Bond Machine Knitting - Drawstring Evening Bag Pattern

Date: 03 August 1998
From: bahrens@pacbell.net
Subject: Drawstring Evening Bag by Gina B. Ahrens


Materials: Bernat Magic Sport 1 skien in Navy
	     Various colored Piallettes (UK = sequins) (see note below)
Gauge:   18 st x 24 r = 4 inches
Keyplate:  3 or dot 3

Cast on with WY and K 6 rows........Leaving a 2 foot length at the start
change colors to main color and K 4 rows..... *Starting on the third stitch
in from the left Bring forward every third stitch........Hang Piallettes on
these needles....Push the piallettes back against knitting and move needles
to FWP......Make sure all latches are open.....Knit first row slowly, pushing
carraige with one hand while holding piallettes back with the other and 
keeping a close eye on those latches that they stay open....Knit one more row....
Starting at the second needle from the left bring forward every third needle......
Hang Piallettes..... .Push the piallettes back against knitting and move needles
to FWP......Make sure all latches are open.....Knit first row slowly, pushing
carraige with one hand while holding piallettes back with the other and
keeping a close eye on those latches that they stay open....Knit one more row
.......repeat from * until row counter reads 26 rows.....Knit 4 rows.....Move
every sixth stitch, starting on the fifth stitch in from the left, over one needle
to the right.....Leave empty neeedles in working possition with latches open....
.Knit one row slowly making sure to catch the yarn on all of those empty
needles.....Knit three more rows....Back stitch bind off......Remove work from
machine and reomve hem......Gather live stitches at the WY end and stitch
this opening closed........Remove waste yarn.......Continue with stitching up
the side of the purse.........Hide all thread ends....... Using a size F crochet
hook make a chain stitch cord or use a silken cord from the fabric store to
thread threw all the eyelet holes.......Make 1 five foot length and thread it 
through the holes twice ending in the hole just before the one you started 
with.....Tie thread ends together and hide yarn ends.......Pull the cord from
opposite sides to close the purse.....Enjoy

Note - If you cannot find piallettes with a large hole then you will need to make
a large hole in them with a single hole paper punch...

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