Pump Up the Plaid Dumplin’ Bag

Description

Knitters know that you can never have too many bags! Carrying your projects in a bag that coordinates with a previous Irocknits Designs project, with the colors of your current cast on or with your favorite colors can be a fun way to carry your knitting with a little extra flair.

Plaid: the pattern that adds flair to every outfit. – anonymous

IMPORTANT NOTE: This is a checklist pattern. Each round is written out for easier tracking and checkboxes are placed for marking off upon completion. However, this makes the pattern significantly longer. Check to see the pages you want to print before starting. I used white for the inside of the casing but you can use any color and mix and match the two sides with different colors.

PATTERN NOTES: This bag is knit first as a flat bottom rectangle in garter stitch and then picked up around to join to the sides and set aside. The body of the bag is knit end-to-end and also picked up along the edges for a graft to the base of the bag. Finally, the top edge is picked up to complete the double knit top casing. I highly recommend matching the weight of your yarn to the pattern yarn weight that is recommended. (For example: this pattern recommends DK weight yarn = 256 yards 234 m per 3.5 oz 100 g). Using a skein with significantly fewer or more yards will result in a different product.

SAMPLE: Knit in Brown Sheep Prairie Spun DK weight (100% wool; 256 yds/100g) per ball) using colorways MC Denim Jeans 70 g/180 yds; Swallowtail Butterfly 67 g/172 yds; Dewdrop 62 g/159 yds; Half & Half 12 g/31 yds, weighing a total 230 g and using 542 yds.

You can purchase matching shoelaces from Amazon for the drawstrings or make an Icord.

Link for felt box insert (6 colors): https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DP2FMX1Y?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title&th=1

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Tech edit and graphic design by Corrina Ferguson.

Test knitters were Beth Arner, Tracey Henick and Helen Woodcock.