This knitted storage pouch is ideal for keeping cloths or cotton wool tidied away, yet still easily to hand. The jersey yarn comes in many different colours, so you could make two or three pouches to use around the house.
SIZE
Height 14in (35cm); circumference 25in (64cm)
YARN
Stretchy jersey fabric yarn such as Hoooked Zpagetti Cotton Yarn (100% recycled textile yarn), approx. 131yd (120m) per 1lb 8½oz (700g) ball
- 1 ball in Pink Cake
NEEDLES
Pair of US 15 (10mm)
knitting needles
OTHER MATERIALS
Large crochet hook
Bodkin (see page 118)
GAUGE (TENSION)
9 sts and 12 rows to
3½in (9cm) over patt using
US 15 (10mm) needles
Yo2—knit next stitch winding yarn twice around needle
PATTERN
Main piece
Cast on 9 sts.
Row 1: K1, [yo, k1] to end. 17 sts Row 2: [Yo2] to end.
Row 3: Knit, dropping extra loop on each st.
Rows 4–6: Knit.
Row 7: K1, [yo, k1] to end. 33 sts Rep rows 2–6 once.
Row 13: K1, [yo, k1] to end. 65 sts Rep rows 2–6 once.
Row 19: Knit.
Rows 20–24: Rep rows 2–6 once. Rep rows 19–24 twice.
Row 37: K21, [k2tog, k5] 3 times, k2tog, k21. 61 sts
Rep rows 2–3 once.
Rows 40–41: Knit.
Row 42: K19, [k2tog, k5] 3 times, k2tog, k19. 57 sts
Rows 43–45: Knit.
Row 46: K17, [k2tog, k5] 3 times, k2tog, k17. 53 sts
Row 47: Knit.
Bind (cast) off .
TO MAKE UP
Use the bodkin and knitting yarn to draw together the cast-on edge and join the side seam to make a bowl shape. Make a crochet chain approximately 4in (10cm) in length and attach to top of seam as hanging loop.
THE YARN
Because this yarn is made from off -cuts from the textile industry, the stretch can vary depending on the fabric that was used to make it. This will affect the gauge (tension), but don’t worry too much about it—just knit to your natural gauge (tension).
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