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Toss in your towel, book, sunglasses, water, and sunscreen and head for the beach! This roomy beach bag has a linen stitch base for sturdiness, an I-cord edged strap for strength, and a bit of lace, texture, and color to make it fun to knit! Base is worked flat, then stitches are picked up on the other 3 sides so that the body of the bag can be worked in the round. Strap is worked from one side and then joined at the other side with a 3-needle bind-off.

Skills required
Slipping stitches
Picking up stitches
Simple lace – decreases and yarn overs
Decreasing
Increasing
3-needle bind-off

Materials
Approximately 585 yards of a cotton-, linen- or hemp-rich yarn in a sport or dk-weight.
If using 2 colors as shown, you will need 365 yards of the main color and 220 yards of the accent (lace) color. Sample was knit in Elsebeth Lavold Hempathy (cotton/hemp/rayon).
Stockinette gauge needles with a 32” or smaller cable
Needles one size larger than stockinette gauge needles for working linen stitch base flat and for binding off
Second set of circular stockinette gauge needles for holding strap stitches and working 3-needle bind-off (any cable length)
Stitch markers
Measuring tape
Tapestry needle for weaving in ends

sample was knit in Hempathy in White Beach and Silverstone