
Hobo Shopping Bag
This is also a great beginner knitting pattern that comes together nice and easy. You'll enjoy improving your knit and purl stitches while you create a super cute hobo bag you can be proud of. Even experienced knitters will enjoy this project for it's ease and versatility in color combinations and embellishments. Unleash your creativity and knit a colorful and useful shopping bag!
This is a great project to use up left over cotton yarns too!
Skill level: Beginner
Materials: 300 yards of cotton yarn
16 inch size 7 circular needle
Yarn needle
Stitch marker
Buttons or other kind of embellishment
Gauge: Not given.
Stitches used:
K = knit
P = purl
P2tog = purl 2 stitches together
Inc = increase by knitting into the front and the back of the stitch
Bag base:
Cast on 120 with blue
Round 1 -25: Being careful not to twist, place a marker to designate beginning of round, K in each stitch around, slipping marker as you come to it.
Round 26 -42: Change to white. K in each stitch around slipping marker as you come to it.
Round 43 -68: Change back to blue yarn, K in each stitch around slipping marker as you come to it.
Round 69: (handle set up) K 15, P 30, slip the next 30 stitches to a holder, turn work and cast off 30, K1, p 26, k 32, turn, cast off 30, remove the marker as you come to it.
Handle
Row 1: K in each stitch to end.
Row 2: K 2, P2tog, P to last 4 sts, P2tog, K 2.
Row 3: K in each stitch to end.
Row 4: K 2, p to last 2 sts, K 2.
Row 5: K in each stitch to end.
Repeat rows 2 -5 until you have 10 sts on the needle.
Repeat row 3 and 4 for 8 inches, ending with row 3.
Decrease for tie
Row 1: K2, p2tog, p to last 4 sts, p2tog, K2.
Row 2: K in each stitch to end.
Row 3: repeat row 1.
Row 4: repeat row 2.
Row 5: K 2 p2tog twice, K1.
Row 6 and 7: knit across.
Cast off.
Other Handle
Slip the stitches that are on the holder and repeat as for the first handle.
Putting it all together
Sew up the bottom seam. Sew buttons or pins as you would like. You can also line the bag to help hold its shape.