Askville Knitters--a pattern for a knit shopping bag?

Askville Knitters--a pattern for a knit shopping bag. All my crunchy friends have been decrying plastic shopping bags. I would like to make a knit shopping bag, market bag, whatever you call it, for each of them.

I have located many patterns online and I see advantages to each. Too many choices! I just want something which will work up relatively quickly to knit several times over.

Does anyone have any experience with a pattern for this that they would recommend, or have any opinions about such that might help me choose? Thanks! Asked by LarssenAbdo 41 months ago Similar questions: Askville Knitters a pattern knit shopping bag Arts > Sewing, Craft & Hobby.

Similar questions: Askville Knitters a pattern knit shopping bag.

Knit up the plastic bags to make a shopping bag My daughter cut plastic bags into strips and used those as the "yarn" for a basic knitted shopping bag. She used large needles in the round so she had no seams except on the bottom. She also made a handle from the same materials/technique that she stitched onto the bag.

Colorful, recycled materials, crafty and GREEN. Makes this boomer mom proud ... here's a link to her blog with info on how-to and the pattern used. allthatglitters.typepad.com/all_that_gli... .

I have two! Go to knitty.com" rel="nofollow">knitty.com and click on archive. Then pull down the menu on bags.

For your purposes, I'd recommend French Market if you want something that's felted and therefore more durable. The quickest and easiest would be Everlasting Bagstopper. Have a great time - in fact I think I'll make a couple more myself!

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I have done this one! iliveonafarm.com/1bag.html I worked this one in "kitchen cotton". I did double strand for the bottom, then single strand for the lace pattern, but I don't remember exactly what size needles.

The trellis pattern is a pretty simple repeat that does not require alot of attention. I thought it worked up pretty fast. Sources: free pattern central.Com .

The best site for free patterns Try: knittingpatterncentral.com/directory.php Click on 'Bags, Totes and Purses" and voila! Plenty of patterns to choose from. The main directory will also give you lots of free patterns of all kinds.

If you like crochet: crochetpatterncentral.com/directory.php Same deal: hundreds of different patterns. Not only that, but some of the patterns are also linked to other knitting/crochet web sites, like Lion Brand's or Bernat, Knitting Daily, etc. It always has new patterns added and it's been a great resource to me for ideas as well as patterns of all kinds. I hope you will like it.

Happy Knitting! .

I hope this helps I don't personally have experience knitting a shopping bag but I would like to suggest you consider a felting pattern since it will be much stronger and won't stretch as much as "regular" knitting pattern will. You should check out Pursenalities: 20 Great Knitted And Felted Bags by Eva Wiechmann. I'm not sure if there is a shopping bag pattern in that book but I do know there is at least one pattern which could be modified to a larger size.It's the hobo bag in the beginning of the book.

I've made this purse and it is done in the round so it is fairly easy and I doubt it would be difficult to do in a larger size. I do have filed away in my pattern folder a market bag pattern which I found online. I've not made this bag but it doesn't look difficult.

It is a free pattern from How Stuff Works - The large and small felted market bags are versatile and attractive. I've seen other shopping bag patterns that are fish net or open and I really don't think that is the greatest idea. You want something which will hold up and a felting pattern will help you achieve that.

If you have a good yarn store in your area you might want to stop in there since they might have some great ideas for you. If I find anything else I'll post in the DB. Sources: home.howstuffworks.com/free-purse-knitti... ~Lyn~'s Recommendations Pursenalities: 20 Great Knitted And Felted Bags Amazon List Price: $19.95 Used from: $7.02 Average Customer Rating: 4.0 out of 5 (based on 22 reviews) Pursenality Plus: 20 New Felted Bags Amazon List Price: $19.95 Used from: $8.76 Average Customer Rating: 3.5 out of 5 (based on 4 reviews) .

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