Sunflower Beach or Knitting Bag (No. 137)
The sunflowers are included in this pattern: make them to decorate the bag or just make them, lots of them and store your knitting needles in their stems. Make felted handles, or choose fabulous rolled leather handles from JUL with chunky 1.5", 2.5", or 3" rings-knitters choice. A little stiffener in the bottom to give the bag structure and some JUL "colors" bag feet and your finishing work is complete.
Pattern Difficulty
Intermediate. Requires knowledge of knitting, purling, increasing, decreasing, picking up stitches, and knitting in the round on circular and double-pointed needles.
Gauge
Unfelted gauge: 12 sts and 16 rows over 4"/10 cm.
Finished gauge: 16 sts and 24 rows over 4"/10 cm using a double-strand of worsted weight, feltable yarn on US 11/8 mm needles.
For an unfelted bag, use a single-strand of worsted weight cotton or other fiber on US9/5.5 mm needles or size to obtain gauge. There will be some variation in finished size if gauge differs due to different needle size, yarn type, or fiber content.
Knitting / Beach Bag
Yarn Requirements
2,200 yds / 2,011 m of worsted weight feltable wool in sky blue.
Needles & Other Materials
US 11/8 mm 16"/40 cm and 24"/60 cm circular needles
US 11/8 mm set of double-pointed needles
Sewing needle & like color sewing thread
Stitch markers
8 "Colors" bag feet in Turquoise Blue by JUL
2 "Big Cool Handles" by JUL
Sunflowers
Yarn Requirements
(makes 1 large and 2 small)
~ 420 yds/384 m color 1 Stem green
~ 630 yds/576 m color 2 Sunflower center, chocolate brown
~ 630 yds/576 m color 3 Petals, bright yellow-orange, or orange
1 ball color 4 Crystal Palace Fizz in mink (7342) or black (7321)
Scrap yarn or 3 16" or longer circular needles smaller than US 11/8 mm
Needles & Other Materials
US 11/8 mm, 6/4.25 mm or 7/4.5 mm double-pointed needles (smaller needles & a single strand of yarn = smaller flowers)
Split ring or clip st markers in two colors to use as holders
Tapestry needle, sewing needle, and sewing or beading thread.
