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The Adventure Bag

(112)
Difficulty: Easy

Because these bags are unstructured, they must be worn like garments - they come alive on the body. The soft drape of each bag makes it relaxed enough to travel with you on any adventure, from the urban landscape, to a long anticipated evening out, to a spontaneous jaunt for a long weekend.

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  • Adventure Bags Trio (Large Autumn Gold, Medium Sage, and Small Pumpkin)

    Adventure Bag in Crochet Pattern

    (112C)

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    Because these bags are unstructured, they must be worn like garments that come alive on the body. The soft drape of each bag makes it relaxed enough to travel with you on any adventure, from the urban landscape, to a long anticipated evening out, to a spontaneous jaunt for a long weekend.

    These bags are all very simple in their basic construction. Perfect for the beginning to experienced crocheter. The only challenge, besides not being scared of how huge the Weekend Adventure bag is before you felt it, is putting the zipper in well, The pattern, however, includes detailed instructions, so don't let the zipper closure scare you away. You will love wearing these bags!

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  • Small Character

    Character Baguette Felted Cross Body Pack or Handbag

    (129-)

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    I was inspired by the fanny pack when I made this purse, but I wanted something that was softer and that could be worn like a shoulder bag, or a traditional fanny pack, and could also be worn as a soft, squashy cross body bag. 

    I love the versatility of this little pouch. Rivet the handle onto the purse end for a lighter, entirely different look. 

    Attach a JUL Flat Strap forager with chicago screws and you have yet another silhoette. Make a shorter handle out of a sleek, glossy fabric, sew it on with beaded stitches, decorate the purse with fabric roses, and all of a sudden you have a unique evening purse.

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  • Nomad in three sizes

    Nomad Felted Bag in 3 Sizes

    (141)

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    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.

    Available in 3 sizes, there is a size that will perfectly fit your purpose: the smallest bag is just right for a day-trip, a jaunt to the mall, for your lunch, or to tuck inside a big bag. It's the little bag you grab when you've got to make a quick trip. The medium sized bag is the classic all-day every-day bag. And the large size is a great tote for your knitting projects, a weekend escape, or for people like me who love a large bag even if all you've got in it is a set of keys.

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Finished Dimensions

Evening Adventure Bag

12” (30.5cm) wide across the front/back at bag bottom
3” (7.6cm) deep across the front/back at bag bottom
6 1/2” (16.5cm) tall

Urban Adventure Bag

15” (38cm) wide across the front/back at bag bottom
4” (10.15cm) deep across the front/back at bag bottom
9” (22.85cm) tall

Long Weekend Adventure Bag

20” wide across the front/back at bag bottom
6” deep across the front/back at bag bottom
14” tall


Pattern Difficulty

Intrepid Easy: Requires knowledge of casting on, knitting and purling, picking up stitches in knitted fabric, increasing and decreasing, knitting in the round on circular needles, and some hand-sewing during the finishing process.


Gauge

Pre-felted guage: 12 stitches and 16 rounds = 4" (10cm) in St st with a double-strand of worsted weight yarn.


Materials

Yarn Requirements

Evening Adventure Bag

654 yds (600m) Plum
150 yds (140m) Sage

Urban Adventure Bag

1,090 yds (996m) Brown

Long Weekend

1953 yds (1785m) Autumn Gold

Needles and Other Materials

Size 7 (4.5mm) double-pointed needles for the evening bag
Size 11 (8mm) 24" (60m), 32" (80cm) or 40" (100cm) circular needles
Size 11 (8mm) double-pointed needles
Sewing needle
Nylon beading thread
2 1 3/4" (4.5cm) purse rings
Noni 30" (76cm) custom YKK zipper with 2 bottom stops


Pictured Samples

All of the bags shown were created using Stonehedge Fiber Mill Shepherd's Wool.  Evening Adventure is pictured in Plum with Sage vine and leaves. Urban Adventure is pictured in Brown. Long Weekend is pictured in Autumn Gold.

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Long Weekend Adventure Bag

First Edition Patterns

Bag Body: When making the double stitches for the bag handle, put the stitches on a holder on the outside of the bag.

First through Fourth Edition Patterns

Fifth line in the Bag Body section: *K1, put 1 on a holder,* K4 (6, 11).

Abbreviation: m1 -- make one increase

Fifth Edition

Yardage information has been added to the pattern.

Bags and embellishments are made with a double-strand of worsted weight yarn. Our skein is ~210 yds.

9 skeins/1,890 yds in dark goldenrod
2 or 3 1.75-2"/4.5cm purse rings
30"/75cm zipper with two sliders


Urban Daily Adventure Bag

First Edition Patterns

Bag Body: When making the double stitches for the bag handle, put the stitches on a holder on the outside of the bag.

Knitted Shoulder Strap: The pattern mistakenly says to 'Work as an 8-stitch I-cord. . .' when it should say 'Work as a 6-stitch I-cord.'

First through Fourth Edition Patterns

Fifth line in the Bag Body section: *K1, put 1 on a holder,* K4 (6, 11). Abbreviation: m1 -- make one increase

Fifth Edition

Yardage information has been added to the pattern.

Bags and embellishments are made with a double-strand of worsted weight yarn. Our skein is ~210 yds.

5 skeins/1,050 yds in dark straw brown
20"/50 cm zipper with two sliders
2 1.75"/4.5 cm purse rings


Evening Adventure Bag

First Edition Patterns

The recommended yarn color for the optional vine embellishment is Cascade 220 Col. 9448. Bag Body: When making the double stitches for the bag handle, put the stitches on a holder on the outside of the bag.

Knitted Shoulder Strap: The pattern mistakenly says to 'Work as an 8-stitch I-cord. . .' when it should say 'Work as a 6-stitch I-cord.'

First through Fourth Edition Patterns

Abbreviation: m1 -- make one increase

Optional Vine Embellishment, First Half of Leaf: Work for 1.5", then form a leaf as follows: Put 1 st on a holder and use the other 2 sts to begin the leaf by Kf&b in each stitch (4sts). Purl all stitches.

Second Half of Leaf: The 2nd row should read "the second and subsequent odd rows".

The following text has been amended to clarify that you must join the one stitch on the holder with the two live stitches in order to work the 3 st I-cord: "Together with the one stitch that has been on the holder, work the 3 sts as follows: turn, knit, and continue the 3-stitch I-cord for another 1.5" before making another leaf."

Fifth Edition

Yardage information has been added to the pattern.

Bags and embellishments are made with a double-strand of worsted weight yarn. Our skein is ~210 yds.

3 skeins/630 yds in darkest aubergine
Optional vine embellishment: 1 skein/210 yds in mossy green
2 1.75"/4.5 cm purse rings
16"/40 cm zipper with two sliders