Nomad Bag in Crochet

Nomad Trio in Antique Rose (small), Red (medium), and Garnet (large and my personal fav!)

Nomad Bag in Crochet

(141C)

Difficulty: Easy

Sometimes you just want a soft bag that drapes over your shoulder and wears like a broken-in pair of jeans. This bag is that bag in crochet!

These great-looking, slouchy bags in the Hobo genre are easy to knit, felt, and finish. With three imminently practical sizes, they are also easy to wear and use. The hardware, available from JUL, is interesting and gives the finished bag a fresh look that is comfortable on the shoulder or in the hand. I attached the handle rings to the bag with the handle tabs using four rivets, which makes the finishing quick as well as giving the bag a polished appearance. However, sewing the tabs is also a great option. The built-in zipper tabs make putting in a zipper easy and trouble-free.

Use the small size for wallet and keys (or a great-looking lunch sack) and the medium for everyday use. The larger bag is perfect for women who find themselves gravitating toward those larger totes that allow them to carry all the essentials in one bag. A great Noni Classic pattern.

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Shepherds Wool Worsted

(SW-)

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$13.25 to $13.95

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ON SAAAALE $13.25 per skein for in-stock yarn from now until Noni closes. The price for colors I have to order is $13.95. I will be ordering out-of-stock colors on May 30 and shipping as soon as it comes in.

IMPORTANT: If the color you want is sold out, get in touch. I can special order it for you but the discount for special orders will only be 10% - I cannot extend additional discounts to special orders.
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ON SAAAALE $13.25 per skein for in-stock yarn from now until Noni closes. The price for colors I have to order is $13.95. I will be ordering out-of-stock colors on May 30 and shipping as soon as it comes in.

IMPORTANT: If the color you want is sold out, get in touch. I can special order it for you but the discount for special orders will only be 10% - I cannot extend additional discounts to special orders.

Shepherd's Wool by Stonehedge Fiber Mill is a 3-ply worsted weight yarn made and milled in Michigan by a family-owned and run company. The yarn is fabulously soft, made from fine Merino top. There are 17 saturated solids from which the all the heathers and marls are created for a complete palette of delicious colors.

The yarn is perfect for felting, making it my first choice for felted bags and flowers. Because the colors are so vibrant and alive, Shepherd's Wool worsted and fingering was also my pick for many of the flowers in Noni Flowers - the Shepherd's Wool flowers always look at the peak of floral perfection, rather than garish and overly bright or too muted for flowers at their best.

But it is much more than a great felter: we feel this yarn rivals some top brand Cashmeres, making it wonderful to knit with and a pleasure to wear, even next to bare skin. Once you knit with this yarn, you will find an excuse to make mittens, sweaters, gauntlets, Ella Coats, and hats out of it. You'll find yourself saving even tiny bits so you can make crazy ski beanies out of it. You might not want to knit with anything else . . .

Each 4 oz skein contains 250 yds (228.5m) and knits at about 5 sts/inch on US size 6 - 8 needles.

Finished Dimensions

Small Nomad Bag

8" (20cm) square bottom
7" (17.5cm) wide opening
8" (20cm) tall

Medium Nomad Bag

12" (30cm) square bottom
12" (30cm) wide opening
11" (27.5cm) tall

Large Nomad Bag

14" (35cm) square bottom
14" (35cm) wide opening
15" (37.5cm) tall

Pattern Difficulty

Intrepid beginner: Requires knowledge of basic crochet stitches, increasing and decreasing, working in the round, and some simple hand-sewing.

Gauge

Pre-felted gauge: 11 stitches and 13 rows = 4" (10cm) using double strand of worsted weight, felting yarn.

Materials

Yarn Requirements

720 (1275, 2045) yards [658 (1165, 1869)] meters

Hooks and Other Requirements

Size L (8mm) hook
Locking Stitch markers
8 double capped rivets
Sewing needle
Nylon sewing thread
'A Noni Design' label
Noni 30" (76cm) custom YKK zipper with 2 bottom stops
JUL Silk Road Explorer Stainless Steel Handle for small nomad
JUL Botanical Explorer Leather Handle for medium and large nomad

Pictured Samples

All bags were made using Stonhedge Fiber Mill Shepherd's Wool. The small bag is shown in Antique Rose, the medium bag is shown in Red, and the large bag is shown in Garnet.

Let us put a custom hardware kit together for you. Contact us for details and pricing.

A very few crocheters have reported needing more than 9 skeins of Shepherd's Wool to complete the largest size bag. Please make sure you purchase enough yarn. We recommend buying knitting insurance with most bag purchases (1 skein extra in the main color).