Free Knitting Patterns: Bags, Purses & Totes
A knitted bag or tote makes a great beginner or intermediate knitting pattern. Bags tend to be relatively simple to make and are useful year round. From knitted reusable groceries bags to evening clutches to felted bag. And with a felted bag, you don't need to worry as much about the uneven stitches or mistakes in your knitting, as when you felt it, those things will just vanish. This makes the felted bag ideal for the new knitter.
Flower Basket Bag
Beginner/Intermediate. Excerpted pattern from How To Knit Beautiful Bags: 22 Gorgeous Designs by Sian Brown.
It's My Bag, Baby Market Bag
Intermediate. This sturdy bag is made with roughly 350 yards worsted/aran on sizes US 6 & 7 and worked bottom up.
Gauge: 4.25 stitches per inch or 17.0 stitches per 4 inches.
Pollyanna Purse
Intermediate. This fun & sturdy purse is made with under 250 yards of worsted weight yarn and size US 7 needles.
Gauge: 5.0 stitches per inch or 20.0 stitches per 4 inches.
Funner Summer Beach Bag
Intermediate. This bag uses roughly 450 yards of worsted weight yarn and size US 8 needles.
Gauge: 4.25 stitches per inch or 17.0 stitches per 4 inches.
Rose Briar Bag
Intermediate. This market bag uses roughly 350 yards of worsted weight yarn and size 7 needles.
Gauge: 5.0 stitches per inch or 20.0 stitches per 4 inches.
Chevron Market Bag
Intermediate. This fun market bag uses about 350 yards of worsted weight yarn and size 7 needles
Gauge: 5.0 stitches per inch or 20.0 stitches per 4 inches.
Best Friend Purse
Intermediate/Advanced.
Gauge: 8.0 stitches per inch or 32.0 stitches per 4 inches.
Market Bags, Felted
Beginner/Intermediate. A hand-knit market bag is just the thing for a trip to the neighborhood farmers market.
Falling Leaves Felted Bag
Intermediate. This bag is knit using the intarsia technique, so both colors can be worked at the same time.
Gauge: 4.5 stitches per inch or 18.0 stitches per 4 inches.
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