Twisted Loops

The new town has a lovely Saturday farmer’s market that I like to attend. However, since much of my stuff is back in Illinois, my usual farmer’s market bag also doubles as a knitting bag. Since I got tired of dumping my knitting in order to make my weekly trek to the market, I decided to knit up a few string bags.  This is the first one I knit.  It’s the Saturday Market Bag.  It was originally published in MagKnits, but now is available directly from the designer’s blog, or as a Ravelry download.

I really liked the stitch pattern on this bag.  Open and stretchy, but much more interesting than just a yarn-over, knit 2 together mesh.  I liked this one so much, I’ve already started another for my mom.  There may even be a few more for me in the future.

Pattern: Saturday Market Bag
Designer: Jodie Danenberg
Source: Strings & Yarn
Yarn: Peaches & Creme Solids
Quantity: part of a cone
Color: Delft Blue
Needles: Denise Interchangables US15, US11 and US10.5

Started: May 25, 2008
Completed: May 28, 2008
Pattern adaptations:

• Cast on 70 stitches using magic cast-on and size 15 needles.
• Knit the pattern the round.
• Knit 7 repeats of the lace pattern.
• Switched to size 11 needles. Knit 2 rounds garter stitch.
• Switched to size 10.5 needles and finished with two handles as documented by disdressed.

This bag was so fun to knit that I decided to try knitting a few of the different string bags that are out there. I’d like to be able to use them to replace some of the many plastic bags from the grocery store.  I’ll definitely do a comparison post when I’m done on the different patterns.