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Free Knitting Pattern: Stretchy Mesh Bag

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mesh bagsReusable 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. 

Comments

  1. 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! =)

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Knit a Classic Aran Cardigan with this Free Knitting Pattern

Not too long ago I did a test knit for another designer that was for a cabled cardigan. It’s really cozy and nice but it just about broke me in a ton of different ways. I couldn’t get gauge, which I suppose is my own problem, but mainly I was somehow both bored and forced to pay attention at the same time. 

Because it used the same cable all over, I always had to know what row I was on, but nine out of ten of those rows, nothing in particular was going on. So I couldn’t stop paying attention, but what I needed to attend to was boring. 

It may have ruined me for knitting cabled sweaters, but maybe I just need something that’s more engaging. Like this Modern Aran Cardigan pattern from Lion Brand Yarn. 

This is a reworking of an old pattern from their archives, and you can tell that form the classic look of the cables and the oversized feel (nothing cropped about this one!). It has allover cables, but like a classic Aran sweater it’s not the same cable, so you’ll have to pay attention to what row you’re on and what cable turns happen for which cables on that row. 

Because of this, it’s considered an intermediate knitting pattern, but if you’re comfortable working from multiple charts at once it shouldn’t be a problem for you. There are three different charts and seven different cable moves. 

Also because the pattern is so big and boxy there are only two sizes available, with a finished chest measurement of either 49 or 63 inches (that’s 124.5 or 160 cm). It’s up to you to decide how much ease you would like and whether that will work for your body. 

The pattern uses worsted weight yarn (and calls for another classic, Lion Brand Fisherman’s Wool). It calls for six buttons and includes pockets to make it extra cozy. 

This one looks like a great winter project to make and to wear if you’re up for a bit of a challenge. You can grab the free pattern or buy a kit with the yarn needed direct from Lion Brand Yarn. 

[Photo: Lion Brand Yarn]