Kathy Augustine’s stellar carpetbag-style knitting bag, reminiscent of those popular in the 1930s, will hold all of your knitting paraphernalia—in style! (Interweave)

Materials

• Plymouth Yarn Homestead Tweed, 90% wool/10% Donegal wool yarn, worsted weight, 191 yards (174.6 m)/100 gram (3.5 oz) skein, 2 skeins of #525 Pale Moss
• Needles, circular 24 inches (60 cm) size 5 (3.75 mm) or size needed to obtain gauge
• Stitch markers
• Waste yarn
• Ravel cord
• Fabric, 100% cotton print of choice, 1 yard (0.9 m)
• Interfacing, 1¼ yards (1.1 m), EK130 Black Easy-Knit Fusible
• Sewing thread to match fabric
• Canvas, 7 mesh plastic, size 12 x 18 inches (30.5 x 45.7 cm)
• Belle Buttons by Dritz, 100% coconut button, #BB1109, 19/16 inches (4.0 mm)
• Lacis Wooden purse handles, 12 x 4 inches (30.5 x 10.2 cm) with a 10½-inch (26.7-cm) receiving slot, 1 pair
• Magnetic snap closure, 18 mm, 1
• Half-ball purse feet, 14 mm, 4

Finished size: 15 inches (38.1 cm) long along bottom, 10 inches (25.4 cm) tall to handle, and 3 inches (7.6 cm) wide

Gauge: 19½ sts and 25 rnds = 4 inches (10.2 cm) in Moss Stitch patt