A free video tutorial from August Craft guides you through every step of making this beautiful Crochet Hexagon Shoulder Bag, and the way those puffy floral hexagons lock together into a structured, wearable shape is genuinely magical!
The Hexagon Shoulder Bag
The Crochet Hexagon Shoulder Bag is one of those pieces that feels like summer light caught in yarn, airy yet structured, soft yet purposeful. Each hexagon blooms outward from a dense floral center, building into something that looks far more intricate than the hours it actually asks of you. This bag is made for the maker who loves a project with visible progress, where every square you finish is a tiny celebration. Whether you are a confident beginner or someone returning to crochet after a long pause, this design holds your hand without ever talking down to you.
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The color palette shown in the tutorial leans into warm golden yellows, sage green, dusty blue, and a crisp white that ties everything together with quiet confidence. You could just as easily reimagine this Crochet Hexagon Shoulder Bag in terracotta and cream for autumn, or lavender and butter yellow for spring markets. The beauty of a modular design is that your yarn stash becomes the mood board.
Materials and Tools
For a bag that holds its shape without feeling stiff, reach for a worsted weight cotton yarn, which gives the finished fabric that satisfying density without any unwanted stretch. The tutorial uses a 4mm crochet hook, which works the cotton firmly enough to create a bag body that will not sag under the weight of your everyday essentials. Cotton is particularly well suited here because it blocks beautifully, washes easily, and only improves with use, developing a softer hand over time. A yarn needle for weaving in ends between each hexagon join is your most important finishing companion throughout this project.
Stitch by Stitch
This Crochet Hexagon Shoulder Bag is built on a small, approachable vocabulary of stitches that you will know by heart after your first hexagon.
BULLET:Magic Ring (MR) The foundation of every hexagon, the magic ring lets you close the center tightly so no gap shows in the heart of your floral motif.
BULLET:Chain (CH) Used to create the initial framework of each round and to form the neat, slim shoulder strap that anchors the whole bag.
BULLET:Single Crochet (SC) This low, tight stitch appears throughout the border rounds and the strap construction, giving edges a clean and polished finish.
BULLET:Double Crochet (DC) The workhorse of the hexagon body, the DC builds height quickly and creates those lush, petal-like clusters that give this bag its signature texture.
Once you have worked through your first motif, the meditative rhythm of the DC clusters takes over completely, and you will find your hands moving through each round almost without thinking.
Construction
The Crochet Hexagon Shoulder Bag is assembled modularly, meaning you crochet each hexagonal motif individually before joining them together using a slip stitch join or a flat SC join along shared edges. The tutorial from August Craft walks you through the exact placement and joining sequence so the floral centers align symmetrically across the bag face. Once the front and back panels are joined and the sides are seamed, the strap is worked separately and attached at both upper corners for a clean, balanced carry. If you want a slightly larger bag, simply add one more row of hexagons to the bottom before seaming, and the proportions scale naturally.
Wearing Your Hexagon Shoulder Bag
Sling this Crochet Hexagon Shoulder Bag over a linen dress for a farmers market morning, or pair it with high-waisted jeans and a simple white tee for that effortless handmade-cool look. It is also a genuinely lovely everyday bag for carrying a journal, a few coins, your phone, and a pair of sunglasses through a slow afternoon. Every time someone asks where you got it, you will feel that quiet, particular pride of saying you made it yourself.
Keeping Your Hexagon Shoulder Bag Fresh and Beautiful
Because this bag is worked in cotton, it responds very well to a gentle hand wash in cool water with a mild detergent, and it will come out looking as crisp as the day you finished it. After washing, lay the bag flat on a clean towel and ease it back into shape before leaving it to dry away from direct sunlight, which can fade the warmer tones like mustard and gold over time. Blocking is worth doing at least once after the initial wash, as it evens out any slight tension variations between hexagons and makes the joins sit perfectly flat. Store it stuffed loosely with tissue paper to help the bag hold its body between uses.
Every Crochet Hexagon Shoulder Bag you make is a small, wearable record of the hours you chose to slow down and create something with your own hands. Save this to your Pinterest boards and share your finished bag with the hashtag so the whole crochet community can celebrate it with you.
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Tutorial and photos of this hexagon shoulder bag by: August Craft & Crochet.
