THE AMSTERDAM BAG is inspired by environmental friendliness. With Dutch yarn I designed a bag that uses two of the most common Dutch symbols: tulips and windmills.

The bag is knitted in the round with three strings of yarn held together for one color. Once the bag itself is knit you use stitches from the side panels to create the band. This band is also knit in the round but with only two strings of yarn held together.

YARN
MC: 3 skeins of ‘DUTCH WOOL FIJN’ by The Knitwit Stable, (400 m/50 g – 60% crossbreed, 20% alpaca, 20% merino); colorway sand
CC: 3 skeins of ‘DUTCH WOOL FIJN’ by The Knitwit Stable, (400 m/50 g – 60% crossbreed, 20% alpaca, 20% merino); colorway donker grijs
Yarn can be ordered here: link text

Or any other rustic laceweight yarn.
Three strings of yarn of the same colour are held together throughout most of the project.

NEEDLES
Main Needle A: US 7 (4,5 mm) circular or DPNs 29” (80cm) or longer.
Needle B: US 5 (3,5 mm) circular or DPNs 29” (80cm) or longer.

GAUGE
21 sts x 20 rows = 4 x 4” (10 x 10 cm) with the Stranded Knitting technique on needle US 7 (4,5 mm) after blocking.

MEASUREMENTS
Width: 11.8“ (30 cm)
Hight: 13.75” (35 cm)
Depth: 2.75” (7 cm)
Width of shoulder band: 2,35“ (6 cm)