Woven Checkerboard Laptop Bag by Knitted Gems

Woven Checkerboard Laptop Bag

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Knitting
August 2009
Worsted (9 wpi) ?
16 stitches = 4 inches
in Garter Stitch
US 8 - 5.0 mm
855 yards (782 m)
Laptop Bag (18 ins wide by 14 ins tall)
English
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This pattern requires 5 skeins of yarn, 3 skeins in the main color (MC) and 2 skeins in the complementary color (CC).

Bag width: 18 inches/45.7 cm
Bag length: 14 inches/35.6 cm

The deceivingly complex look of weaving is obtained through a handful of simple techniques. The main body is knit in garter-stitch strips. A provisional cast-on and 3-needle bind-off eliminate any need for seaming, excluding the tacking down of edges.

Photography by The Unique Sheep.