Creative Knitting – August 2019

TYPE OF FELTING

Knitted machine felted

STEP ONE

The bag is knitted using two

strands of yarn held together as

one and is worked in rounds from

the handle down, with the bowl

of the bag knitted from stitches

picked up from waste yarn.

Leave long ends/tails (10-15cm)

when changing yarn colours or

embroidering on items to be felted.

Tie these ends together and weave

through the back of work; loose

ends can unravel during the felting

process and holes may form.

HANDLES AND TOP OF BAG

Using 9mm circular needles and

holding 2 strands of CC2 as one,

cast on 93 st using knit cast on

method.

To create the twisted mobius strap,

turn your cast on row (around the

needle), so you have one twist before

joining ends together to create the

round. Form the round by slipping

the last cast on stitch over the first

cast on stitch, place stitch marker to

indicate end of round. 92 st.

Round 1 & 2: using 2 strands

CC1, K.

Round 3 & 4: using 2 strands

MC, K.

Round 5: K 55, using a contrasting

waste yarn (2 strands 8 ply), K

next 37 st, leave a tail and cut

waste yarn, transfer these stitches

back to left needle and then knit

the waste yarn stitches with MC.

These stitches will be later picked

up to form the bowl of the bag.

Round 6 & 7: using MC, P.

Round 8 & 9: using 2 strands

CC1, P.

Cast off purlwise, using 2 strands

CC2.

BOWL OF BAG

Using 9mm circular needle, pick

up the 37 st from each side of

the waste yarn on the purl side of

the handle plus 2 extra stitches

from each end. 78 st. Remove the

waste yarn.

Round 1: using 2 strands of MC, K,

place stitch marker.

Round 2: * K2, Kf&b, repeat from *

to end. (104 st).

Round 3-34: K.

Round 35-41: using 1 strand MC &

1 strand CC1, K.

Round 42-47: using 2 strands

CC1, K.

Round 48-53: using 1 strand each

CC1 & CC2, K.

Round 54-58: using 2 strands

CC2, K.

Shaping the base – as the stitches

decrease change to 9mm DPNs.

Round 59: using 2 strands of CC2;

* K6, K2tog, repeat from * to end

(91st).

Round 60: K.

Round 61-63: using 1 strand each

CC2 & MC, K.

Round 64: * K5, K2tog, repeat from

* to end (78 st).

Round 65-67: K.

Round68:using2 strandsMM*

K4, K2tog, repeat from * to end.

(65 st).

Round 69 & 70: K.

Round 71: * K3, K2tog, repeat from

* to end. (52 st).

Round 72: K.

Round 73: * K2, K2tog, repeat from

* to end (39 st).

Round 74: K

Round 75: * K1, K2 tog, repeat from

* to end ( 26 st).

Round 76: K.

Round 77: K2tog, repeat to end

(13st) cut yarn and thread through

the remaining stitches, pull up

tightly and tie off.

Embellish bag as desired,

photographed bag has been

embellished with embroidered

motifs and knitted handle

embellishments

FINISHING

Place in a pillow case and machine

wash with detergent and HOT

water. Place in the same wash

cycle a few items such as jeans to

help with the agitation.

The heat, detergent and agitation

all combined will felt the bag. Rinse

in cold water.

Yarns available.

Nundle Woollen Milll

http://www.nundle.com

Ph:02 6769 3330

WILD WINTER BERRIES

FELTED TOTE

Designed by Diane Leftwich for Nundle Woollen Mill

Materials

Nundle 8 ply Pure New Wool,

50gm ball

4 x Main colour (MC) Red

2 x Contrast colour 1 (CC1)

Cerise

2 x Contrast colour 2 (CC2)

Hot Pink

2 buttons or small felt balls

Tools

9mm circular needles 60cm

long

9mm double pointed needles

set DPN

Wool sewing needle

Stitch marker

Tension

13st by18 rows per 10cm, using

2 strands of yarn and 9mm

needles with stocking stitch.

Special Abbreviations

Kf&b: increase by knitting into

the front and the back of the

next stitch

K2tog: decrease by knitting 2

stitches together

WHATYOU'LL NEED

SKILL LEVEL

MEASUREMENTS

PRE-FELTING (NOT INCLUDING HANDLE): 45CM WIDE, 44CM HIGH

AFTER FELTING: 36CM WIDE, 30CM HIGH

intermediate

Design note: This yarn felts

wonderfully; substituting this

yarn will give a different result,

and may not felt.