Market bag knitting Pattern "Onions and Garlic and more"

More and more countries ban the use of plastic bags. Why not make your own market bag and impress your fellow customers at the store with a handmade one?

The bag is made out of cotton. It looks quite small when it is unstretched, but stretches quite a lot and provides space for many items. The stitch pattern incorporates some twisted stitches, yarn overs and basic lace stitches. It is both written and charted. A crochet edge along the handles makes them more sturdy.
You can use 2 colors, you can use only 1, you can use sport weight cotton or aran weight cotton, or just use any cotton that you like. Options for different yarns are in the pattern.

Skills Required / What You'll Receive

Difficulty Level: Intermediate (knitting in the round on circular needles, yarn overs, increases, decreases, double decreases, twisted stitches, varying stitch counts, picking up stitches, kitchener grafting). You need to know how to work basic crochet stitches.

• k: knit
• p: purl
• k tbl: knit through the back loop
• inc8: increase 8: [knit 1, (yarn over, knit 1) x4], all into the same stitch
• skp: slip 1 stitch, knit 1 stitch, pass slipped stitch over the knit stitch (1 stitch decreased)
• k2tog: knit 2 stitches together (1 stitch decreased)
• sk2p: slip 1 stitch, knit 2 stitches together, pass slipped stitch over (2 stitches decreased)
• garter stitch: when working in rows: knit all rows; when working in rounds: knit 1 round, purl 1 round.

Gauge: Sport weight: 20 stitches/40 rows in pattern = 10cm/4in.
Aran: 14 stitches/22 rows. (Gauge is not essential, as this is nothing that needs to fit you).

Size Information

60cm/24in circumference unstretched (stretches to twice the size when filled), 35cm/14in in height. Each handle is 40cm/16in in length.

Materials List

Yarn: Four Seasons Gründl Cotton Quick for the bag in sport weight yarn (100% cotton; 125m/50g; 137yds/1.76oz); 3 balls in main color, 1 ball in contrast color. Sample used 280m/307yds of main color and 125m/137yds of contrast color.
Anchor Style Magicline for the bag in aran (100% cotton; 69m/50g; 76yds/1.76oz); 4 balls. Sample used 249m/272yds.

Needles: Sport weight: 3.5mm/US 4 circular needle, 2 DPNs in same size (optional). You also need a hook in size 3.75mm (F).
Aran: 5mm/US 8 circular needle and hook size 6mm (J).

Notions: Stitch marker, yarn needle. More stitch markers for the pattern repeats are optional.

Additional Details by the Author

You may notice that I am not a native English speaker. All my patterns are tested or edited or both by native speakers. You will also find my contact info in each pattern. Please don't feel shy to ask questions if anything is unclear. I may be in another time zone than you, but will get back to you as soon as possible.

The pattern itself is copyrighted and may not be distributed. Feel free to do whatever you like with your finished items. Use them yourself, gift them, donate them to charity or sell them.