MATERIALS

• Main Color (MC): 1 skein of Purl Soho’s Buttercup Cotton, 100% organically grown cotton. Each skein is 364 yards; approximately 272 yards required for either the bag or backpack. (NOTE: We no longer offer Buttercup Cotton, but choose from one of our other fingering weight yarns.)
• Contrast Color: 1 skein of Buttercup Cotton. Approximately 16 yards required for the bag or 62 yards for the backpack.
• US 1.5 (2.75 mm) 16-inch circular needles
• Spare 16-inch circular needles, US 1.5 (2.75 mm) or smaller
• A set of US 1.5 (2.75 mm) double pointed needles
• A stitch marker
• Stitch holders or scrap yarn
• A few yards of fingering weight scrap yarn
• A size B–E (2.5–3.5 mm) crochet hook (for Provisional Cast On)

We made our samples in the following colors…

BAG SAMPLE: Main Color is Woodland Gray; Contrast Color is Summer Melon

BACKPACK SAMPLE: Main Color is Heirloom White; Contrast Color is Jonquil Yellow

GAUGE
28 stitches and 40 rounds = 4 inches in stockinette stitch

SIZE

• Finished Circumference: 18 inches
• Finished Height: 12 inches
• Length of Straps (Backpack Only): 31½ inches

NOTES
CONSTRUCTION
You begin both the bag and backpack by making I-cords for the drawstrings. You then knit the body of the sack from top down and in the round, incorporating a hem that encases the I-cords and finishing with slightly different instructions for the bag or backpack.

PROVISIONAL CAST-ON
For assistance, including how to put live stitches back onto needles, please visit our Provisional Cast-On: A Two-Step Method Tutorial.

Designed by Purl Soho designer, Jake Canton. Click here to see even more of Jake’s designs!