SIZE

Completed bag
measures 43cm
wide and 38cm
deep.
MATERIALS
Eight 50g balls of
Rowan Purelife
Organic Cotton DK
in Oak Bark 995.
Pair of 3.75mm
knitting needles.
Cable needle.
Four 38mm buttons
- RW5004 from
Bedecked (www.
bedecked.co.uk).
130cm x 60cm piece of lining fabric and same size
piece of wadding. 95cm of 4cm wide petersham
ribbon. Call 01484 681881 for yarn and book
stockists.
TENSION
22 sts and 30 rows to 10cm over st-st
using 3.75mm needles.
ABBREVIATIONS
alt alternate; beg beginning; cm
centimetres; cont continue; C11F sl
next 6 sts onto cable needle and hold
to front of work, k1, [p1, k1] twice,
sl centre st (of original group of 11
sts) back onto left needle and p this
st, then k1, [p1, k1] twice from cable
needle; Cr2L sl next st onto cable
needle and hold to front of work, p1,
then k1 from cable needle; Cr2R sl
next st onto cable needle and hold at
back of work, k1, then p1 from cable
needle; foll following; inc increase; k
knit; MB [k1, p1, k1, p1, k1] all into next
st, turn, p5, turn, k5, turn, p2tog, p1,
p2tog, turn, sl 1, k2tog, psso; m1 make
one st by picking up and working
into back of loop lying between st
just worked and next st; p purl; patt
pattern; psso pass slipped st over;
rep repeat; RS right side; sl slip; st(s)
stitch(es); tog together; WS wrong
side.
SIDES (make 2)
With 3.75mm needles, cast on 85 sts. Beg with a
RS row, work in garter st (k every row) and inc 1 st
at each end of 2nd row and foll 3 rows, then on foll
alt row. 95 sts. Cont straight until side measures
13cm, ending with WS facing for next row. Next row
(WS) K15, * m1, [k1, m1] 5 times, k25; rep from * once
more, m1, [k1, m1] 5 times, k15. 113 sts. Now work in
patt from chart until all 50 rows of chart have been
completed, ending with RS facing for next row. Next
row (RS) K15, * [k2tog] 6 times, k24; rep from * once
more, [k2tog] 6 times, k14. 95 sts.
Cont in garter st until side measures 46cm from cast
on edge, ending with WS facing for next row. Cast off
knitwise (on WS).
GUSSET
With 3.75mm needles, cast on 17 sts. Work in garter
st until gusset ts down one row-end edge of side
piece, from cast off edge to cast on edge, across cast
on edge, and then up other row-end edge to cast off
edge, ending with WS facing for next row. Cast off
knitwise (on WS).
HANDLES (make 2)
With 3.75mm needles, cast on 21 sts. Row 1 (RS)
K5, sl 1 (for fold line), k9, sl 1 (for other fold line), k5.
Row 2 Purl. Rep these 2 rows until handle measures
46cm, ending with RS facing for next row. Cast off.
TO MAKE UP
From lining fabric, cut same size pieces as sides and
gusset, adding 1.5cm seam allowance to all edges.
Cut same size pieces from wadding. Tack wadding
to WS of lining fabric and now treat as one layer.
Matching ends of gusset to cast off edges of sides,
sew gusset to row-end and cast on edge of sides.
Fold 8cm to inside around entire upper edge and
slip stitch in place. Fold handles along fold lines
and join row-end edges so that seam runs centrally
along handle. Cut petersham ribbon into 2 equal
lengths and thread a length through each handle,
securing ends. Sew handles securely to inside of
upper edge of bag, positioning handles 18cm apart.
Make up lining in same way as knitted sections. Slip
lining inside bag, turn under raw edge around upper
opening edge and neatly slip stitch in place. Attach
buttons at base of handles as in photograph.
Taken from Casual Classics by Rowan (7.95)
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