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10 Spring Market Bags

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10 Spring Market Bags


Despite the wintery weather reports, spring is just around the corner and so are the farmers markets!  Whether you are visiting the markets weekly for fresh foods, or stopping by a roadside stand on your way home from work, having a reusable bag with you is a must.  We’ve rounded up ten adorable patterns ranging from mesh to weekender styles that will get you through market season and beyond.  Most can do double duty as beach, diaper, and school carryalls.   Better get started soon- you may find you want to make them all!

beach_bag

1. Summer beach bag – Let’s Knit

bird tote

2. Free as a bird tote – Strocel

 

girlfriend market tote

3. Girlfriend market tote – Sugar Bunny Boulevard

 

DIY Birkin tote

4. DIY Birkin Tote – Thrift Dee

 

mesh bag

5. Crochet Mesh Bag – All About Ami

 

Brighton tote

6. Brighton tote – Knitty

 

weekender tote

7. Weekender tote – A Beautiful Mess

 

crochet bag

8. Crochet bag – Attic24

 

 

iron on typographic tote

10: Iron- on Typographic Tote – How About Orange

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Stitch Your Favorite Fruit on a Sweater

The other day I saw a post from Pinterest about trends for summer and it said one of them was “cultivating whimsy.” 

Well, I don’t know where Pinterest has been all this time, but we’ve been cultivating whimsy here at Craft Gossip for a long time. I love sharing projects that are a little different, things that make you smile when you see them, and will make you smile when you knit them and wear them or use them. 

Such it is with the Tutti Frutti tee knitting pattern from Bea Creative Knits. 

This cute little baby tee is worked top down in the round with contiguous shoulder construction to shape the sleeve caps. There are short rows for the neckline and folded hems with picot edging at the hemline, neckline and edges of the sleeves. 

All of this would be great on its own, but then there’s the addition of a super cute fruit icon, which is added with duplicate stitch. There are a lot of options, including strawberry, banana, orange, cherries, watermelon, lemon, blueberries, kiwi, peach, dragon fruit, apple and pear, so it’s likely you can add on your favorite fruit. 

It is offered in eight sizes, to fit a bust measurement ranging from 28-30 inches (71-76 cm) to 56-58 inches (142-147 cm). The design is meant to be worn with around 6.3 inches/16 cm of negative ease, but you can choose the fit you prefer. There’s also optional bust and waist shaping included in the pattern if you want to make it even curvier.

This is considered an advanced beginner or intermediate project because of all the skills involved, but it’s sure to be a lot of fun even if some of these techniques are new to you.

Grab a copy of the pattern for yourself form Bea Creative Knits on Etsy. 

[Photo: Bea Creative Knits]