With the resurgence of vintage knitting, Kaasi Legacy Designs created a project bag pattern for the vintage knitting community. This project bag is based on the 1940’s Rainbow Jumper and the 1940’s Weldon’s colorwork socks (as shown by RetroClaude here on Ravelry and on her Youtube channel.)

Inspired by the Make Do and Mend movement during WWII, this design is meant to use whatever leftover scraps you may have floating around in your stash. The project bag can be made using leftover materials, or you can come up with a color palette to make it personal to you or someone you love. It’s a completely customizable design, including three sizes, based on the wooden handles you purchase, using various yarn weights (from Fingering Weight to Aran/Worsted Weight).

Materials Needed:

Needles for your yarn weight

• Fingering Weight - US 2/2.75mm
• DK Weight - US 4/3.5mm
• Worsted Weight - US 6/4.0mm

Wooden Handles

• Ones used in the pattern were purchased from Overlord Bezos

• Small - 10”/25 cm

• Medium - 11.5”/29 cm

• Large - 13.5”/34 cm

A Specific Color Palette or Scrap Yarn

• yardage wasn’t calculated as example was made using years-old stash yarn that no longer had their labels

• at least two colors needed

Flexible Tape Measure
Scissors/Snips (yarn and fabric scissors)
Tapestry Needle
Quilting Cotton (Measurements listed in the pattern)
Steam Iron/Garment Steamer (for blocking acrylic yarn)
Sewing Machine (optional)
Thimble (if you use one)
Hand Sewing Needles
Sewing Thread

Gauge - Varies Based on yarn used.

• For Fingering Weight – 9 stitches per 1” of worked pattern
• For DK Weight – 6 stitches per 1” of worked pattern
• For Worsted Weight – 5 stitches per 1” of worked pattern

If you wish to see other designs I have made, feel free to pop over to my Ravelry store, or head on over to my Etsy page to see the physical items I have for sale.