This drawstring bag, which I imagine as a bag for small knitting projects, is worked one color at a time in a slip-stitch mosaic pattern. Stitches are picked up from a leather base for a knitted bag that you won’t be afraid to set on the floor, no matter where you may go. The stitch pattern (Endless Branch from Barbara Walker’s 2nd Treasury) is a series of never-ending vines that also evokes the balance of yin and yang imagery.

Finished Measurements
6”/15cm diameter base x 9”/23cm H

Other Materials

• 1 piece of flexible leather or vinyl, at least 7”/18cm x 7”/18cm
• Compass and paper or computer software and printer for making a circle of given radius
• Scissors
• Leather punch with approx 3/32” (2.4mm) option
• Tandy Leather Economy Rotary Punch, Item #3220-00 (see Design Notes)
• Stitch marker
• Tapestry needle
• Braided cord approx 5/16”/8mm diameter, at least 36”/90cm in length and up to 70”/178cm for a bag with shoulder straps.