Free Crochet Rice Bag

By: Vicki Plunkett from gratefullyinhisgrace.blogspot.com

Indulge in some quality rest and relaxation with this Free Crochet Rice Bag. Hot packs like this are always good to have around the house because you never know when you will need to soothe tired muscles. Work this free crochet pattern up using any color yarn you want. It's an easy pattern to complete using yarn, a little bit of rice, and a nylon stocking. Once you're done, simply place it in the microwave for about a minute to heat it up and voila! You've got yourself an instant homemade hot pack.

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Easy

Crochet HookG/6 or 4 mm hook

Yarn Weight(4) Medium Weight/Worsted Weight and Aran (16-20 stitches to 4 inches)

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Zeemer

Aug 30, 2018

Good design idea for my crochet store. I will probably make several of this to sell to my friends and relatives this Christmas season. Great!!! Will look great in different colors.

mmrb3618686

Jan 16, 2018

I need one of these rice bags ASAP and will have to make at least one soon. After my seizure this year, I still have extreme pain in the upper part of my left arm. Using my heating pain is just not comfortable enough to help ease the pain. Thank you for this pattern.

Hippie Chick

Dec 04, 2017

Oh, how I could use one of these right about now. With all of the extra going up and down our stairs trying to get the house decorated for Christmas and all of the reaching and stretching to put the ornaments on the tree, my joints are beginning to fill it the last few days. This sounds like it would help.

Daughter of Light

Oct 31, 2017

Such a simple but soothing and comforting item...a rice bag! This one is made in such cheery colors too. I can think of several people in my own family who would appreciate one of these as well as a few shut ins with various ailments who would like one too. Very nice that they include the directions on how to heat it up as well!

Hippie Chick

Oct 31, 2017

Hopefully youre not a clutz like me, and always bumping into things and getting bruised and banged up. This hot pack is made with Sugar n Cream cotton yarn. This yarn is so soft and it is so easy to use. I actually prefer to use cotton yarn in anything that I make. The nylon stocking liner is a great idea.

Cheryl Y

Oct 30, 2017

I have made about a hundred of these little Rice Bags and have for years. This is a cute pattern for the Crochet Rice Bag. I don't use the nylon stocking, I use cotton socks and have used left over cotton fabric I had from the sewing closet. Another thing I have done differently is I leave a opening at the top so the rice bag can be removed and the cover can be washed. I use velcro close the opening. Rice is the best medium I have seen it makes a nice moist heat that works great to help sore muscles or for a ear ache there are so many ideas using the rice bag. Just don't get it wet. These will last for years and years. Thank you so much for this free crochet pattern.

Morehouse17

Sep 30, 2017

These are great to have around for those of us that are people that play sports or have people in the house that do. I have used the concept and just placed the rice in a sock but this is way cuter.

JaneEK

Jul 31, 2017

Ive used homemade rice bags for many years so I feel obligated to issue a warning. Ive recently switched to a commercial poly bead version because my homemade one almost caught fire in the microwave. Im not sure if it was the humiditiy, or that I had repeatedly nuked it without changing the rice, but Im just glad I was standing nearby when it happened. And I was using plain white rice, too, not whole grain.

elocin1104 2800379

Jun 06, 2017

This is amazing! I see all different kinds of hot picks like this, but I have never seen one with a crochet cover! It is such a good idea to make, and have on hand at home! It would also be good to sell at a craft fair! I have seen sewn hot bags sell like crazy! Has anyone tried to sell these? I would be interested to know if they sell well or not.

Hippie Chick

Apr 14, 2017

Very good idea. I was wondering how the rice was kept from falling out between the stitching. The many uses of stockings and pantyhose will never cease to amaze me. Just wondering how does the hose hold up in the microwave being heating. I know you wouldnt use acrylic yarn for a project that is used near heat so wondering if hose is the best choice?

Delphine Bryant

Mar 29, 2017

This crochet rice bag is a wonderful gift idea. I have used the rice bag in a sock for a while, and always looking for a place to hide it when not in use. Having this can be a part of the dcor if you crochet the bag in hues that compliment your home.

Cheryl E

Jan 13, 2017

Having sewn dozens of rice bags of all sizes out of fabric, it is nice to see one crocheted. I suspect it would be safest to use a cotton yarn to crochet with since acrylic yarns have a potential to off gas when heated. Great gift idea. Suspect the rice in a crocheted bag would need some confinement other than a nylon stocking. Maybe a thin cotton summer sock, or muslin bag might be helpful as an inner bag to stop the rice or other fill from migrating out of the crocheted bag.

lyndab81 5654457

Jan 13, 2017

We have been doing a great deal of furniture moving recently. This results in aches and pains in places that have been overused. My neck and shoulders often feel strained and I long for somethings to ease that. I would not use a nylon stocking but a tube of cotton would be easy to make. What do you think? Gift ideas too - excellent.

Zeemer

Aug 22, 2016

I thought this is an ordinary throw pillow but it's actually a hot pack with a beautiful crochet cover. The procedure includes a stocking together with rice and yarn. Isn't it dangerous to put a nylon stocking in a microwave oven?

Shyanha

May 08, 2014

I caution against heating nylon or other synthetic fibers in a microwave.

ajsgirl529 9333903

Feb 11, 2014

I am making mine with Bernat Scents! I have camomile, rose petal, aloe, lavender, and powder! Really excited to see how it turns out!

janice1838 8158188

Dec 12, 2013

I made about 10 of these for Birthday/Christmas gifts their real easy to make some of mine are tighter then others but it was o k It would work for longer ones as well as this size the ones i have gave to for their Birthday's like them I hope they will work a long time for them i heated one to check out how hot they got everyone should test after the one minute time mine was to hot for the 1 1/2 minute i thought all Microwaves are different.

rosiesbak 9154198

Nov 05, 2013

I got the pattern with no problem.

ckayak

Nov 04, 2013

No pattern

shotpusher1962 741 0263

Nov 03, 2013

There is no pattern, just ads.

normi 8724737

Nov 03, 2013

I can't get to the pattern either.

lytehouz 3480983

Nov 01, 2013

I am going to make a long one for my neck and put in a long tube sock. I am pretty sure it will work. My mom sews these out of cotton for her friends all the time. I think the crocheted cover would make it nice and it could double as dcor.