Yarn: Uneek Worsted, 4x50g cakes
Monokrom Worsted, 3x50g cakes
Dimensions: width: top 21”/53.5 cm, bottom 18”/46 cm
height at sides and middle: 12”/30.5 cm, at straps 14”/35.5 cm
Needles: US 8/5 mm for body, circular or straight,
US 6/4 mm for base, US 2/2.75 mm for straps, both circular, any length to accommodate sts
Notions: Tapestry needle for grafting, stitch markers as
needed
Gauge: 18 sts x 30 rows in Half Linen St, unblocked = 4”/10 cm. Gauge is not crucial, but will affect the finished size of the work
Skill Level: Intermediate
Techniques: Knitting flat and in the round, Linen st, Wrapped
Flower st, picking up sts, grafting, I-cord BO
Flow along with the gradient color shifts of Uneek Worsted in this quick and colorful satchel bag. The motifs blossom from garden rows of wrapped flowers worked flat one from the next with no seaming. The base and straps are worked in a sturdy welt stitch in the round, the straps bound by I-cords on either side. The only. seaming are grafted joins at the satchel base and I-cord ends.
