Its three-dimensional construction makes this colourwork project a really fun one. Don’t be intimidated by its appearance — the bum bag is as easy to knit as a sock!

SIZE
One size.

FINISHED MEASUREMENTS
Width: 14” / 36 cm.

Height: 7” / 18 cm.

Sample Belt Max Length: 39.5” / 100 cm.

MATERIALS
Yarn: Approx. the following amounts of fingering-weight yarn:
MC: 50 g / 218 yds / 200 m.
CC1: 12 g / 55 yds / 50 m.
CC2: 12 g / 55 yds / 50 m.
CC3: 12 g / 55 yds / 50 m.

The sample was knitted in Xolla Pastoreta in colourways Xarxet (MC), Civada (CC1), Tramuntana (CC2) and Mel (CC3), which is a rustic 100% Spanish wool yarn, perfect for colourwork.

Needles: US 2 / 2.75 mm (for St St) and US 2.5 / 3 mm (for stranded colourwork) 32” / 80 cm circular needles.

Notions: Stitch markers, waste yarn or two stitch holders.

Additional materials: A buckle and a triglide slide with a 1.5” / 4 cm opening (or size needed according to your belt’s finished measurements), a 15.75” / 40 cm zipper (or size needed according to the opening of your bum bag. Zipper should be least 2” / 5 cm longer than opening), a fat quarter piece of woven fabric for the lining (quilting cotton, for example) (optional) and 59” / 150 cm of a 1.5” / 4 cm ribbon (you can use the scraps of the lining). Pins, needle and thread to secure zipper.

GAUGE
28 sts x 30 rows to 4” / 10 cm on US 2.5 / 3 mm needles in stranded colourwork, after blocking.

CONSTRUCTION
This stranded colourwork bum bag starts at the bottom with increases being worked to shape the bag. Once the height is reached, the flap is knitted. Finally, the straps are worked at each side. Additional instructions are provided for lining the bag.