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Knit Purse Pattern

by Summer M.

Since I’m practically done with my pink and black purse (I still need a button though!) I’ve started working on another purse. This one is a simple striped purse that I’m putting together.

brown wool yarnWhen I was looking for a free pattern online I found several that were almost what I wanted, but none that were just right. So I decided to mix and match and come up with a pattern that fits what I wanted. Because it’s so simple there really wasn’t much to creating the pattern. But it creates a cute little purse that looks fine as it is or you can felt it. I’ve also toyed with the idea of adding some beads to the stripe, though I’m not sure yet if simple beads or something that dangles would look cuter. I’m doing it in autumn colors, so I’m leaning towards dangling some glass leaves off. But I haven’t decided yet.

I thought I would share the pattern here if anyone else wanted to knit up a quick purse. It is a simple design, a long rectangle done with straight needs that you fold in half and sew. You can either knit a long chain for the handle or buy a purse handle at a craft shop to sew on.

You will need:

  • US 7 needles
  • US 8 needles
  • Color A 200 yards wool yarn
  • Color B 100 yards wool yarn
  • Color C 80 yards wool yarn

Cast on 60 with US 7 needles using Color C and knit 2 rows of garter stitch.

Switch to US 8 needles. Stockinette stitch Color A for 3 1/2 inches. Switch to Color B for 3 1/2 inches. Switch to Color C and knit 2 rows. Back to stockinette stitch Color A for 2 1/2 inches. Knit Color C two rows again. Then stockinette stitch Color A for 9 1/2 inches. Now just reverse the pattern starting with 2 knit rows of Color C, 2 1/2 inches of Color A, knit two rows of Color C, 3 1/2 inches of Color B, then 3 1/2 inches of Color A.

Switch back to the US 7 needles and knit two rows of Color C then cast off.

Once you have the long rectangle done you simple fold it in half, right sides together, and sew the two side edges together. Add your handle and it’s all done. A fun and simple purse.

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Posted in knitting on February 11th, 2008

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