A Knitted Bag for Knitting
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Knit your very own bag for your knitting projects! This is a large knitting project bag for blankets, sweaters, shrugs, ponchos and more.
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About the Pattern
Available Sizes: One
Pattern Format: Written Pattern, No Chart
Skill Level: Advanced Beginner
PDF Format: Printer Friendly
Pattern Name: Restoration
Techniques
Here are some of the knitting skills you need to know before getting started:
Knit Flat (Back & Forth) & Knit in the Round
Knit & Purl Stitches
Decrease Stitches
Yarn & Substitutions
Yarn Weight: Super Bulky
Yardage: 270 – 280 yards (247 – 256 meters)
Suggested Yarn: Lion Brand Wool Ease Thick & Quick
Needles & Notions
Needle Size: US 13 (9mm) Circular Needles with a 32” (80cm) Cable
Extras: Stitch Marker
Gauge
9 STS & 13 rounds per 4” (10cm) square, knit in the pattern below
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Details
Measurements: 18 1/2″ Wide x 26 1/2″ (47cm x 67cm)
Gauge: 9 STS & 13 rounds per 4” (10cm) square, knit in the pattern below
Weight: 16oz (460g)
Knitting Abbreviations
*– * – repeat between * to end of round
BO – bind-off in pattern
CO – cast-on (long-tail cast-on method)
K – knit stitches (K1 means to knit 1 stitch)
K2TOG – knit 2 stitches together
P – purl stitches (P2 means to purl 2 stitches)
PM – place marker
RS – right side
SSK – slip, slip, knit, Slip the first stitch to the right needle knit-wise, slip the second stitch to the right needle knit-wise, insert the left needle into the back of the 2 slipped stitches and knit together.
STS – stitches
WS – wrong side
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Pattern Instructions
Knit in the round.
CO 80 STS, PM, join in the round.
You’ll need to scootch the stitches around for the first couple of rounds, then it gets easier.
Rounds 1-49: *K*
(About 2 skeins of yarn)
Handle:
Row 50 (RS): K40 STS. Put the other 40 STS on a scrap piece of yarn to work later.
Switch to knitting flat, work 1/2 of the bag at a time:
Row 51 (WS): *P*
Row 52 (RS): K2TOG *K* SSK (decrease 2 STS on each row)
Repeat rows 51 & 52 until you have 12 STS remaining
Next row 1: *P*
Next row 2: *K*
Repeat the above 2 rows (stockinette stitch) 5 times
Next row: *P*
BO in all knit STS (or you can save them for later to sew the handles together using the kitchener stitch)
Repeat the above steps for the other handle:
Slip the 40 STS from your scrap piece of yarn onto your needles
Repeat starting from row 50, K40 STS (except you won’t have any STS to save for later)
Using your prefered method, sew the handles together
Weave in the ends.
No blocking necessary.
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