Three Confections

3 Sweet Little Bags

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Difficulty: Easy

These sweet little bags are perfect for day trips, fun stops at the downtown mall, or strolls through a new city. The bags are fun, flirty, easy to make and finish, but big enough to hold the essentials: keys, wallet (within reason, you know), lipstick, and (for me) dark chocolate.

I have left these little bags unembellished, but that certainly shouldn't stop you from adorning them with the Noni flower of your choice. My picks? Tiny camellias or forget-me-nots.

Each of these bags requires the Arc Frame with Bag Feet Hardware Kit. Please see the Additional Details tab below for information about size, materials, and other important information.

Shepherds Wool Worsted

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I am delighted to let you know that Stonehedge Fiber Mill will continue to sell their gorgeous 100% USA-Made Merino to Noni! We began our businesses at almost the same time and became connected way back in 2008. Nonibags are best made with this yarn. I am excited about the ways that Stonehedge Fiber Mill is evolving and moving toward hand-dyeing. It's so exciting! More to come as they introduce new future colors and products!
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I am delighted to let you know that Stonehedge Fiber Mill will continue to sell their gorgeous 100% USA-Made Merino to Noni! We began our businesses at almost the same time and became connected way back in 2008. Nonibags are best made with this yarn. I am excited about the ways that Stonehedge Fiber Mill is evolving and moving toward hand-dyeing. It's so exciting! More to come as they introduce new future colors and products!

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

Raspberry Liqueur

9" (22.5cm) wide across bottom when laid flat
7" (17.5cm) wide across top just below beginning of flap when laid flat
Flap width: 6 1/2" (16.25cm).
Entire flap depth is 2 3/4" (7cm) before it is on the frame.
Inside flap depth once sewn on frame is 1 1/4" (3cm) 7 1/2" (18.75cm) tall from bottom to frame when standing up.

Candied Orange Rind

7 1/2" (18.75cm) wide when laid flat
1 1/2 - 2" (3.75 - 5cm) deep when standing up
9 1/2" (23.75cm) tall from bottom to frame when standing up.
Flap width: 6 1/2" (16.25cm)
Flap depth: 3" (7.5cm) before it is on the frame.

Maraschino Cherry

11" (27.5cm) in diameter when standing up
7 1/4" (18cm) tall from bottom to frame when standing up
Flap width: 6 1/2" (16.25cm). Entire flap measures 3" (7.5cm)

Pattern Difficulty

Intrepid beginner: Requires knowledge of knitting, purling, increasing, decreasing, knitting in the round on circular and double pointed needles.

Gauge

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

Yarn Requirements

Raspberry Liqueur

450 yds (412m) Hot pink

Candied Orange Rind

650 yds (594.5m) Orange

Maraschino Cherry

900 yds (823m) Christmas Red

Needles and Other Materials

Size 11 (8mm) 16"(40cm) circular needles
Size 11 (8mm) double-pointed needles
Tapestry needle
Sewing needle
Nylon sewing thread
Locking stitch markes, 1 in contrasting color for beginning of round
6" (15cm) snap purse frame

Cover Samples

All of the pictured samples were created using Stonehedge Fiber Mill Shepherd's Wool. Raspberry Liqueur is pictured in Hot Pink. Candied Orange Rind is pictured in Orange. Maraschino Cherry is pictured in Christmas Red.

Raspberry Liqueur Confection

First Edition

Bag Body: The order of short and long sides is reversed. Please work the short side first, then long, as described below. Only relevant rows are listed.

Round 12 *sm, SSK, K across short side to within 2 sts of next marker, K2tog, sm, SSK, K across long side to within 2 sts of next marker, K2tog, * repeat for other half of bag. (76 sts).
Round 18 *sm, SSK, K across short side to within 2 sts of next marker, K2tog, sm, K across long side, * repeat for other half of bag (72 sts).
Round 36 *remove marker, SSK, repl marker, K2tog, remove marker, SSK, K across long side to within 2 sts of next marker, K2tog* repeat for other half of bag (52 sts). At the conclusion of the 36th round, divide the project at the side markers and work each side separately in St st for an additional 15 rows. BO sts.

Updated First Edition

Some folks have remarked that the top of the bag is a bit tight and that the frame pops out a bit. So, to remedy this problem, I have reworked the decreases to maintain the shape but give you more room at the top via 4 bound off sts on the short sides.

Round 12 *sm, K across short side, sm, SSK, K across long side to within 2 sts of next marker, K2tog,* repeat for other half of bag (80 sts/8 sts ea SS, 32 st ea L S).
Round 18 *sm, SSK, K across short side to within 2 sts of next marker, K2tog, sm, K across long side,* repeat for other half of bag (76 sts/6 sts ea SS, 32 sts ea L S).
Round 24 *sm, SSK, K across SS to within 2 sts of next marker, K2tog, sm, SSK, K across L S to within 2 sts of next marker, K2tog* (68 sts/4 sts ea SS, 30 sts ea L S).
Round 30 repeat round 12 (64 sts/4 sts ea SS, 28 sts ea L S)
Round 36 repeat round 12 (60 sts/4 sts ea SS, 26 sts ea L S).
Round 37 BO4, (1 st remains on needle after the BO) K25 more. Join a new double-strand of yarn and BO4, (1 st remains on needle after the BO) K25 more.

Candied Orange Rind Confection

No errors have been reported for this pattern.

Maraschino Cherry Bonbon Confection

First and Second Edition

Please end the bag bottom with an RS row.