Tuxedo Bag by Silka Burgoyne

Tuxedo Bag

Knitting
January 2011
Worsted (9 wpi) ?
14 stitches and 21 rows = 4 inches
in stockinette stitch with yarn doubled and larger needles; see notes
US 9 - 5.5 mm
US 6 - 4.0 mm
650 yards (594 m)
one size, see notes
English

Sizes 11¼” wide at top, 14” wide at widest point, 8” tall, and 3” deep

Yarn Berroco Blackstone Tweed (65% wool, 25% mohair, 10% angora; 130 yd 119 m/50 g):
• #2614 cranberry bog, 5 skeins

Gauge 14 sts and 21 rows = 4” in St st with 2 strands of yarn held tog on larger needles; 18 sts and 30 rows = 4” in seed st with 1 strand of yarn on smaller needles

Tools
• Size 9 (5.5 mm) needles
• Size 6 (4 mm) needles
• Yarn needle
• 2¼” buckle
• Pair of purse handles, 7” to 8” wide
• Needlepoint plastic canvas (about four 10½” × 13½” sheets)
• Lining fabric (optional, ½ yard)
• Sewing needle and matching thread (optional)