Description
This almost three hour video (2:42:02 run time) takes you through every step of making Ms Moneybags.
The PDF pattern is NOT included, buy it here (or on Ravelry).
(If you bought the pattern any time before March 2025 then you’ll find it has been updated on Ravelry and you can download the newer version there. If you were a member of the 2013 club in which this was first released and you don’t have access to a copy on Ravelry, please contact me and I will provide an updated version to you.)
Ms Moneybags is a small but mighty project, you’ll practice lots of skills along the way and you can significantly vary the appearance with your stylistic choices.
Ms Moneybags comes with multiple design options for the colourwork. Pick whichever you prefer or use the provided “blank” chart to invent your own design. You need a purse frame and some fabric to complete your bag, have fun choosing complimentary styles and colours to fit the theme of your knitted shell.
Skills Covered
- Provisional Cast On
- Colourwork
- Tethering floats
- Steeking
- Blocking
- Lining a knit shell with fabric
- Attaching hardware
Materials
- 0.2 skein of Vintage Purls Tannahill yarn (100g/396m) in background colour.
- 0.2 skein of Vintage Purls Tannahill yarn (100g/396m) in foreground colour.
- 2.00mm needles or size that gives you gauge. Choose needles appropriate for your chosen method of knitting a small circumference in the round: Magic Loop, two circulars, or double point needles.
- Purse frame approximately 10cm wide, 4.5cm deep. Ensure the frame has holes on the front face for sewing into.
- A small quantity of felt or other non-fraying material and matching thread for lining. A 20cm (10î) square of felt will be adequate.
You can use a quilting cotton or similar for the lining but you will need to allow extra so that you can hem your lining before installation. Alternatively you can fuse a light interfacing to the reverse of the fabric to stabilize it. - A sharp needle for sewing your knitting into the frame. Ensure the head will fit through the holes in your frame and that the eye is big enough to accept your yarn.
- Pins or clips to help with assembly.
- A regular hand-sewing needle and thread to assemble the lining.
- A stitch marker.
- A scrap of waste yarn for a provisional cast on.
- A tapestry needle for weaving in yarn ends.
Gauge
40 stitches and 96 rows in 10cm in blocked Knubbly Tweed pattern.
40 stitches and 50 rows in 10cm in blocked stranded colourwork.
Size
This pattern is designed to fit a purse frame 10cm (4î) wide and 4.5cm (1æî) deep.
The finished purse is about 9cm high and about 11cm wide.
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