Crocheted Market Bags: Cotton vs. Acrylic

I make two crocheted market bags, one out of 100% cotton, one out of 100% acrylic. Then I test them out. How do they stack up?

For those of you interested in crocheting a similar bag for yourself, here is a link to download a free PDF of my pattern for these bags!

[sophiehuggan]

Thank you for comparing the yarn . because a lot of people would say use cotton but it can be expensive so using acrylic is another good way thank you

[vajee]

That rainbow color yarn turned into a gorgeous bag👍🏻

[leleslie]

Thank you! I am making mine with acrylic because I have a lot of it and some are colors given to me that I don't particularly like for any project. This will work and I appreciate your experiment and video of the results.

[rachelmullins]

This is cool. The cotton looks exactly like when i make plarn mesh bags. Pretty! Cotton is nice, but expensive. Id maybe make one as a gift to mom, but tjats about it lol

[Anna-uunn]

Your voice is so relaxing! And thanks for doing this- i only own acrylic yarn at the moment and I wanted to make a market bag! I think I will go ahead and do it!

[rosahodge]

Thank you for doing that comparison. I have alot of acrylic yarn but was not sure if it could be used for market bags. You have answered the question. Yes. great video.

[joniewert]

Thank you so much for doing this experiment. I am a relatively new to crochet and doing market bags is something I want to try. I don't want to have to buy new yarn so learning that they both work is helpful. Thank you.

[VanMoona]

Thank you for sharing your experience. I have been wondering how using acrylic yarn would hold up for these bags!

[PYAngel]

Wow!! Thank you so much for doing this experiment. This was soooo helpful!! 😄 I had been wondering this very thing. Thanks again!

[joyceandraysmith]

I appreciate your sharing that test with us....sooo interesting. informative.

[MamaMia-yebe]

I’d like to know if it’s true that cotton will hold more weight than the acrylic. I’ve always heard cotton is stronger

[julieloemakto]

It's very useful information.. Thank you! 😍

[elizabethmitchell]

love this video so glad it came up in my feed Thanks for the comparison

[adamarlem]

Beautiful, I'm formative, concise 🧶tutorial.The sun 🌞will not deteriorate the acrylic as the cotton will.If you are making something for patio, outdoors, in direct sunlight, etc.

[Tanacarroll]

Thank you and I just printed out the pattern. I think I’m going to try the acrylic. 😊

[flipmck]

Thank you! The cotton vs. acrylic battle is so frustrating.

[quieda]

When you wash the acrylic its honna stretch and relax bigger.

[stayshaE]

Thanks for this video I been wondering about how this would work out.

[korinaxletsou]

Can I ask you something? How do we adjust it if we want to make it bigger/wider?

[dellmktr]

Tq for sharing the comparison. Ever thought of using homemade/ manual plastic recycled yarn?