Knit Drawstring Bag + Backpack by Purl Soho

Knit Drawstring Bag + Backpack

Knitting
April 2021
Fingering (14 wpi) ?
28 stitches and 40 rows = 4 inches
in Stockinette Stitch
US 2 - 2.75 mm
288 - 334 yards (263 - 305 m)
One Size
English
This pattern is available for free.

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.
  • 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!