Love this! Would it work with Euroflax Linen?

... bella bellissima ... la piu bella da tutti ... gumby thinks so ... and i'm pretty sure the euroflax linen would be super for it ... happy summer days ... and do say no to plastic bags ... thanks for the all around awesome tutorial ...

i wish i knew how to do this! i've been looking for bags like this to carry my fruits and veggies in. nice tutorial... perhaps i could figure it out some how. hehe.

This is so great! I'm not sure how to do everything here, but I'm going to buy supplies right now!

I LOVE this and have to make it right away!!! Thanks soooooo much for sharing the pattern and the wonderful 'how-to' notes. I'll learn two new skills as I do this. WOOT!!

great bag
you are a creative genius
thank you for sharing

i live at the beach...what a great idea

oh my, this pattern is such a useful one, thank you so much! My fingers are itching to knit this already!

WOW!! This bag is really neat! I have already started mine! Thanx a ton for sharing this pattern!

I finished this bag a few weeks ago and use it all the time. It holds soooo much--really stretches. I love it! Thank you for the pattern.

Lovely!

Very nice, I love the color !
I saw your tote bag on a blog, I hope I could knit it myself (I'm a beginner and french... It's hard to understand knitting specific terms lol)
Thank you for sharing the pattern !

I've been looking for an applied I-cord tutorial since sooo long. Thanks for crystal clear pics and instructions.

What a great bag!...and so-o-o easy! I'm just about finished mine!!
Thank you!!

Please go here to see my finished bag! I love it and it was so easy. I was intimidated about doing the handle but the directions are so easy to follow. Thank you so much for the pattern!
http://doulanana.blogspot.com/2008/01/la-borsetta.html

Thanks for sharing this wonderful pattern :)
crystal :)

Great bag! We are a bunch of Norwegian knitters making this one as a KAL. I've reached the I-core, and it looks great. Thank you for sharing the pattern.

Mvh Irene

Thank you for a great pattern! I've just finished knitting my first nest bag :D

I knit this pattern in some scrap yarn.It is as wonderful pattern. Thanks so much.

Can you turn this pattern into a purse if you line it ,and make it shorter?

I'm wondering if I'm doing something wrong. I was knitting the pattern when I got to Row 4. I would be knitting along and find that I would have 2 stitches at the end instead of one. Is there something that I'm doing wrong or can I just knit them together and keep going? Thanks for any info you can give me.

I've been having the exact problem described by Rose! Can anyone out there help us?? I tore my work out and started over four times before I gave up, and changed the pattern. Needless to say, my tote does not look like the tote in the photos. Please help!

I used linen, works great. Very nice design for the handles and top edge. My tip, when doing the kitchener stitch, use very small needles , then one can see the stitches evolve. Also, if one forgets a yarn over, it can be discovered and a stitch picked up in the purl row, and I actually counted the number of stitches in each row every time!!

Am knitting this now using Naturally Caron Country to be used as a baby wrap but really think it's going to take more than a few hours to knit up. Love the pattern and am going to make another one for granddaughter who's heading off to college this fall ~ will be perfect for her books, etc.

Oh my goodness! I made this pattern, more than 6 mos ago. It turned out sooo beautiful. I am finally getting around to making my second one. The pattern is so practical and pretty at the same time. To those of you who are intimidated... just follow the pattern, and it will become easier as it goes.
I was most nervous about the I-cord handle, and it turned out to be "not as hard" as I thought. I am making this one as a gift for a friend, then I am making another in a chocolate brown cotton for myself. :)

Your pattern says row 1 as purl I am just wondering if it is a mistake or it is correct, the reason is when I knit the 1st row is always knit.

nope - it is definitely a purl row. in lace knits, the odd rows are usually purled.

i love this pattern - making my first one right now and it is easy and quick to knit up on the train! (i live in nyc)

thanks for posting this! will get lots of use out of it and it will make great presents. something to knit during the warmer months!

I have problem knitting the cord the instructions says do not turn the needle, but if you do not turn the needle then it is one row knit one row purl could some one help me understand how to knit the cord. I have completed the bag and would like to complete the bag by knitting the cord.

I was given some yarn that is 98% cotton and 2% elastic. It is Cascade, Bulky Fixation. Do you think that would work for this beautiful bag? The yarn is stretchy. The package says "138 yards (spandex)/92 yards (relaxed)".

Thanks in advance for the help.

Hi everyone,

I think this is a great pattern, and I am going to knit it for my friend who is moving to southeast Asia. I was wondering, has anyone tried knitting it in the round, and if so, can you tell me how to do it? I've changed other patterns from straight needles to circular needles, but this one is a lot more complicated. Any ideas?

Thanks!

I've really gotten into making market bags and I think this is one of the best ones I've come across yet. Thanks for sharing!

I just wanted to say how excited I am that I found this patter. I am going to recommend it to my friend Allyson, whom also teaches knitting and crafty projects! I will have it posted to my blog http://lavitainchicago.wordpress.com/ when it is complete!

I've just knit this bag up after bookmarking this pattern months ago! I discovered I'd made a huge error far enough into it that I thought I'd just continue and see what happened - I'd used purl for row 4 instead of the instructions (this is what happens when you knit with children on your lap!). It made the main piece come out on an angle, but it looks fabulous when crocheted together - the seam is on the diagonal, and looks completely intentional.
I do have a big problem with the handle though! The instructions were easy to follow (I paid close attention this time, and did it after the little ones were in bed!) and it LOOKS great, but it made the top so much smaller that it'll be hard to fit things in! What did I do wrong? To tight knitting? Should I have left more space between the two handles??? I really want to try again (and follow the directions!) but want to be sure I can manage the handle!

I had the small-top issue, too, where the bag is a great size but the opening at the top is fairly tiny. I'm going to make another one and try doing 2 i-cord rows in one stich so that it stretches it out (if that makes sense). I'm also not going to make the handle go all the way across both side. I'm going to start about 1/3 of the way across the top, i-cord for 1/3, and then stop at the last 1/3 so that the handles will open it up better.
Love this bag!!