In my last few blogposts, I have been writing about the BYOB - Bring Your Own Bag knitting pattern with suggestions for fun variations. Today, I am going to feature a bag I made using all the left-over yarn oddments from other bags! The dyelots varied enormously, yet when this bag was finished you really couldn't see that there were any shade differences in the yarns.
I have found myself really drawn to this bag and it has become my shopping bag of choice in recent times. It certainly has been the one most commented upon when I am out and about.
The bag was worked completely in Seed Stitch and seemed to grow surprising quickly. I found myself saying: "I'll just work one more band..." and then before I knew it, it was finished! There is definitely some merit in having such frequent colour changes to provide a good target for your knitting!
The striped pattern is a "Fibonacci" sequence. This is where the previous 2 numbers are added together to give the next number in the sequence, so:
1+1=2, then 1+2=3, then 2+3=5 and so on to give the sequence:
1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, etc
Fibonacci sequences give very interesting results, and reflect patterns we see in nature such as the growth pattern of a shell, the number of petals on a flower or the leaf structure of a tree. The diagram above, for example, shows the growth pattern for a mollusc shell.
In this bag, I just used the 5 - 8 - 13 part of this sequence to form the stripes. So I worked:
13 Rnds in MC, then 8 Rnds in CC#1 and 5 Rnds in CC#2,
then I went back to 8 Rnds of CC#1 again.
I had a lot of yarn tails to finish off at the end because I had used so many remnants, but it was very satisfying to have so little wasted yarn at the end of this project.
I hope you have enjoyed exploring the many variations from just this one pattern. Please see my blogpost: "Bags of bags" where you can see photographs of all these various bags on one page, together with some of my other bag patterns.
If you would like to purchase a copy of the BYOB – Bring Your Own Bag pattern, then please click here.
I'll be back next time with information about a lovely cosy rug ready for the winter ahead.
Happy Knitting!
Moira
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Thank you for BYOB. I am enjoying working it with "stash" yarn. It is larger than I imagined it but that is good. I am from MA also.
ReplyDeleteI love this bag and can't wait to start it!
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