Yarn
Heavish worsted weight. I used a wool/mohair handspun. 150 ish yards (Warning: guessing here!)

Gauge
In Stockinette stitch & 2x2 ribbing: 6 sts/inch
In Moss stitch: 5 sts/inch

Needles
Whatever you need to achieve above gauges.

Stitches

Moss:
Rounds 1 & 2: K1, P1
Rounds 3 & 4: P1, K1

Pattern
1. Cast on 44 stitches with larger needles and work 18 rounds moss stitch.

2. Switch to smaller needles and K22 sts, PM, M1, PM, K 22 stockinette stitch.

3. K 2 rounds

4. Increase thumb gusset round: K to marker, slip marker, M1, K across gusset, M1, slip marker, K to end of round. (3 gusset sts)

5. Work steps 3 and 4 until there are 9 sts in gusset

6. Work 3 rounds

7. Work Inc round (11 gusset sts)

8. Work steps 6 and 7 one more time (13 gusset sts)

8.5 Work one round.

9. Put gusset stitches on waste yarn

10. Work one round, increasing (use backward loop method) one st where thumb gusset is.

11. Work K2 P2 rib, decreasing to 44 stitches somewhere on first round.

12 Continue about 1 to 1.5 inches in ribbing or to desired length, then cast off loosely in ribbing.

13. Thumb: Transfer sts to 3 needles. Beg rnd: pickup 3 sts, working first rnd in St st. Next rnd: beg working 2x2 ribbing and cont until thumb is desired length. Cast off loosely in ribbing.

Materials
1 ball of Odyssey

1 Set of DPNs in size to achieve a gauge of 5.5 sts/inch

To begin:

Cast on 70 stitches

Divide evenly amongst your needles, join and knit for 5.5 inches (more or less)

Begin decreases for top of hat

K8, K2tog, repeat for entire round
K7 K2tog, repeat "
K6, K2tog, repeat "
K5, K2tog, repeat "
K4, K2tog, repeat "
K3, K2tog, repeat "
K2, K2tog, repeat "
K1, K2tog, repeat "
K2tog all around

Now, you have 7 stitches, K2tog 3 times and k the last stitch....

Now, start your i-cord, making it at least 1.5 inches long so you can tie it easily.

When i-cord is long enough, thread a needle and thread through 4 stitches, and sew in end. Tie the cord.

You're done!

Materials
1 skein Hawthorne Cottage Handpainted Yarn
#2 Straight needles
1 Invisible zipper

Gauge
26 stitches and 32 rows to 4 inches

Note: this is an DK weightish yarn knit tightly

CO 16 sts and K 11 rows.

CO 14 sts at beg f next 2 rows and K 8.5 inches even, making sure to slip 1st st of every row.

Cast off 14 st at beg of next 2 rows and K 10 rows. Bind off.

At this point, you can decide which side of the fabric you want to be the outside of your bag. The one pictured is reverse stockinette.

Seam up sides, making slipped edges meet in the center of the top. Shorten zipper if necessary and baste into place. If satisfied with zipper's look, then sew it in for good (by hand).

Copyright Leigh Spencer