Super Bulky Market-Side Bag Pattern

Years ago, I took a knitting class and the teacher handed out a pattern for a very simple string bag. I made one at the time, and thought it was the bee's knees.

I haven't been able to find the pattern again, anywhere.

So here is a modified version done in super bulky yarn.

It has short, soft, garter stitch handles for easy carrying, a stretchy, open-weave body for carrying capacity, a band of garter around the base to keep things from falling out, and a square base.

Needle size: US 10.5
Yarn: 1 skein Big Twist Yarns Natural Blend Solids
Skills needed: longtail cast on, cable cast on, knit (k), purl (p), yarn over (YO), knit two together (k2to), kitchener stitch

Instructions:
CO 60 with longtail cast on.
Join in round and place marker.

Handles
1. Purl.
2. Knit.
3. Purl.
4. Knit 7 stitches. BO 15. Knit 15 stitches. BO 15. Knit to end of round.
5. Purl to bound off stitches. CO 10 stitches using cable cast on. Purl to bound off stitches CO 10 stitches using cable cast on. Purl to marker. (50 stitches)
6 - 9. Work in garter stitch.


Body
1. Knit
2. YO, k2to. Repeat to marker.
Repeat Row 1 & 2 until YO section measures 6 inches.

Base
1 - 8. Work in garter stitch.
9. Knit.
10. Remove marker. Turn work. K1. Place marker. K13. Place marker. K2to.
11. Turn work. K1. Slip marker. K13. Slip marker. K2to.
12 - 20. Repeat Row 11.

Finishing
Kitchener stitch remaining stitches.

Enjoy!

Last Grandmother's Favorite

For years I have been obsessing about perfecting my execution of the classic, Grandmother's Favorite Dishcloth.

I've come to the conclusion that this might be impossible.

While my dishcloths are no longer oblong as they once were and now come out mostly square-like, I think it may not be possible to get the eyelet sizes to match perfectly on the increases and decreases. Also, a slight ridge is formed in the border, a result of the decreases.

So I shall begin obsessing about other projects now, and leave this vintage little pattern in the past.

Next up, Mitered Hanging Towel.

This dishcloth was knit on size 4 needles and used approximately half a skein of Lily Sugar'n Twists in Green.