Market Bag and Subway Stitches

Since spring is close (oh so close!) I've been very excited about making a market bag. One of my favorite things about living in Brooklyn is how many farmers markets there are, and how easy they are to get to. One of the hardest parts of the winter is not being able to get nice, fresh fruit and vegetables. So with the return of farmers markets, and my personal goal of trying to be ecologically friendly, market bags seem like the way to go.

I went through a bunch of patterns before settling on this one, that can be found at Plymouth Yarn. I like it because the bottom is so sturdy, and it didn't drive me nuts by asking me to do crazy things like joining 3 stitches on each DPN and then knitting them in a (k, yo) pattern for the first row. Which I tried over and over before giving up.

But I really do like the way this is coming out! The pattern is easy to memorize, and I've had a lot of fun KIPing this. My friend Kate and I have taken to knitting in a cafe every Friday together, and this is a great project for knitting on the subway.

I have about three inches to go before doing the band and the handles.



I'm really excited to finish it!

I ordered the last of the things to send to my swap partner for the tea swap today. I'm so excited for everything to get here so that I can put the box together and send it out. This has turned into so much fun.