This bag uses just one ball of yarn, making it a very cheap project, also a great stashbuster, if you’ve got several unused balls of double knitting yarn in your stash, you can use those, knit in stripe, or knit plain to show off yarns with interesting textures or colours. As a bonus, if yarn is used from your stash the bag will match the garments you’ve knitted already, making it a matching accessory! I used a ladder yarn from my stash that is also beautiful rainbow colours.
You Will Need :
1 x 100g/312m ball ladder, novelty or double dnit type yarn
A pair of 4mm needles
A 4mm circular needle
bamboo bag handles
Fabric for lining 12½x6¼in (32x16cm)
Tension
22 sts and 28 rows to measure 4x4in (10x10cm) over stocking stitch using 4mm needles
Abbreviations used in this pattern:
cont continue
K knit
k2tog knit 2 sts together
m1 make one stitch, pick up the loop between the next st and put it on the needle and knit it
psso pass slipped stitch over
skpsso slip next st, knit one, pass slipped stitch over
st(s) stitch(es)
st st stocking stitch
tbl knit through the back of the st
yo yarn over needle
yf yarn forward
Instructions:
Bag Top
Cast
on 22
sts using 4mm needles.
Beg
with a knit row work 14 rows of st st, thus ending
on a WS row.
Next
row (RS)
K into the back and front of each st.
[44 sts]
Next
row Purl.
Working in St st Inc
1 st at each end of every foll row until there are
54 sts, ending on a WS row.
Next
row K5,
m1, * K4, m1; rep from *, end K5. [66
sts]
Next
row Purl.
Break
yarn and leave sts on a stitch holder.
Work
2nd side in the same way but do not break yarn
at the end.
Next
row (RS)
Using 4mm circular needle, K across
66 sts, then K across 66 sts from the stitch holder
being careful not to twist the work. Using
a stitch marker work in rounds of your pattern
until the work measures 6¼in (16cm) from
the beg of the circular knitting.
Cast
off loosely.
To make up:
Turn
bag to WS and sew up the bottom
edge. Turn to right side.
If you wish you can decorate a plain knit by sewing on buttons and beads in any
design you like on the shoulder of
the bag.
Fold
the bag tops over the bamboo handles to the
WS and catch stitch in place.
Fold
the lining fabric in half and sew up the side seams
by machine or hand. Put inside the bag with
the WS together. Fold a hem on the top of the
lining and catch stitch in place starting at the top
of the circular knitting.
And there you have a very simple but stylish bag.
I'd love to see a photo of your finished bag :)