There are a lot of great free bag knitting patterns here at About.com, in addition to those felted ones I mentioned yesterday. If you haven' checked out the free patterns lately, here are some of my favorites for knit bags and purses:
Handspun knit bag, © Sarah E. White.- I love this simple Handspun Bag, perfect for showing off a great little skein of someone else's handspun you might have bought on Etsy or at a fiber festival or for highlighting your own spinning efforts
- The Mom Tattoo Bag is one I knit long before I became a mom, but it certainly has a special place in my heart now
- I've had a lot of readers tell me they like the Fleck Stitch Envelope Purse for its simplicity and useful, if small, size
- Eileen Casey's Cabled Purse with Bamboo Handles is a new favorite; I just love the detail of the ribbon woven through the cable
Part of the fun of knitting bags and purses is that you can go in any direction you want, use any stitch pattern, make it any size you like. It's a great canvas for experimentation without the necessity of having something fit or the time commitment required to knit a sweater.
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