Interesting, easy stitch pattern gives this purse a diagonal, faux entrelac look using self striping cotton blend yarn.

Please note: The original online PDF version of this pattern does not have the spiral stitch pattern in it (an issue with how the pattern was formatted in the original book).

For those who use the PDF, the spiral stitch pattern is:
Round 1: (K2, yo, K2, K2tog); repeat instructions in parens () to the end of the round.
Repeat Round 1 for pattern.