House Crest Fair Isle Bag, Knitting - Pouches, Purses & Other Bags - Hogwarts & the Four |
 Mar 19 2008, 08:06 AM
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Super Jenn!  Posts: 2,149 Joined: 5:43pm March 19, 2006 Location: Knitting elf socks & scarves in the Hufflepuff Common Room. . .   |
© Rosemary Waits (a.k.a. Quietish) Supplies DK weight yarn, slightly more than 164.04 yards (150 m) in main color (MC)
DK weight yarn, less than 164.04 yards (150 m) in contrast color (CC)
Chart for the desired House Crest US3 (3.25 mm) 16 inch (40.64 cm) circular needle US2 (2.75 mm) 16 inch (40.64 cm) circular needle D/3 (3.00 mm) crochet hook Stitch markers Yarn needle Fabric for lining Needle Thread Charts Gryffindor Fair Isle Crest Hufflepuff Fair Isle Crest Ravenclaw Fair Isle Crest Slytherin Fair Isle Crest Gauge 26 stitches per 4 inches (10.16 cm) Finished Measurements 9 inches (22.86 cm) wide by 10 inches (25.40 cm) long, excluding strap and fringe. Instructions With main color (MC) and larger needles, cast on 114 stitches. Join in the round and work first row of chart. Place stitch marker after 57 stitches and work first row of chart again. Place stitch marker. Continue working each row of chart twice on every round. Upon completing the chart, which should total 73 rounds, break off CC and switch to main color and smaller needles. Knit one round. [Knit one round, purl one round] three times. Finishing Bind off loosely, marking the bound off stitches on either side of stitch markers with a safety pin or tied string. Marked stitches indicate the columns behind which the strap is later crocheted. Weave in ends. Wash bag according to the yarn's instructions and block flat, making sure that the marked stitches are precisely the first and last stitches on either side. When blocked and dry pin the bag flat, matching the front pattern to the back. Crocheted Strap Start at the bottom corner of bag and slip stitch bottom closed. Row 1 Ch 1, and passing the hook behind both the first stitch of the front and the last stitch of the back, sl st in every other row along the side of the bag. At the top corner of the bag, ch for 36 inches (91.44 cm). Join strap ch to opposite top of bag with a sl st. As with first side, sl st through every other row down the side of the bag. At the bottom, ch 2 and turn. Row 2 Hdc in each sl st of the side, each ch of the strap, and each sl st of second side. Finishing the strap Cut and pull yarn through last stitch. Remove markers. Weave in ends. Fringe bottom of bag with 2 strands of MC placed about 2 sts apart. Trim to around 1 inch (2.54 cm) long. Making & attaching the lining Use a fabric of your choice for the lining. Try to match your fabric's care instructions as closely as possible to your yarn care's instructions. Pre-wash the fabric according to its care instructions. If the fabric is thin or slinky, cut some interfacing in the same shape and hold it together with the fabric while performing the following steps. Interfacing should be on the "wrong" side of the fabric and sandwiched between the lining and the knit bag. Measure the finished bag width-wise between the crocheted edges. Mark your fabric as that wide, plus ½ an inch (1.27 cm). Measure your bag from just inside the top edge of the bag, to just above the top of the fringe. Mark your fabric as twice that long plus 2 inches (5.08 cm) for a hem. Fold the fabric so that the bottom of the bag lining is the fold line. Fold both top edges down 1 inch (2.54 cm) to the outside. Pin in place. Sew the side seams first, ¼ of an inch (0.64 cm) in. Working around the circumference of the lining, sew the hem in place. With wrong side still out, pin lining inside bag. Line up the lining's side seams with the very side seams of the bag. Using a nearly invisible stitch, hand-stitch the top fold of the lining to the inside top of the bag. For consistency, sew along the same round of the bag and try to make a stitch for each "purl bump" in that round. Final Product   Credit Rosemary Waits (a.k.a. Quietish)'s tutorial was taken with permission from rosemarywaits.com. Please note that the patterns and tutorials you find here have been designed by Harry Potter fans all over the Internet. The authors alone hold the copyrights and licenses to these patterns and tutorials, which means you CANNOT use their patterns to make something that you will sell to others afterward. You can use them to make things for yourself. You can make some for your friends and ask them to pay for supplies. You CANNOT, however, ask them to pay you to do it as though you had created this pattern by yourself, or try to sell you crafts to a local store. Think about it. Would you take a Prisoner of Azkaban book, photocopy it, put your name in big red letters on the front cover and try to sell it in your local library? The answer is, obviously, no. Well, selling crafts you have made but not designed would be just as bad! Please note that posting a picture of a finished object on Leaky Lounge will be taken as permission for the photo to be included in the Harry Potter Crafts gallery. If you do NOT wish your photos to be included in this gallery, please PM a Crafty Witch at the time of posting. Also note that the tutorials, recipes and patterns found here have not been tested and that The Leaky Cauldron's Harry Potter Crafts section is not responsible for any mistakes they may contain. If you do find something wrong in one of them, however, please e-mail us to let us know. On that note, Harry crafting to all! This post has been edited by As_Weasley_as_I_wannabe: Feb 19 2009, 07:42 AM -------------------- Jenn   |
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Apr 4 2008, 01:06 AM
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Super Jenn's Sidekick  Posts: 477 Joined: 6:47pm April 3, 2007 |
This tutorial can now also be found on the main site here.
You can also get to it by clicking the link in the title of the tutorial! 
-------------------- Hardhatcat
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Apr 5 2009, 12:15 PM
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Cauldron Bottom Measurer  Posts: 127 Joined: 10:57pm January 10, 2006 Location: In the library |
This looks really cool! My challenges would be working with two colors - I always have a hard time with that - and doing the lining, which I have never done before.
-------------------- Fight Evil ~ Read Books  Daughter, friends, and me as Molly Weasley |
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Apr 5 2009, 04:19 PM
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Thick Woolen Sock Knitter! Posts: 444 Joined: 8:28pm October 13, 2005 Location: Oklahoma |
Hi Lila,
You should totally give it a shot. The first times you try fair isle knitting it can be a bit awkward, but just as knitting for the first time ever is weird you do get used to it. And the result is so pretty! The lining is a snap. It's just a rectangle of fabric with the top edge folded in for neatness. You can so rock it. ;) -------------------- Rosemary
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