First Attempt at a Knit Basketweave Tote Bag
I have a bunch of patterns that I’ve knit and never gotten around to putting here on my website. I need to get better at doing that and I think a lot of these projects I am going to post my notes in a blog post. These are not finalized, polished pattern pdfs that you can download. They are just my notes in a blog post. Pretty much this is what I put together for myself to knit these projects. There might be details missing about yarn to use or explanation of stitches but if you knit I’m guessing you can figure it out. If not you can always send me an email and I can try to answer your question.
The first project in this collection of patterns is this little knit basketweave tote bag. I plan on releasing this as a pattern in the future with some more polishing of the pattern and small changes I want to make to size and starting of the baseketweave body. Until that happens I still wanted to get this rough pattern out to anyone wanting to knit this for themselves.
For this project I used some #4 medium weight yarn. I had a ball of Herrschners Worsted 8 Specks in the color Pink Punch in my yarn room so I used that along with a US 8 16″ circular knitting needle.
Here is what I came up with for the pattern to knit this little bag:
Cast on 64
Round 1-5: Knit
Round 6: (K8, K2tog, BO 12 (put remaining stitch back on left needle) K2tog, K8) repeat ()
Round 7: (K9, CO 14, K9) repeat ()
Round 8-12: Knit
Basketweave:
Round 1-4: K2, (P5, K3) repeat from () to last 6 sts, P5, K1
Round 5: (K1, SSK, YO, K3, YO, K2tog) repeat from ()
Round 6: Knit
Rounds 7-10: P3, (K3, P5) repeat from () to last 5 sts, K3, P2
Round 11: K2, (YO, K2tog, K1, SSK, YO, K3) repeat from () to last 6 sts, YO, K2tog, K1, SSK, YO, K1
Round 12: Knit
Repeat rounds 1-12 to desired length
Put right sides together and do a 3 needle bind off to finish bag
The SLY Stitch Sampler Throw
Sorry for the long delay between posts on the stitch sampler throw I was knitting back in August and September.
After I finished the second section I kept on going and went through the remaining sections without making blog posts. I am finally making myself sit down and get the entire throw pattern posted here for everyone to knit that wants to knit one. The finished throw ended up measuring 52″W x 64″H and used just over 4-1/2 balls of Herrschners Worsted 8 Heathers yarn. The throw was a lot of fun to knit and the yarn was great to work with. I used US 10 needles to create a knit fabric that has a really nice drape.
Enjoy knitting this throw. I really enjoyed making it. Head on over to the pattern page to download the free pattern. SLY Stitch Sampler Throw
Section 2 of the Stitch Sampler Throw is Completed
This morning I finished the 2nd section of stitches on my stitch sampler throw while I watched the F1 race on tv. The second section has a diamond lattice stitch that creates a really cool texture with knit and purl stitches. This section did give me a little bit of a challenge because there was a few times where I’d get to the end of the row and be off by stitches because I messed up a knit or purl stitch earlier in the row. I would have to knit back and fix that stitch and then reknit the rest of the row.
I ended up knitting 37 rows in this section and that gave it a length of 6″. Between section 1 and 2 I knitted 4 rows to act as a border between the 2 sections. Here is the pattern for this section.
Divider Rows between section 1 and 2:
Knit 4 rows
Section 2 – Diamond Lattice Stitch:
Row 1: K12, (P1, K5) to last 12, P1, K11
Row 2: K8, P2, (K1, P1, K1, P3) to last 14 stitches, K1, P1, K1, P2, K9
Row 3: K10, (P1, K3, P1, K1) to last 8 stitches, K8
Row 4: K9, (P5, K1) to last 9 stitches, K9
Row 5: K10, (P1, K3, P1, K1) to last 8 stitches, K8
Row 6: K8, P2, (K1, P1, K1, P3) to last 14 stitches, K1, P1, K1, P2, K9
Repeat Rows 1-6 5 more times
Repeat Row 1
Premier’s New Yarn Spice Shop
Earlier this week Premier teased a new yarn was releasing at the end of the week and I couldn’t wait to see what the new yarn was going to be. Finally Friday got here and I saw the new yarn on their website and it instantly had my heart. This yarn looks like it will be perfect for knitting my Ross hat in the #5 weight version. They are calling the yarn a #6 weight yarn but the yardage to weigh is similar to some of their other #5 weights. I guess I’ll see what its like when I have the yarn in my hands. Spice Shop is a self striping 80% acrylic 20% wool blend roving yarn. There’s 109 yards of yarn in the 100 gram ball. There’s 10 different colors in the collection and I love all of them but these 4 colors are the ones I really, really like and will be the first to go on my needles.
I hope my order gets here pretty quickly because I’m really excited about these yarns.
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Completing the First Section of the Stitch Sampler Throw
I did it! The first section of stitches of the stitch sampler throw is now complete. Well it’s been completed for a few days now but I am just now getting some time to get the update posted here. I couldn’t put this section down and had it done in just a couple of days. I’m trying to get through 2 sections of stitches each week. That should keep me on track to have this completed by the end of September. Just in time for the cool fall weather here in Wisconsin.
The first section of stitches is a broken rib basket weave section and it ended up being approximately 5″ long. I did have intentions of making every section of stitches 6″ long but I decided to mix it up and the lengths will vary based on the stitches. Here is the pattern for this section of the throw.
Row 1: K7, (P1, K2) repeat stitches in () to last 8 stitches, P1, K7
Row 2: K7, Purl to last 7 stitches, K7
Row 3: K7, (P4, K2) repeat stitches in () to last 11 stitches, P4, K7
Row 4: K7, Purl to last 7 stitches, K7
Row 5: K7, (P1, K2), repeat stitches in () to last 8 stitches, P1, K7
Row 6: K7, Purl to last 7 stitches, K7
Row 7: K7, (P1, K2, P3) repeat stitches in () to last 11 stitches, P1, K2, P1, K7
Row 8: K7, Purl to last 7 stitches, K7
Repeat Rows 1-8 3 more times (total of 32 rows knitted for this section)
The Beginning of the Stitch Sampler Throw
I spent my Sunday afternoon picking out different knitting stitch patterns to use in my stitch sampler throw. I picked 9 different ones that will make up the blanket. I intend to make each stitch section approximately 6″ long. I’ll make posts as I complete each section of stitches.
The first section of the throw is the bottom border edge. For this portion I casted on 192 stitches on US 10 knitting needles. I’m using Addi Rocket Squared circular needles (Amazon Affiliate Link). I’m using a 60″ circular needle for this project.
For the bottom edge I knit all the stitches for 16 rows. This gives a bottom border edge that is approximately 2-1/2″ long.
