Pregnancy has DEFINITELY slowed down my knitting mojo. Between un-fun symptoms and pregnancy brain….I just can’t handle my normal volume or pattern complexity. But I hate having idle hands. So I perused my Rav queue and found a basic in-the-round cotton market bag.
Pattern: Everlasting Bag Stopper by Amy Singer
Yarn: Lily Sugar’n Cream in Yellow
The bottom of the bag is worked back and forth in garter stitch on very small needles (US 5s) and then you pick up around the edges of your rectangle to begin working in the round.
Then you switch to larger needles (US 10 1/2) and begin the lace section. This pattern is ULTRA easy to memorize. And who doesn’t love working in the round and not having to mess with purls, lol!
The only part of this project not knitted is the handle. The pattern calls for coordinating grosgrain ribbon or other strap material to be sewn to the top edge of your finished bag. Not sure which way I am going to go with this project.
Any suggestions?
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I love the bag! Just added it to my queue! And the color you picked is so happy! 🙂 not sure on the handle though
You could knit a decent handle strap in linen stitch, which is basically similar to woven fabric and won’t stretch out of shape.
Interesting! I do have lots of yarn leftover
It looks like a great beach/pool bag to me.
Love the bag in the happy yellow! I’ve knit the same pattern (in yellow and green). it’s a great bag.
Love the bag and color choice. I recently made a bag handle using the Tunisian (afghan) stitch. So far it’s held up really well.
I’ll have to YouTube that one!
That’s how I learned to do it.
Pretty! I generally wind up knitting or crocheting a strap instead of going out to buy ribbon/leather straps. That’s mostly just cuz I hate trying to find a good coordinating fabric though – and I don’t really like sewing.