My First Felted Tote by Joan Sheridan

My First Felted Tote

Knitting
June 2009
Worsted (9 wpi) ?
16 stitches and 20 rows = 4 inches
in stockinette stitch knit in the round (unfelted)
US 10½ - 6.5 mm
505 yards (462 m)
Felted Dimensions: 11" wide x 9" tall by 4.5" deep (28cm wide x 23 cm tall x 11 cm deep)
English
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This simple bag turns heads. It could also be called the ”Baby Bear Bag“ because it is ”just right.” Just the right size to take lunch to work or carry a knitting project, just right for embellishing, just right to garner compliments wherever you go!

Skill: Intermediate. Techniques include knitting in the round, picking up stitches and I-Cord bind-off.

Size: Felted dimension is approximately 11”/28 cm wide by 9”/23 cm tall by 4 ½“ /11 cm deep.

Approximate size before felting: 20”/51 cm wide and 20”/51 cm tall and 6”/15 cm deep.

Straps felt from 36”/92 cm to 23”/58 cm (measurement excludes tab).

Yarn: Worsted weight feltable wool: 380 yards/347 meters Main
Color, plus 125 yards/114 meters Contrasting Color (11 wpi).

Model used Stonehedge Fiber Mill’s Shepherd’s Wool.

Needles and notions: US Size 10.5 (6.5 mm) circular needles 24”
(60 cm) long and double-pointed needles; stitch markers; tapestry
needle for weaving in ends.