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Mon, Nov 27, 06 at 11:25
| I've not posted on this forum before, but 'slipped' over (little knitting humor) from the quilting forum. I've knitted most of my life since being snowed in as a child with a bored grandmother, who taught me how to play canasta AND knit. I recently went to an estate sale and bought the worlds largest bags of yarn, for $4.00 each garbage bag size! I went through them and bought only those with wool yarn, but find myself now the owner of a lot of yarn whose color I'm not fond of. So, I figured I'd make some market bags....but bigger and taller than those I've seen the patterns for...I'd like something substantial that I could drag around my knitting or quilting in. I thought I'd knit it in the round, with a separate bottom that I'll sew in....to give it a flat bottom...and, one strap from side to side, so I can stick it over my shoulder.
Has anyone a pattern of this ilk, or has anyone made one similar? I've just knitted a swatch (double threads of knitted worsted on 7 1/2 needles and felted it....I could still see the stitches, so I'm felting again. |
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- Posted by threejsmom (My Page) on Mon, Nov 27, 06 at 12:29
| There's a French Market Bag among the patterns in the link below. Are you using 7.5mm needles (US 10 3/4)? If your swatch is having trouble felting, you may want to go up a needle size. The looser knit will help it felt faster. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Felted patterns
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- Posted by grannymarsh (My Page) on Mon, Dec 25, 06 at 22:21
| That's a great link, I've earmarked it in favorites . Thanks for sharing. |
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