GUSSET BEAD KNIT BAG
@ 2007 Ava Farrington
·1 Hank 11o seed beads · 1 Pair size 0000 knitting needles Tools · Scissors · Small thread crochet hook · Bead Spinner (optional) Please note you must know how to knit to complete this pattern. Stringing the beads: Start by pulling one end of a strand of beads from the hank. Fold the empty thread in half. Using the loop end tie a knot in the double thread. This willeave a little loop at the end. Thread about 2 inches of pearl coton through this loop. Slowly slide the beads down onto the pearl cotton. Continue stringing beads until the entire hank is strung onto the pearl cotton. Main body of the bag: Cast on 18 stitches. Stitch guide: $\mathsf{k}=$ knit s1b $=$ Slide 1 bead (or what ever number of beads that appears) Rows 1 & 2: k3, (s1b, k1) 12 times, s1b, k3 Rows 3 & 4: k3, (s1b, k2, s2b, k2) 3 times, s1b, k3 Rows 5 & 6: k3, (s1b, k2, s3b, k2) 3 times, s1b, k3 Rows 7 & 8: k3, (s1b, k2, s4b, k2) 3 times, s1b, k3 Rows 9 & 10: k3, (s1b, k2, s5b, k2) 3 times, s1b, k3 Rows 11 & 12: k3, (s1b, k2, s6b, k2) 3 times, s1b, k3 Rows 13 & 14: k3, (s1b, k2, s7b, k2) 3 times, s1b, k3 Rows 15 through 24: Repeat rows 12 through 3 in reverse order Rows 25 & 26: k3, (s2b, k2, s1b, k2) 3 times, s2b, k3 Rows 27 & 28: k3, (s3b, k2, s1b, k2) 3 times, s3b, k3 Rows 29 & 30: k3, (s4b, k2, s1b, k2) 3 times, s4b, k3 Rows 31 & 32: k3, (s5b, k2, s1b, k2) 3 times, s5b, k3 Rows 33 & 34: k3, (s6b, k2, s1b, k2) 3 times, s6b, k3 Rows 35 & 36: k3, (s7b, k2, s1b, k2) 3 times, s7b, k3 Rows 37 & 38: k3, (s8b, k2, s1b, k2) 3 times, s8b, k3 Rows 39 & 40: k3, (s9b, k2, s1b, k2) 3 times, s9b, k3 Rows 41 & 42: k3, (s10b, k2, s1b, k2) 3 times, s10b, k3 Rows 43 through 60: Repeat rows 42 through 25 in reverse order Rows 61 through 84: Repeat rows 3 through 24 Rows 85 & 86: k3, (s1b, k2, s2b, k2) 3 times, s1b, k3 Rows 87 & 88: k3, (s1b, k2, s3b, k2) 3 times, s1b, k3 Rows 89 & 90: k3, (s1b, k2, s4b, k2) 3 times, s1b, k3 Rows 91 & 92: k3, (s1b, k2, s5b, k2) 3 times, s1b, k3 Rows 93 & 94: k3, (s1b, k2, s6b, k2) 3 times, s1b, k3 Rows 95 & 96: k3, (s1b, k2, s7b, k2) 3 times, s1b, k3 (mark row 96 with a scrap piece of thread) Rows 97 through 108: Repeat rows 96 through 85 in reverse order Rows 109 & 110: k3, (s2b, k2, s1b, k2) 3 times, s2b, k3 Rows 111 & 112: k3, (s3b, k2, s1b, k2) 3 times, s3b, k3 Rows 113 & 114: k3, (s4b, k2, s1b, k2) 3 times, s4b, k3 Rows 115 & 116: k3, (s5b, k2, s1b, k2) 3 times, s5b, k3 Rows 117 & 118: k3, (s6b, k2, s1b, k2) 3 times, s6b, k3 Rows 119 & 120: k3, (s2b, k2, s1b, k2) 3 times, s2b, k3 Rows 121 through 132: Repeat row 120 through 109 in reverse order Rows 133 & 134: k3, (s1b, k1) 12 times, s1b, k3 Loosely bind offstitches. Bag gussets (Make 2): Cast on 4 stitches. Rows 1 through 14: k2, s1b, k2 Rows 15 & 16: k2, s2b, k2 Rows 17 & 18: k2, s3b, k2 Rows 19 & 20: k2, s4b, k2 Rows 21 & 22: k2, s5b, k2 Rows 23 & 24: k2, s6b, k2 Rows 25 & 26: k2, s7b, k2 Assembling the bag: Sew the sides to the bag starting with row 1 of the gusset and row 96 where you attached the thread earlier. Whip stitching althe way around both sides of the gusset ending with the cast on edge on the bag body. Repeat with the second gusset. Some neck chain options: Crochet a simple chain, make a beaded chain, or simply use strands of the remaining beads on the pearl cotton.
