Beaded Heart Bag

A great primer project that incorporates many techniques (fair isle, beading, intarsia) as well as uses up oddment yarns, left over from other projects. The bag is the perfect size to fit a pair of socks and I used this one as the wrapping for the Gull Wing Socks.

Pattern Source:	Rowan Finishing Workshop taught by Jane Crowfoot
Yarn:	Jaeger Pure Cotton DK and Rowan Glace
# of Balls:	N/A
Needles:	4.00mm circular
Meterage:	123 m/50g
Yarn Source:	Odds and ends from many previous projects
Colour:	Jaeger Pure Cotton - Oyster, Blue Rowan Glace - Crushed Rose, mid blue, gold
Size:	5 inch by 7 inch
Notions:	approx 50 beads
Started:	28 July 2003
Finished:	29 July 2003
Resting Period:	None
Recipient:	Kristine

Project Notes

1. Rowan Glace and Jaeger Pure Cotton (discontinued) knits to the same tension and are both mercerised cottons. I tend to use them interchangeably. I have quite a bit of the Pure Cotton in stash and although it is more splitty than the Glace, it's less pricey and the result is very similar.

2. Instead of picking up the stitches from the bottom of the bag and knitting up for the second side of the page, I used a provisional cast on and did an extra row to avoid doing the beads on the purl row.

3. For a larger size bag, just use a thicker yarn.

4. I finished off with a twisted cord and strung the remaining beads on the ends.

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