It just came to my attention that I never posted the most recent market bag I knit.  Since my market bag category seems to be one of the most popular on my blog, I want to go ahead and post this project.

I made my mom a BYOB from Knitty.  This was a great stash busting project because it used up a ton of yarn.  Since I used the chocolate and cream colored yarns from cones, I don’t know how much I used.  I did manage to finish up all of my chocolate and teal colored yarn.  I did weigh the bag to get an approximation of yardage.

I didn’t knit the pattern to gauge, my gauge was larger. I used smaller needles than called for, but I must knit much looser than the pattern designer.  The original gauge for the pattern is extremely tight.  While this bag was a little floppier than I wanted, I think a trip through the washing machine would tighten it up.  The bag ended up much larger than I expected, much larger than other market bags that I’ve knit.  It’s a nice bag, regardless of my concerns.
Overall, I realized that I really don’t enjoy knitting that much seed stitch.  It seemed to take forever to knit the bottom of the bag.  Luckily, the lace part flew off of the needles.  I’m not sure I’d knit another of these, just because of the seemingly endless seed stitch.  If my mom asked for another, I’d make it, but I don’t think that I’ll make one for me.

Pattern: BYOB
Designer: Moira Ravenscroft
Source: Knitty, Summer 2008
Yarn: Peaches & Creme
Yardage: approximately 536 yards (11oz)
Colors:  Chocolate, Teal and Cream
Needles:  US 6 (4mm) & US 9 (5.5mm)

Started: April 22, 2009
Completed: May 1, 2009