Gift bag knitting pattern "With Love"

Surprise your family and friends with a hand knit gift bag! It will add a special note to your gift.
These bags are pretty and easy to make. You will need leftovers of fingering weight yarn in any 2 different colors that are to your taste.

What skills are you going to need and what will you get

The pattern is fully written and includes a chart for the stitch pattern. Instructions on how to make your own ribbon are included in the pattern as well.

Difficulty level: advanced beginner (working in the round on DPNs, mosaic colorwork)

• k: knit
• p: purl
• yo: yarn over
• skp: slip 1 stitch knitwise, knit 1, pass slipped stitch over
• sl: slip purlwise with yarn in back

Gauge: 32 stitches/39 rows in stitch pattern = 10cm/4in.

Size information

23cm (9 1/4in) circumference, 17cm (6 3/4in) long

What material will you need

Yarn: Schachenmayr Regia 4-ply (75% wool, 25% nylon, 210m/50g; 230yds/1.76oz), 1 ball (shown in gray) and H&W Comfort Sockenwolle Color (75% wool, 25% nylon, 420m/100g; 459yds/3.53oz), 1 ball (shown in pink). Sample used 71m (78yds) of gray and 21m (23yds) of pink. Any fingering weight yarn leftovers will work for the pattern.

Needles: 2.5mm/US 1 1/2 set of 5 DPNs

Notions: yarn needle, a ribbon to thread through (optional, if you don't want to make your own)

Other information from the author

You may notice that I am not a native English speaker. All my patterns are tested or edited or both by native speakers. You will also find my contact info in each pattern. Please don't feel shy to ask questions if anything is unclear. I may be in another time zone than you, but will get back to you as soon as possible.

The pattern itself is copyrighted and may not be distributed. Feel free to do whatever you like with your finished items. Gift them, donate them to charity or sell them.