LinWool Handbag by Donna Druchunas

LinWool Handbag

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Knitting
July 2022
Meridian Mill House Kill Devil Hills
Worsted (9 wpi) ?
18 stitches and 24 rows = 4 inches
in Stockinette stitch
US 7 - 4.5 mm
140 yards (128 m)
12”/30cm wide / 8”/20 cm tall, without strap
English
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This pattern uses one of Dorothy Reade’s charts that I found in her unpublished papers. It can be used as a single motif such as in this bag, or as a tile to sew together into larger items such as a bedspread.

This is made in two pieces, then the border is added by picking up stitches around most of the medallion. Pieces are joined with 3 needle BO, then the strap and button flap are added. The finished bag is lined with fabric and interfacing for additional body.