Svelte Satchel

This svelte satchel takes my addiction to felted bags with hardware to a new level! When I designed this bag, I tried to add as many hardware pieces as I could while creating a stylish handbag! I added buckles, grommets, purse feet, D-rings, and hooks! If all this hardware is not for you, most of the pieces are optional. The knitting part of this project would be a great one to take along to the movie theater.  It is straighforward to knit with three rectangles of stockinette stitch! 

Yarn: Nashua Handknits Julia, 50 g skeins, approximately 97 yd/88 m (alpaca/mohair/wool)

8 balls in color # 8118 (Espresso) and in color # 8126 (Dried Lavender)

Needle: US #8.00 (5 mm) needle or size needed to obtain gauge

Gauge: 16 sts and 21 rows to 4"/10 cm in Stockinette Stitch BEFORE FELTING

This pattern is available from Hilltop Yarn Store.

Comments

[Annie Driscoll]

I couldn't find this pattern on the Hilltop Yarn Store site. In general, I'd like to see bigger, clearer pictures of the finished bags before buying the patterns. They look great, but it's very hard to tell from these tiny pictures!

I bought the Office Bag primarily because of the better picture on the Craft zine blog.

[Monica Brown]

Hilltop Yarn store is in the process of getting all their patterns on the website. Hopefully in a month or so, they will have 40+ patterns available on their website! As far as the photos, I can take some more detailed shots in a better light and e-mail them to you. Just let me know!