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Knit this market bag with scraps or self-striping yarns to really bring out the chevron stitch pattern—and carry large things neatly with a pair of handles that slip through one another to fold the top closed.

This string bag is knit loosely, to work like a stretchy net for produce, large light items, clothes, and so on. The yarns I used are fairly bulky for a net market bag, so this may not be obvious at first glance.

This little bag is my favorite summer project so far—I hope you like it too!

Materials:

• 200-350 yds Valley Yarn 3/2 Cotton
• 1 set of DPNs and one 16” circular needle in US9/5.5mm, or size needed for gauge
• 2 DPNs (or straights, or a circular needle used to work flat) in US 5/3.75mm, or 3-4 sizes down from size needed for gauge
• tapestry needle for weaving in ends
• crochet hook sized to suit yarn (G/4.0mm or preference)
• smooth, contrasting spare yarn for provisional cast-on
• removable stitch markers

Gauge:
Strap gauge—smaller needles—is 10 sts and 16 rows over 2”/5cm of lightly blocked garter stitch, worked flat.
Overall gauge—larger needles—is 18 sts and 20 rows over 4”/10cm.
Please be sure to check your gauge.

Measurements:
Longer strap for both: 6.5/17cm long; 13”/33cm circumference
Circumference (no stretch or tension): 18(21)“/46(53)cm
Height from top band: 10.5(12.5)”/27(32)cm

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