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Moss Flame Carpetbag - Take 2
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Blocked & Finished! YAY!
Blocked & Finished! YAY!
Lining all sewed in. Very happy with it.
Lining all sewed in. Very happy with it.
Found a youtube video on how to sew in the lining so it's invisible. Much nicer than how I started out!
Found a youtube video on how to sew in the lining so it's invisible. Much nicer than how I started out!
Bag liner made from an old matching pillowcase. It's all I had in the right color! :+1:
Bag liner made from an old matching pillowcase. It's all I had in the right color! +1
All the pieces to finish the bag. Tassels, magnetic clasp, handle motifs, small knitted squares for clasp, handles and hardware.
All the pieces to finish the bag. Tassels, magnetic clasp, handle motifs, small knitted squares for clasp, handles and hardware.
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Finished
April 29, 2020
May 30, 2020

Moss Flame Carpetbag - Take 2

Project info
Flame Carpetbag by Jennifer Hansen
Knitting
Bag → Purse / Handbag
Myself
Needles & yarn
US 4 - 3.5 mm
US 5 - 3.75 mm
US 5 - 3.75 mm
US 5 - 3.75 mm
3.75 mm (F)
ripple stitch
460 yards = 2 skeins
Feza Yarns Alp Natural
1 skein = 230.0 yards (210.3 meters), 110 grams
715 Black
Black
April 23, 2020
Feza Yarns Alp Natural
1 skein = 230.0 yards (210.3 meters), 110 grams
713 Olive
Green
Notes
  • Provisional cast-on (chained on)
  • Long tail cast-on
  • Three needle knitting technique
  • VDD (vertical double decrease)
  • 3-Stitch I-Cord Bind off

Did 9 rounds instead of 12 - for first section, the nature of the yarn made that section pretty tall, and didn’t want the bag to be too huge.

I didn’t want to three needle knit the handle motifs on to the bag, it just seemed easier to sew them on individually, so that’s what I did. blush

Leather purse straps purchased on Etsy from
craftcomponents $22.50 + Shipping

Magnetic Purse snap purchased on Etsy from
PurseSuppliesRUs $8.05 Total

How to make Tassels:

https://www.google.com/search?q=how+to+make+tassels&o...

How to make a lining for a knit/crochet bag:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uC-34T2Albs
(Invisible sewing)

Starting this again, it was going beautifully last time, but I made the terrible mistake of using the Denise Interchangeable needles and they kept falling apart. The last time they came unhooked - it left over 80 live stitches, and dropped stitches everywhere. So I needed to start over with better needles. I was 1/3 done - and the bag was looking gorgeous! cry

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Finished
April 29, 2020
May 30, 2020
 
About this pattern
Flame Carpetbag
by Jennifer Hansen
from Stitch Diva Studios
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About this yarn
Alp Natural
by Feza Yarns
DK
40% Cotton, 40% Rayon, 10% Linen / Flax, 10% Silk
230 yards / 110 grams

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  • Originally queued: April 29, 2020
  • Project created: April 29, 2020
  • Finished: May 30, 2020
  • Updated: June 1, 2020
  • Progress updates: 8 updates