Free Knitting Pattern: Stretchy Mesh Bag

Reusable bags are great, and it seems like you really can never have too many of them. Once a month or so it seems like all of ours disappear, either because they’re in the back of someone’s car or they never got unloaded or they went upstairs, never to be seen again.

This Stretchy Mesh Bag (available as a free download from Ravelry) from Rhonda Hoffman is one bag you would work hard to keep track of. It’s a pretty easy pattern, worked bottom up and from the center of the bottom out. The mesh is made by doing double yarn overs on one round and dropping the extra yarn over on the next round (one yarn over is compensated for with a decrease).

This is a pattern that would also work up really quickly and would be useful to keep in your purse or car for whenever you might need a stylish shopping bag.

[Photo by Rhonda Hoffman.]

Looking for more Mesh Bags to knit? check these knitting patterns out.

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I’ve shared a lot of Christmas stocking knitting patterns over the years (see posts 1, 2, 3 for example) but what if you want to knit a stocking for a non-human member of your family. If you’re looking for Christmas stocking knitting patterns for your cats or dogs, this is the post for you.

These large paw print stockings are perfect for either dogs or cats, so they’re great to knit if you have both. They are worked in the round using DK weight yarn, and the stocking measures about 17 inches/43 cm from the top to the heel. You can get the pattern from nicolaluke.

The K4 Project has a super cute Kitty Christmas stocking pattern, which is worked in worsted weight yarn. They also have a dog version, or you can buy both and get a discount if you have both dogs and cats to knit for. Both projects have two patterns, showing how to work the stockings flat or in the round.

Put your dog into a Christmas scene with this stocking pattern from ifanhourChild. It shows a dog in a dog house in the snow, and has room for the dog’s name at the top. It’s worked flat using worsted weight yarn and the pattern includes charts for many small and medium dog breeds (there’s a separate listing for bigger dogs) so you can stitch a dog that looks like yours.

Annie’s Woolens has both dog and cat stocking knitting patterns that are worked in worsted weight yarn in the round. You can change up the colors to suit your pet if you want, and they come with an alphabet chart for personalization. Or you can stick with holiday colors and buy a kit to make the dog or cat stocking.

Waiting for Santa Paws is a pattern from Kate Agner on Ravelry that would be cute for a dog or a cat. It looks like a leg with a paw print on the bottom part of the foot and more paw prints running around the top of the leg. This is a great option if you don’t want to mess with a heel turn because it doesn’t have a heel, because dogs and cats don’t have heels so why would their stockings?

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Christy says
July 11, 2012 at 8:50 am
My mother in law made me something similar, which I love. Just make sure it only stretches out to the sides, if you can. Mine got longer and longer when I was at the farmers market until it was nearly on the ground!
I sewed in a liner to preserve the shape and now it works great! =)
sklepztkaninami says
September 10, 2013 at 6:20 am
I was excited to uncover this site. I want to to thank you for your time for this fantastic read!!
I definitely liked every bit of it and I have you bookmarked to see new things in your blog.

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