I cast on a reasonable number of stitches, knit with stripes to bottom of bag, decided “side” and “front/back” panel size, divvyed up stitches, mitered corners with paired decreases, and kitchenered the bottom closed when the “side” panels were all gone. I put on handles where seemed reasonable and made them in garter so that they would stay flat. I felted in the washer on “hot” with a couple of pairs of jeans. This has served me well since I made it in 2005.

I had a fair amount of yarn left over, which I used for other projects.