Meet Lottie.
She's a satchel. (or she will be by the end of this week. Probably sooner than that.) I am gifting her to my childhood best friend who happens to be coming for a visit this weekend.
I used a bigger button for Lottie. If yours is smaller, feel free to do 5, 4 or 3 stitch buttonhole. I did mine according to the tutorial on knittinghelp.com and reinforced the ends.
Lottie is my own modification of this pattern.
Gauge/Needles:
I used fingering weight yarn on 3mm needles.
I got approximately 7 sts. x 11 rows for a square inch.
Abbreviations:
k - knit
p - purl
MC - main colour
CC - contrasting colour
Co - cast on
Bo - bind off
sts - stitches
Making Lottie is simple:
- Co 40 in CC
- 3 rows in stockingette stitch. (knit a row, purl a row)
- k 17, 6 stitch buttonhole (a one row hole), k 17
- k 40 (second row of garter stitch.)
- *k2, p2* (repeat from *) ending with a knit pair
- *p2, k2* (repeat*) ending with a purled pair
- repeat these two rows until ready to switch colours. It's really up to you when you'd like to switch, I did 8 rows
- Switch to MC
- k every row (garter stitch) until work measures 9-10 inches long, or however long you'd like
- Bo 40 sts.
- Seam both sides, leaving the top flap to fall down over the pocket.
- Sew button on where buttonhole meets front of pocket.
- Embellish as desired. If you used 100% wool, you can felt it with a load of towels in a hot wash, and air dry, OR just hand wash in hot water with a bit of soap and lots of agitation (spoons? maybe a scrubbie?) until it shrinks to desired size/felts to desired texture.
Isn't she cute?
