Kangaroo Pouch by Deborah Simon

Kangaroo Pouch

Knitting
February 2024
Super Bulky (5-6 wpi) ?
4 stitches and 5 rows = 1 inch
in stockinette unblocked
US 10 - 6.0 mm
180 - 200 yards (165 - 183 m)
English
This pattern is available as a free Ravelry download

We never have enough bags! This one is versatile and unique. Made in one piece with the magic of ICording, you’ll have no seaming and very few ends to weave in afterwards. Doesn’t get much better than that!

Starting with a wide ICord, the main bag is knit in the round. The back is then knit back and forth to create a tailored flap edged in a knitted ICord and bound off in an ICord. The front is bound off in ICord and the strap attaches to both side edges of the main bag. By making the strap last, you can use all of both skeins.

Yarn
Two (2) skeins Madelinetosh A.S.A.P 100% superwash merino bulky weight yarn (130gm skein, 90 yards/82 meters per skein) sample used both entire skeins

Needles & Notions
US10 circular needle (sample used two)
darning needle
thread
button

Gauge: 4 sts, 5 rows = 1 inch stockinette, before blocking

Measurements: main bag - approx. 8 inches (21 cm) high, 13.5 inches (35 cm) wide; flap - approx 3.5 inches (8 cm) high, 12.5 inches (32 cm) wide; strap - 38 inches (97 cm) long

Stitches:
CO cast on
k knit
p purl
RS right side
WS wrong side
st/sts stitch(es)
sl slip
pm place marker
ssk slip, slip, knit
p2tog purl two together
psso pass second st over first
BO bind off