BUDDY BACKPACK
MATERIAL:
Size 6 straight needles
2 size 5 double point needles
2 Skeins Acrylic knitting worsted weight yarn (this will actually make two bags)
SIZE: About 10”x12”
FRONT:
Cast on 45 sts
Rows 1-10 Knit
Row 11: K5 sts (for border), place marker, purl to last 5 sts, place marker, k last 5 sts (for border)
Row 12: K5 sts (for border), K1, *yo, k2tog, rep from * across to last 5 sts, k last 5 sts (for border) (This row is very tight and hard to do, but don’t give up.)
Row 13: K5 (for border), P to last 5 sts, K5 (for border)
Row 14: K entire row (including borders)
Row 15: K5 (for border), K1, M1, K1, M1, K1, M1, K to last 5 sts (38 sts between borders), K5 (for border)
Row 16: K entire row (including borders)
Row 17: K5 (for border) *knit 2, knit into the back of the next stitch, purl 1*. Repeat from *until there are 2 stitches left of the 38 center sts, Knit 2, k5 (for border)
Repeat Row 17 until front is about 11 inches from start of Row 17.
If you want a strip change colors at about 4” and make strip as wide as you like it (continuing with Row 17 pattern) and then go back to first color continuing with pattern until you finish the 11 inches.
Knit 10 rows (If desired, make these 10 rows the same color as stripe.)
Bind off
BACK:
Make just as for Front.
FINISHING:
Sew backpack pieces together at sides and bottom.
Cord: (I used the same color as the stripe and last 10 rows.)
With double pointed needles, cast on 5 sts. *Slide sts to other end of dpn and knit them, pulling yarn tightly across the back of the work. (Do not turn work.) Repeat from * to make cord. Rep last row until cord measures 48 in from beg. Bind off.
Weave cord through Backpack just below top garter edge (row 12), with both cord ends emerging on right side. Mark center point between cords. Pull cord ends through from right to wrong side of Backpack at each lower corner. Knot cord ends securely on inside of Backpack. Weave in ends.