There are so many free patterns to available that I find it a bit overwhelming to choose, or to keep track of the ones I might want to make someday. There are sites that list free patterns, but they only list the name, not a photo of the piece. Even Ravelry can get overwhelming. So I'm going to start linking to favorites of mine, with pictures. Hopefully someday I'll be able to include my own photo of each of the items....
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Hexagon Beach Bag in Sugar'n Cream |
Made out of Lily Sugar'n Cream this brightly colored crocheted beach bag (the body measures 15" x 17") requires just 15 motifs.And at just under $2.50 a ball, the whole bag is only $20. Seems like a perfect summer project!
Get the free pattern in .pdf format here from the Lily website.
Materials needed:
Lily® Sugar’n Cream® (70.9 g/2.5 oz; 109 m/120 yds)
Contrast A
Red (00095)
60 m/66 yds or 1 ball
Contrast B
Hot Orange (01628)
65 m/71 yds or 1 ball
Contrast C
Yellow (00010)
90 m/100 yds or 1 ball
Contrast D
Hot Green (01712)
95 m/105 yds or 1 ball
Contrast E
Light Blue(00026)
200 m/220 yds or 2 balls
Contrast F
Mod Blue (01111)
215 m/236 yds or 2 balls
Size 4 mm (U.S. G or 6) crochet hook or size needed to obtain gauge. Optional: Fabric for lining approx 18” x 36” [45.5 x 91.5 cm].
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"Staghorn" Cabled Purse in Sugar'n Cream |
This knit bag with a large cable stitch repeat reminds me of the Margaret Nicole Bags that I've seen in Vogue & Elle and that are $150 to $200! This one is 18" x 10". You could easily substitute either the straight or round handles that
Margaret Nicole uses and add a big satin ribbon. And with only 4 balls of yarn needed, it will only be about $10 for the yarn plus a few dollars for the handles.
Download a .pdf of the pattern here from the Lily website.
Materials needed:
Lily® Sugar’n Cream® (70.9 g/2.5 oz; 109 m/120 yds)
Ecru (00004)
345 m/375 yds or 4 balls
Size 4.5 mm (U.S. 7) knitting needles or size
needed to obtain gauge. Cable needle.
2
leather purse handles 24” [61 cm] longas shown in the picture. Or substitute
Round Bamboo Handles
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Inga's Bag |
Another great crocheted bag. It's the same square that's used in the
Babette Blanket. Which gives you something to do with the squares you've
already made but have come to realize you'll never get enough done for
the whole blanket.....
Download the pdf for the bag here.
The bag is shown here in a cotton yarn from the UK called Anchor Magicline. It's essentially the same as Lily® Sugar’n Cream, which also comes in
a variegated blue that would look very much like the Magicline.
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Stripey Noro Messenger Bag |
I can't think of anything I've seen in Noro that I don't love, but this striped knit bag is pretty terrific. Striped knitting is so much fun with Noro yarns. I always work through it very quickly because I'm so excited to see what happens next with the yarn. And the shape and size of this bag are just what I like, big, but not huge. Designer Deborah Cooke talks about it in a
blog post, and the pattern is available to
download on Ravelry.
It calls for 3 skeins of
Noro Kureyon
and 3 skeins of
Patons Classic Wool Yarn.
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The Simply Lovely Clutch |
Seattle Yarn features another Noro Yarn, Tidiori, in this quick to make knit entrelac clutch. The relatively small size, 8" x 5" make this bag a great way to ease into learnign to knit entrelac. Tidiori was discontinued in Spring 2007, but
Noro Silk Garden
would make an excellent substitute. the pattern is available as a
free pdf download on their website.
I'm intrigued by both the unusual shapes of this
site, the bag is crocheted with 4 different colors of Rowan Cotton Glace:
Heather #828
,
Shoot # 814
,
Sky #749
and
Persimmon #832
. (The pattern calls for Pier Blue which has been discontinued, but Sky is a very close shade.) You'll need 1 ball of each.