I love making tote bags and this is the most recent of the 4 I made last year (one was for my sister). I use a pattern from Cabin Fever, Sheepstrings Big Bag #708. It's fast and fun--two strands held together and knit in the round. I had a hell of time with the first one--I could not figure out how to pick up stitches in the round and started over 3 times before realizing I could knit the rectangular bottom on straight needles and then pick up the stitches with a circular needle. The first 2 bags were striped (periwinkle and charcoal gray for me, chocolate and mint green for my sister. They look good but the unaligned stripes from knitting in the round bugged me.) I can't recall what yarn I used for this bag but it's very soft, unlike the Cascades I used for the other 3. The bag's really sturdy and I carry it to work each day. I took this picture before I left for work the other day, so the bag's stuffed with a book, the work I took home but didn't do, 2 boxes of tea and my lunch in a plastic container.
This bag thing is a little scary. My mother was a bag lady and the older she got, the bigger (and more numerous) the bags. Uh oh.
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