Laila Felt shoulder Bag by Claire Fairall Designs

Laila Felt shoulder Bag

Knitting
July 2013
Bulky (7 wpi) ?
11 stitches and 16 rows = 4 inches
in stocking stitch
US 11 - 8.0 mm
109 - 107 yards (100 - 98 m)
English
Discontinued. This digital pattern is no longer available online.

A handy little shoulder bag, just right to carry a few of life’s little essentials, your phone and some change or your music and earphones.

It’s an ideal size for “poop” bags when you are walking your four footed best friend too!!

My clear and detailed 6 page pattern contains instructions for-
Knitting the bag
Making up,
Felting
Finishing your bag,

Felted Size
16cm (6.5”) High
14m (5.5”) Wide

Yardage
2 x 50g (50m) balls of wool

This bag is knitted first in pure wool and then felted in an ordinary washing machine.

Any felting yarns will work well for this pattern-Look to see if the yarn is called a felting/ filz wool.
Most suppliers will say if it is good for felting but always check for hand-wash only!!

knitting needles 8mm (UK 0/ US11)

BASIC SKILLS NEEDED FOR THIS PATTERN.

Stocking stitch - knit one row then purl one row.
Inc- increase 1 stitch by knitting into front and then into the back of stitch
k2tog -knit the following 2 stitches together as 1 stitch.

SUITABLE FOR- Confident beginners