| free knitting pattern - a felted biggy print bag |
Jimmy started this bag on Memorial Day weekend and was finished a week later!! She's planning
to make different versions for the holidays - Christmas, Valentines Day, etc...
You can purchase as a kit here.
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Finished Measurements: 16x12x4 inches
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Materials
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Gauge
- In stockinette stitch, 1.5 stitches = 1" (the gauge is not critical)
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Directions
Bottom
- CO 30 sts using 244 Glum.
- Knit 7 ridges of Garter Stitch (basically knit until you are out of the 1st ball).
- Bind off.
Body of Bag
- Using color 244, pick up the stitches along 4 sides of the bottom (you'll probably pick up around 27 on each long side and about 7 on the short sides, but the numbers aren't critical).
- Working in the round, knit every row until you've finished the 9th ball of color 244.
- Using the Chocolate Brown, bind off.
Adornment
- Using the Chocolate Brown and a Darning Needle, create a whipstitch-like edge up each of the 4 vertical corners (you'll basically start each edge at a corner of the bag's bottom).
- Using the Chocolate Brown and a Darning Needle, embroider some fun designs onto the body of the bag.
Bag Handle Straps
- Using the rest of the Chocolate Brown and the 19 needles, cast on about 20 stitches.
- Knit every row until you almost run out of yarn - maybe about 10-15 rows.
- Bind off.
Finishing
- Sew in all ends.
- Place the completed bag and the bag handle straps into the washing machine.
- I ran the machine on "hot/cold" and "heavy duty" cycles and included a few towels and running shoes in the load.
- I ran the load through the wash cycle twice & then let it go through the rinse cycle... i didn't let it spin!
- Pull the bag out, stuff it with some plastic grocery bags and then let it dry in the sun (of course, i used a hair dryer for a bit, cause i was so anxious!)
- To attach the Wicker Bag Handles, cut 4 vertical pieces out of the felted Chocolate Brown swatch & sew them to the inside of the bag.
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