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Additional Materials Semi-circular wooden purse handles, 10 in. wide (25.5 cm) across base with a 6 in. (15 cm) wide opening.
Plush Purse
Lion Brand® Wool-Ease® Thick & Quick®
GAUGE:
10 sts + 17 rows = 4 in. (10 cm) in Loop Stitch with larger needles.
13 sts + 22 rows = 4 in. (10 cm) in Moss Diamond Stitch with smaller needles.
BE SURE TO CHECK YOUR GAUGE. When you match the gauge in a pattern, your project will be the size specified in the pattern and the materials specified in the pattern will be sufficient. If it takes you fewer stitches and rows to make a 4 in. [10 cm] square, try using a smaller size hook or needles; if more stitches and rows, try a larger size hook or needles.
STITCH EXPLANATION:
PATTERN STITCHES
Loop Stitch (multiple of 2 + 1) Rows 1 and 3: Knit. Row 2 (WS): K1; *insert right needle into next st, wind yarn over right needle point, then over 3 fingers of left hand, then over right needle point again; draw 2 loops through the st and place them back on the left needle; knit 2 loops tog through the back loop (loop stitch made), k1; rep from * to end. Row 4: K2; *make loop stitch, k1; rep from * to last st, k1.
Repeat Rows 1-4 for Loop Stitch.
Moss Diamond Stitch (worked over 55 sts) Row 1 (RS): K1, p1, k1, *p5, (k1, p1) twice, k9, (p1, k1) twice; rep from * once more, p5, k1, p1, k1. Row 2 and all WS Rows: K the knit sts and p the purl sts. Row 3: *(P1, k1) twice, p3, (k1, p1) twice, k5, p1, k5; rep from * once more, (p1, k1) twice, p3, (k1, p1) twice. Row 5: K1; *(p1, k1) 5 times, k4, p1, k1, p1, k5; rep from * once more, (p1, k1) 5 times. Row 7: K2, *(p1, k1) 4 times, k4, (p1, k1) 3 times, k4; rep from * once more, (p1, k1) 4 times, k1. Row 9: K3, *(p1, k1) 3 times, k4, (p1, k1) 4 times, k4; rep from * once more, (p1, k1) 3 times, k2. Row 11: K4, *(p1, k1) twice, k4, (p1, k1) 5 times, k4; rep from * once more, (p1, k1) twice, k3. Row 13: *K5, p1, k5, (p1, k1) twice, p3, (k1, p1) twice; rep from * once more, k5, p1, k5. Row 15: P1, *k9, (p1, k1) twice, p5, (k1, p1) twice; rep from * once more, k9, p1. Row 17: K1, p1, *k7, (p1, k1) twice, p7, (k1, p1) twice; rep from * once more, k7, p1, k1. Row 19: Repeat Row 15. Row 21: Repeat Row 13. Row 22: Repeat Row 2.
Rep Rows 1-22 for Moss Diamond Stitch.
FRONT
With larger needles, cast on 45 sts. Work in Loop Stitch until piece measures 8 1/2 in. (21.5 cm) from beginning, end with a RS row.
Change to smaller needles. Next Row (WS): Knit, inc 10 sts evenly spaced across- 55 sts.
Work 22 rows of Moss Diamond Stitch. Bind off.
BACK
Work same as Front.
FINISHING
Sew Front and Back together along sides and lower edge, leaving 2 1/2 in. (6.5 cm) unsewn at top of each side seam. Tuck lower corners to inside, sew in place. Sew 2 pleats, about 1/2 in. (1.3 cm) deep evenly spaced on Front and Back. With yarn threaded into large-eyed blunt needle, sew handles inside Back and Front with closely spaced blanket st. Weave in ends.
ABBREVIATIONS / REFERENCES Click for explanation and illustration
Downloadable Pattern: Plush Purse Reviewed by Barbara Whiteside on 2009-02-13
I made this purse and it is beautiful. Pattern was easy to follow. I am very pleased. Looks just like the picture. I gave it as a gift. Now I will make one for myself in a different color.
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