Jacob's String Bag

Brought some rough stuff home - it was (probably) Jacob’s wool on a huge cone, but although between 4ply and DK and only a single ply, very coarse, and slightly oiled. Made up a sample piece to throw in the washing machine, and it did not come out as fluffy as I expected. A friend thought there might be some linen in it - it certainly has that linen “bounce”. But not something you would want next to your skin. The CSM didn’t like it, so back to hand knitting.

Thus I started yet another string bag with it. Montse Stanley’s Pinhole crochet cast on with 16 stitches, then straight onto a 5.5mm 60cm circular needle, pulling the loop through. Increased in every stitch (32sts). One round knit, one round purl, one round knit. Increased in every stitch again to 64sts, one round plain. Repeated the formula to 128 sts. Because of the coarseness of the yarn, the increase row has the appearance of long knit stitches divided by purls. Photographed it after this, it just about fits neatly on the needle now, so should be easier. Might do some elongated stitches up the bag, still one purl round after three knit rounds, just to vary the monotony. The 128 sts will divide up nicely when it comes to making the handle or handles - haven’t decided which yet. This bag will not be washed before being put into use.