Big Flirt is a felted micro-bag that will steal your heart. She’s tiny, but she can carry a lot of change, knitting supplies such as stitch markers, small but essential cosmetics, or your favorite jewelry on holiday.

She’s so quick to knit: maybe less than, or just over, and hour. One skein of yarn will make multitudes, so she is perfect for gift-knitting. Start knitting now for all the ladies and little girls on your list.

Finished Dimensions
Width at widest part of the frame 3 1/4” (8.25cm)

Height from bottom to frame apex 3 1/4” (8.25cm)

Bag bottom circumference: 11 1/4” (28.5cm)

Pattern Difficulty
Requires knowledge of casting on, knitting, purling, increasing, decreasing, knitting in the round on double-pointed needles, binding off, and some hand-sewing during the finishing process and to make the tiny bag linings (if desired).

Gauge
20 sts and 28 rounds = 4” (10cm) in stockinette stitch on a size 7 (4.5mm) knitting needle or needle size to obtain gauge.

Materials
Suggested Hardware

1 Noni hardware kit: Includes: 1 Big Flirt purse frame, 1 10” (25cm) purse chain with 2 handle loops, 4 12mm bag feet, and seed beads and nylon beading thread in neutral silver beads with white thread.

Yarn Requirements

The Flirt bag is made with worsted-weight, feltable wool. The pictured bag is made with Stonehedge Fiber Mill’s Shepherd’s Wool in limited edition hand-painted-by-Nora

Flirt: 55 yds (46m)

Needles and Other Materials

Size 7 (4.5mm) double-pointed needles (set)

Sewing needle

Tapestry needle

Size 8 seed beads

Nylon beading thread or strong sewing thread

Locktite Super Glue “Extra Time Control”