Project created in June/July 2023 - Shared Oct 1, 2023 and featured at Knit City Vancouver 2023
Inspired by knitted bag examples seen online - I present the Four Corner Market Knit Bag.
Built on a circular sock machine using knitted tubes, this off machine assembled project allows for the reinforced convenience of flexible yet robust knitted accessory.
VERSION ONE: Purple and Grey Wool
Created on the 96 slot cylinder with two needles removed at both halfway marks, a tube of 250 rows was knitted on the CSM. A total of 6 equal length tubes were knitted (2 pink, 4 grey). Two of those 6 tubes were further finished by folding and seaming them vertically to create the reinforced bag strap that was later attached to the finished bag. Each tube measured 14cm wide and 71.5cm long.
MAKE A TUBE INTO A CLOSED ENDED PANEL: Off the machine the tubes began and ended with scrap yarn, so the first action was to close the tubes by simply putting one live loop into another creating a lovely finished flat end. This method of closing a tube is also outlined in the BRAVE BUNNY youtube video I made.
The final two prepared panels were vertically seamed to create the reinforced handles of the bag. Once they were ready they were attached on each of the bag triangular points.
FINDINGS: The bag is a bit long and slightly narrow. Next version to have much shorter panels, perhaps a little wider.
VERSION TWO WILL BE SHARED SOON.