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Yes, you can felt the bleached
white color of Iceland just fine.
We get asked this a lot.
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Mini-Bag Felted with Iceland
Use for gift giving or as tree ornament
Designed, knit and felted by Terry L. Ross for Crystal Palace YarnsGreat for a small gift bag any time of the year or a Christmas tree ornament; this project can be knit in about 2 hours or less.
Terry says, "Each bag uses approximately 50 grams of Crystal Palace Iceland Yarn, so two of the bags in a solid color can be knit from one ball of Iceland. A ball each of Iceland in Red Cerise and New Snow should result in four bags of various color arrangements. Mix and match the yarns to customize the bags in the colors you like. Dont limit yourself to Christmas colors, though . . . this little gift bag will be handy all year long to hold small gifts of all kinds, and can be embellished in many ways to dress it up for the occasion. Hang them on the Christmas tree filled with small trinkets, gift cards, candies, Advent gifts, or other secret treasures, or use empty as tree ornaments as well."
See a Gallery of more Mini-Bags here
Materials (2 balls make 4 bags!)
Crystal Palace Iceland (100 grams per ball) in your choice of colors, at least one of each color. The bag shown is in #1058 "new snow" & #008 "red cerise"
Crystal Palace Bamboo or DAISY Needles size 11 - 16" circular needle
and 2 US size 11 double point needles (DPNs are for making I-cord)
Stitch Markers (1 regular and 4 split ring)
Tapestry needle
Optional - button or pin to trim the front. (The button here is one Terry made)Gauge
3 stitches per inch and 3½ rows per inch in stockinette stitch in the round (don't worry if your gauge is not exact, gauge is not crucial)Dimensions
4½" wide, 7" tall, and 2Ό" deep before felting, excluding handles.
4" wide, 4" tall, and 2" deep after felting, excluding handles.Basic instructions for a solid colored bag:
Knit the bottom of the bag
With the circular needle and your main color, cast on 12 stitches and work 12 rows of garter stitch.
Pick up stitches for the body of the bag
Continuing around the short edge of the bottom rectangle, pick up 6 stitches on the first short edge, 12 stitches on the next long side, and 6 stitches on the second short edge, then place a stitch marker to designate the beginning of the round. There should be 36 stitches on the needle.
Begin knitting in the round, and knit 25 rounds in stockinette stitch. Bind off all stitches.
I-cord handles
With the double point needles, cast on 3 stitches and work I-cord until it measures approximately 8½". Leave tails on each end of the cords long enough to stitch them securely to the top of the bag.
Make two cords.Place the split ring markers at the points on the front and back of the top of the bag where you want
to sew on the cord handles, making sure that the fronts and the backs match. Sew on each cord
with its attached tails.Finishing
Weave in all ends and felt the bag using your preferred method. Shape the bag to dry so that it has
the shape of a tiny shopping bag. Embellish as you like with buttons, ribbon, fabric paint, glitter glue,
embroidery, felted ornamentation, or whatever else comes to mind.Ideas for changing up the look of the bag:
For the red and white bag pictured, knit 20 rounds in stockinette stitch with your choice of main
color. After 20 rounds, change to a contrast color and knit 5 more rounds. Bind off all stitches.
Match I-cord to contrast color.For a striped bag, knit 2 rounds in one color, then switch to another color and knit 2 rounds. Use as
many or as few colors as you like. End the bag with 3 rounds of the last color (for a total of 25
rounds) and knit the I-cords in your choice of coordinating color.For wider stripes, knit 5 rounds in one color, then switch to another color for 5 rounds, continuing
with the striping pattern for a total of 25 rounds. Bind off and knit coordinating I-cords.
Get adventurous and
knit a mixture of various width stripes in a 3 / 2 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 2 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 2 / 1 / 3 round pattern
(total 25 rounds).Carry along a strand of novelty yarn like Crystal Palace Fizz, Popcorn, BeBop, Fizz Stardust, Little
Flowers, Squiggle, or Tingle for the last 3 rounds of the bag to give it some texture and pizzazz.Pattern Copyright 2006 Crystal Palace Yarns/Straw Into Gold, Inc. - We are happy to share this pattern with knitters. The pattern may be used for non-commercial personal or knitting guild use. It is not to be used in any publication in print nor should it be reproduced in electronic/digital format without permission. Knitting shops carrying CPY Yarns Iceland are welcome to print and share this pattern with customers of our yarns.
Retail shops in the USA should contact CPY Wholesale for information on purchasing Crystal Palace Yarns - email cpyinfo -at- straw.com
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Last revision of this page December 07, 2006
Crystal Palace Yarns, 160 23rd St., Richmond, CA 94804
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