Bag Knitting Patterns Made with Sock Yarn

I’ve been writing posts for a while about things to do with sock yarn that aren’t socks, and this month’s installment is bags. In keeping with the season and the idea that you might be wanting to use up some stash or leftovers from other projects, these are mostly tiny bags to hold little things. They don’t take a lot of yarn or a lot of time to knit but will make you smile every time you use them.

>> BTW, have you seen the cute bird made of leftover yarn? <<

Because we’re knitters, we should knit ourselves something every now and then (or even more often) so why not also knit something that you can use while you’re knitting? This yarn cozy from Melina Bell (free on Ravelry) is a great way to hold a cake of yarn together while you knit, and the Jaywalker Wrist Yarn Holder from Tammy Imhoff Designs (also free on Ravelry) makes it easy to knit on the go as your yarn ball can hang from your wrist.

Fuzzysox Designs has a free pattern on Ravelry for a bag to hold your dog poo bags, and Olga Olach (Ravelry again!) has a free pattern for a cozy for your iPod case.

How about a dice bag, or a bag for little treasures of another sort? Check out the pretty little Gnomish Dice Bag from I Cast Mending on Etsy. It has a cute little picot edging and is super quick and easy to knit. The designer says it holds two sets of dice, or if you have a ton of dice you can organize them by color and keep each color in a coordinating bag.

Or try the Dragonskin Dice/Treasure Bag from Michaela Jandacek, which you can find on Ravelry. This free pattern uses slipped stitches with the yarn held in front to evoke dragon scales, and uses a twisted cord as a drawstring.

Megan Nodecke’s Parlour Trick pattern is made to fit a deck of cards, but you could use it for other treasures. It has a flat bottom and comes in various sizes to hold playing cards, trading cards or tarot cards. You can find the pattern on Ravelry.

The bento bag from Ozetta on Etsy is shown worked with two strands of yarn held together, which you can also do, or use a single strand and just work it to whatever size you need. These bags are great to use as gift wrapping because they become part of the gift and can be reused.

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You probably know by now if you’re a regular reader (and if you’re not, welcome!) that I love a knitting pattern that’s a little silly or a little different from the usual. Classic patterns are great, too, but sometimes you just want to make something with a bit of whimsy. And when it’s super functional, too, that’s even better.

That’s the case with the Bananen-Socken pattern from Susanne Shahin. These banana socks are one of those patterns no one seems to be totally sure where it came from, and this free pattern on Ravelry explains how she makes them based on how she learned it.

It’s a sock that’s curved and when not on a foot it looks rather like a banana. There’s no heel, and you can use whatever number of stitches you need to make it fit your foot. If you’ve knit enough socks to know how many stitches you like you can just use that number, or the pattern notes include sizing charts to help. (It needs to be multiples of 2 for the ribbing.)

After working a traditional cuff, the body is made with ribbing on the back and welts (or what the pattern calls horizontal ribbing) on the front, which is what gives it the curved shape. There’s no heel, but there is toe shaping, but for the leg and the foot you just keep working the same pattern as long as you like.

I’m a little skeptical about how these socks will feel with ribbing on the bottom of the foot, but I’m definitely intrigued and will probably give them a try.

The pattern notes are available on Ravelry in English, German, French, Italian and Spanish. If you head to the pattern page you can see a photo of what it looks like on a foot, and it just looks like a normal sock.

Have you ever knit banana socks or do you want to now? I’d love to hear your thoughts!

[Photo: Susanne Shahin]

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