Cotton bags

Recently I knit two small bags in cotton yarn from my stash on size 000 needles. One is small and sized to hold my iPod shuffle and its headphones. The other is larger designed to fit the iPhone, but ended up bigger than that and can probably hold a whole lot more.


The small one is 60 stitches around. The color pattern is pulled a bit too tight, but the fabric it made is lovely.

The larger one is 80 stitches around and I wrote out the pattern. The tension is better, but it has some really long floats (I chose not to anchor them) that show some indication that it may be too loose.

Some of the tensions issues on both bags can probably be improved by blocking them which I may or may not do.

The cords on both bags are 4-strand braids. Bring left strand under 2 strands to the right and back over 1 strand to the left, bring right strand under 2 strands to the left and back over 1 strand to the right. The structure is similar to Viking whipcord but I didn't have the set up for that where I was braiding.

Moorish Stockings for Summer Part III

I finished the Moorish stockings the other evening. Tonight I took pictures. They aren't quite as long as I'd like them to be, but I didn't have more yarn and I can't get more in that color. They will, however, be good enough for taming my Moorish pants in the summer months.

The pattern:

Cast-on 80 stitches. Knit until desired length or you run out of yarn, bind-off loosely.

Easy-peasy and boring.