For this project I wanted a dense squishy feel so that it would support the wheat bag I was using. The wheatbag was made as a sewing project by a child to sell at the school fair, so I wanted to have a resilient cover that might contain anything should there be a mishap.

To get a stiff feel I knit a double course of yarn (one green, one black) and knit on 3.5mm tips rather than the recommended 4mm.
The result was a firm, neat knit that felt lovely.

I started using a sock cast-on and knitting in the round.
I hoped to do mitred increases on the edges so that the corners of the bag would be rounded off.
For round 2 and 4 I made stitches by kfab (knit front of stitch then the back of the stitch) on both needles. Essentially this means increasing twice at the same time, and makes a new extra stitch on the front, and a matching one on the back.

After a while I started increasing by 2 stitches every 3 sides for a less dramatic angle.
(front, back, front ++ ;
back, front, back ++).
Once I was at the width of the bag I knit for length until I was just over an inch from length, and started decreasing again.

For the mouth of the bag, so that it wouldn’t roll or warp, I put a few rows of rib, and for a flat finish and lovely texture I knitted the flap in moss stitch (single seed stitch).

For the button loops I sewed the tail of my project in from the edge for about 4 stitches, and did a single crochet chain of 6 (french knit) on a 7mm crochet hook. I sewed that back in and used a yarn needle to follow the leading edge to position the second button loop.

The buttons were a lucky find from a random bulk bag of black buttons that I got from Spotlight. The holes of the buttons were _just_ wide enough to accommodate my yarn needle.

It was a quick knit, but it took me a while to psych myself up for attaching buttons.

Having finished it, it looks a bit like an owl. I ummed and erred for about 20 minutes trying to decide if I add a beak, but not just now.. maybe if I still have the urge in a week or two.