This little bag used to be my favorite pink t-shirt. When it got too holey to wear, I cut it into a long, one-inch-wide strip, starting at the bottom and cutting around and around in a sort of spiral. When it was cut, I stretched the strip and it curled in on itself to make t-shirt not-yarn.
It wasn’t enough to make a bag the size I wanted, so my stash offered up some pink yarns, which I knitted two strands at a time. The fuzzy stuff is Lion Brand Fun Fur.
How?
Handle: in t-shirt not-yarn, cast on 2. Knit every row until handle is desired length (about 8 inches in sample). Cut yarn.
In t-shirt not-yarn, cast on 3. Place one st on each of 3 double pointed size 13 needles. Arrange needles to knit circularly.
- Round 1: (knit 1, make 1) on each needle.
- Rounds 2 through 7: (knit across all but the last st, which is the m1 from the previous round, then k that st through back loop, make 1) on each needle. After Round 7, you should have 8 loops on each needle.
- Round 8: (knit across to last st, which is the m1 from the previous round, k that st through back loop) on each needle.
Continue knitting on 24 sts. If you want garter rows, purl every other row. Add new yarns as needed for desired length. For a fuzzy top trim, use Lion Brand Fun Fur, and (knit 1 round, purl 1 round) twice. Bind off. Darn in ends. Make a tassel and sew it to the bottom of the bag. Sew handle in place.
KALs—I love them! They keep me focused on projects, and so I finish stuff. Hurray! Oh, that’s the Gulf of Mexico in the background.