Today’s guide is all about the Crochet Cherry Sling Bag, a soft, structured little bag that carries the sweet weight of handmade care in every stitch. Pull up your favorite yarn and let this one grow between your hands.
The Cherry Sling Bag
The Crochet Cherry Sling Bag is the kind of accessory that makes people stop you on the street to ask where you bought it, and the answer, made it myself, feels impossibly good to say. It sits with an airy yet structured shape, the flap curving like a smile trimmed in soft ruffled edging, with a pair of bold red cherry pompoms nestled right at the center. The whole piece carries a nostalgia that feels both vintage and fresh, like something you might find pressed between the pages of a summer memory. It is designed for the maker who loves a project with personality.
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The dusty teal blue shown in the video by @vivi_crochet is nothing short of dreamy, but this bag translates beautifully into any palette you love, think warm terracotta with cream ruffles, soft sage with blush, or a deep navy that makes the cherry red pop even harder. The strap is long enough to wear crossbody or looped shorter over one shoulder, making the Crochet Cherry Sling Bag genuinely versatile across outfits. Pair it over a floral blouse and denim shorts the way it appears in the tutorial, or let it rest against a sundress for something a little softer.
Materials and Tools
To make the Crochet Cherry Sling Bag, you will want to reach for a worsted weight cotton or cotton-blend yarn, which gives the bag that satisfying body and slight structure without feeling stiff. The video tutorial works with what appears to be a chunky-to-worsted cotton in the teal colorway, and a 4mm or 4.5mm crochet hook will give you a tight, clean fabric that holds its shape beautifully as a bag. Cotton is recommended over acrylic here because it blocks well, resists stretching under the weight of everyday contents, and has that slightly matte, artisanal finish that makes handmade bags look intentional. You will also need a smaller amount of pink or cream yarn for the ruffle trim, red yarn or pre-made pompoms for the cherries, a tapestry needle for finishing, and a stitch marker to track your rounds.
Stitch by Stitch
The Crochet Cherry Sling Bag draws on a handful of foundational stitches that are satisfying to work and accessible to anyone with a few projects under their belt.
BULLET:SC (Single Crochet) The workhorse of the bag body, worked in tight, even rows to build that firm, structured base that gives the bag its shape.
BULLET:DC (Double Crochet) Used in the flap section to create the fan-like shell pattern that fans outward in a soft, scalloped arc.
BULLET:CH (Chain) Foundational chains begin the bag and form the long adjustable strap that loops over the shoulder.
BULLET:SL ST (Slip Stitch) Used to join rounds cleanly and move across stitches without adding height, keeping the edges neat and invisible.
Once you find the rhythm of alternating the SC body with the DC fan flap, the whole bag takes on a meditative quality, your hands falling into a quiet, predictable pattern that lets your mind wander while the bag grows steadily in your lap.
Construction
The bag is worked in flat panels rather than fully in the round, beginning with a foundation chain for the rectangular body and building upward in rows of SC to form the main pouch. The fan-stitch flap is then worked separately or continued from the top edge of the body, fanning out in DC clusters that create the signature curved shape you see in the finished Crochet Cherry Sling Bag. The ruffle edging is added as a final border round, using a contrasting color to outline the flap in that pretty, frilled finish. If you are newer to bag construction, this is a wonderfully forgiving project because the flat panels are easy to count and correct, and you can always adjust the starting chain to make a slightly wider or narrower bag to suit your preference.
Wearing Your Cherry Sling Bag
Sling the finished Crochet Cherry Sling Bag over a breezy floral top and high-waisted denim shorts for that exact cottagecore sweetness the tutorial captures so well. It also works beautifully as a small evening bag when worn with a linen slip dress, the cherries acting as a playful, unexpected focal point against something minimal. Finishing this bag genuinely feels like completing a tiny wearable sculpture, and once it is on, you will not want to put it down.
Keeping Your Cherry Sling Bag Fresh
Because the bag is worked in cotton yarn, it responds very well to a gentle hand wash in cool water with a mild detergent, which will keep the colors vibrant and the fibers from distorting. After washing, reshape the bag by hand while it is still damp, laying it flat on a towel to dry so the structure stays true and the fan flap holds its curved shape. If your bag flattens slightly over time from regular use, a light steam block with a damp cloth and iron on low heat can revive the shape beautifully. Store it stuffed loosely with tissue paper when not in use so the body keeps its rounded, upright form between wearings.
Every stitch you put into a Crochet Cherry Sling Bag is a small, quiet act of making something the world did not have before, and that matters more than any store-bought version ever could. Save this post to your Pinterest crochet board and share your finished bag so the whole community can cheer you on.
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Tutorial and photos of this cherry sling bag by: Vivi Crochet 🌷.