Folk BagsThirty projects from 23 countries offer a worldwide representation of bags, from Asia and Africa to Europe and the Americas. From the fish-shaped Japanese felted bag to the Persian carpet?inspired handbag, each bag is a product of its cultural history. Each pattern begins with a brief history describing the source behind these contemporary interpretations of folk designs. Folk stories also accompany many projects. Included are designs for bags for work or play, and bags of all shapes, colors, textures, and sizes. Using this collection, knitters can create bags for children, for market, for everyday, or for a special evening event. |
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Adjust needle alpaca Aran sweater bags beads BO 1 st Bushoong camel hair Cameroon Carpet Bag CENTRAL ASIA circular circ cloth cn and hold COIN PURSE colored heads correct gauge crochet hook Cut yarn diameter disc drawstring estry fabric felting 12 FINISHED flap folds Fur stitch GAUGE 22 sts Guatemalan cotton hanbok hank I-cord ikat dyeing Incan inette stitch insert jumeoni k2tog k3 from cn KILIM knot left needle long straight sewing mesh stitch necessary to obtain obtain the correct origami outer edge p2tog Persian carpet pins with colored psso pull purl raffia reverse St st sewn shape slip 3 sts smooth waste yarn SPIRAL st each end stem stitch STITCH GUIDE stitch holder straight sewing pins strands Stripes sts kwise sts onto cn tapestry needle Techniques threads twisted knit Uzbek warp weave weft Whipstitch wrapped yarn tail Yoruba yurt