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Fabrics:
Lined Knitting Bag/Backpack and
Reversible Project Pouch
*B991472*
Featuring fabrics from the Winter Fun collection by Melissa Burt for Connecting Threads
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3/4 yd
Backpack:
Shown in 2906 Bunnies & Trees Night Sky
2
FQ
Pouch:
Shown in 2900 Cozy Indoors Overcast
3
FQ
Pouch:
Shown in 2913 Stockinette Night Sky
Notions Needed: 2 yards 1/4" nylon cording for backpack
1 yard 1/8" nylon cording for pouch
1 plastic cord stop(the kind that you pinch
with your fngers to open and close)
Ruler
Chalk or a temporary marking pen
Thread to coordinate
with the fabric
Rotary cutter & mat or
good fabric scissors
Hand sewing needle
Backpack approx. 9" x 16"
Reversible Pouch approx. 9" x 10"
Pattern Basics
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things you might want to keep in mind:
Please read through all the instructions carefully
before beginning a project. Every effort has been
made to ensure the accuracy of this pattern.
All instructions use a 5/8" seam allowance unless
otherwise stated.
Be sure to iron all fabric thoroughly before cutting.
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Fabric shown is enough to make one backpack and
two reversible pouches
Lined Knitting Bag/Backpack
and Reversible Project Pouch
by Marci Hansen
1
3/4 yd
Backpack:
One 20" x 36" rectangle
2
FQ
Pouch:
One 11" x 18"
3
FQ
Pouch lining:
One 11" x 18"
Common Sewing Terms:
selvage = edge of fabric that is not
useable and is often white
basting = long stitches to temporarily
secure fabric in place
top stitching = stitches close to the edge
FQ = fat quarter (18 x 22)
WS = wrong side of fabric
RS = right side of fabric
WST = wrong sides together
RST = right sides together
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Directions
Lined Knitting Bag/Backpack:
1. Using the suggested cutting layout on page 6, cut your 20"
x 36" piece out using a ruler and rotary cutter (or mark
all pieces with chalk and cut with scissors).
2. Using the 20" x 36" rectangle, fold a half inch edge toward
the WS on each of the 36" sides of fabric and sew a half
inch hemnishing the raw edges.
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3. Fold your fabric WST so your two 20 inch edges meet.
Press your fabric, creating a crease where you've folded
the fabric. This crease will be the top of your bag. Slide
the cord between the two layers of the fabric until it
reaches the crease you ironed in. Center the cord so that
the cord sticking out of each side of the fabric is equal.
Pin the cord in place.





4. You now want to sew a channel for your cord. Sew
a seam 1/2" from the crease you ironed, taking a few
backstitches at each end, trapping the cord inside your
channel. Make sure you don't sew through the cord!
5. Fold the fabric so that the two edges of fabric that you
hemmed in step two are together. If you have directional
fabric, make sure the right-side-up side is sewn RST, so
that it becomes the outside of your bag. Sew these four
edges together, starting at the stitch line of the cord
channel, taking a few back stitches to secure.
This is such a clever pattern that makes a cute, prac-
tical bag that can wear like a backpack to hold
any knitting project that needs to come with you.
6. With your project inside out, fold your pack so that the
seam is running exactly down the center. Pin the ends of
the cord to each corner of what will be the bottom of
the pack, leaving two inches of extra cord. This step is just
to try on the backpack, in the next step we'll re-pin the
cords exactly how they will be sewn. Try on your pack
and check the length of the cord and the length of the
fabric pack to make sure it's how you want it. Adjust it
and re-pin it until it looks like you want it to.
7. Run the cords through the inside of the project (so you
can't see them) making sure that they aren't twisted or
crossed. Pin your pack along the line where you are going
to sew your nal bottom seam once you have determined
the length you want. While you are pinning that bottom
seam, also pin the ends of the cord with two inches extra
sticking out below your bottom seam. You want the ends
of the cord at the far ends of your bottom seam, so when
you turn it right side out, the cord will be coming out of
the two bottom corners of your pack. Sew your bottom
seam, going back and forth over the part where you are
sewing the cord ends to reinforce them.





8. Turn your pack right side out and admire your work. Snip
all your extra threads and trim the extra fabric from the
bottom to have about a 1/2 inch extra. Put a couple balls
of yarn in it, try it on, wear it around a little.
As a nal step, look at where your center seam and the
ends of your cord channel come together. How does
that look? You may want to turn it wrong side out again,
and reinforce that section, either by hand or by machine,
being careful not to sew through the channel, but just
sewing right along the bottom of the channel.
You are done! Fill it with all of your knitting needs
and make several more for all your knitting friends.



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Reversible Project Pouch:

1. From two different FQs, cut a piece of fabric to measure
18" x 11". (See cutting diagrams on page 6) If you are
conservative, you can get two pouches from your FQs.
2. With RST, sew the two pieces together along the 11"
sides.
3. With the right sides still together, readjust your fabric so
that the seams you just sewed are centered, and right on
top of each other. Press seam to one side. Sew seam
across one side of the rectangle.
4. You want to leave a space in your other seam so you can
turn your pouch right side out and so you can thread
your draw string through. Starting one inch from your
centered seams on one side, sew the seam down other
side. Now you'll have a rectangle of nished fabric.
5. Trim the pointed corners of each of your four corners of
fabric, being careful not to cut your seam. This will leave
a cleaner corner when you turn it right side out.

6. Turn the whole project right side out through the hole
you left and push lining to inside of bag. Press and pin
around the top of the bag. Sew a 1/2 inch channel all the
way around the top of your bag.
7. Attach a safety pin to one end of your cord and thread it
through the channel.
8. Thread the two ends of your cord through the cord lock.
Then tie the two ends in a knot so the cord won't come
back through.
9. With a needle and thread, tuck the edges around the
opening and sew them down. Sew up the nal seam until
it looks clean and is just big enough for your cord to go
through.
You are done!
This bag is for your travel knitting. It will hold a small knitting
project that you can take anywhere, and bonus, it's reversible.
You can also sew several of these up for the holidays to add a
handmade element to your gift giving.
Use 1/2" seams throughout
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Backpack
Pouch Pouch
Cutting Suggestions
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