I love to knit, and I love to work with beads, beads, beads. I love the way beads catch the light. There is something so exciting to me when I see one strand of yarn turn into a purse, a sweater, a hat...
Supplies:
1/2 inch dowel 36 inches
2 wooden balls drilled out at 1/2 inch
Glue
1 large button of your choice
1 skein yarn thin 75% acrylic 25% wool 150 yards
Size 4 circular knitting needles
1 large eye blunt needle
1 packet of glass beads 60 grams
Material of choice for lining 1/8 yard
Size e crochet hook
Seed st (k1, p1 ) all the way across. Next row (p1 ,k1) all the way across. You will be purling where you knit and knitting where you purled.
Cast on 65 sts. Work in the seed st pattern till the body measures 5 1/2
Next row bind off 6 sts. from the beginning of the next 2 roads.
Knit across till it measures 2 inches.
Cast on 6 sts at the beginning of the next 2 rows.
Work the 65 sts til it measures 51/2 inches.
This will make the notch that will become the bottom of the purse.
After adding the beads, sew the sides up as shown in the handmade knitted purse. I lined this purse without the cardboard.
Sew the yarn around the wooden dowel after gluing the wooden balls in place. Make sure none of the wooden dowel shows.
To make flap chain 8 stitches.single crochet for 10 rows.
Next row single crochet 4 stitches chain 1 skip 1. and finish single crocheting the rest of that row.
Rows 11 - 12 continue in single crochet.
Row 13 decrease one stitch on each side til your left with 4 single crochets. bind off attach to the back of purse.
The front wooden dowel will not have wooden beads added. It will fit snugly into the dowel with the wooden balls. See photo at top.
Beautiful! Love the design and colors!
ReplyDelete