project for any crochet enthusiast, and it makes a fantastic gift for little ones! The soft and colorful blanket yarn is both durable and cozy, making it ideal for children.