Get Back Backpack / Secret Life Shoulder Bag by Claire Crompton

Get Back Backpack / Secret Life Shoulder Bag

Knitting
March 2007
Bulky (7 wpi) ?
15 stitches and 22 rows = 4 inches
in stockinette stitch
US 7 - 4.5 mm
304 - 380 yards (278 - 347 m)
English German

Measurements: 12in (30.5cm) long, 12in (30.5cm) at widest point, 4in (10cm) deep at base

Additional supplies: 14 x 1in (25.cm) flat buttons

In the book, this pattern is used for two projects: the “Get Back Backpack”, using 4 x 50g balls of self-striping wool-mix yarn (Noro Blossom); and the “Secret Life Shoulder Bag”, using 4 x 50g balls of bouclé wool-mix yarn (Cashmerino Astrakhan) and 3 x 50g balls of DK wool (Matchmaker DK), holding together one strand from each. The second project simply shows a different configuration of the buttons and straps, to use the bag as a shoulder bag instead of a backpack. One finished project converts to the other.