LION BRAND® WOOL-EASE® THICK & QUICK® AND FUN FUR Knit Purse Page 1 Pattern from Lion Brand Yarn - CJIF-Backpack Page 2 Skill Level: Beginner SIZE Approximately 9½" x 12" MATERIALS • LION BRAND Wool-Ease Thick & Quick: 1 ball #114 Denim or color of your choice • LION BRAND Fun Fur 2 balls #203 Indigo or color of your choice • LION BRAND size 17 (12 mm) knitting needles OR SIZE TO OBTAIN GAUGE • One 1-inch (2.5 cm) button • LION BRAND Large-eyed blunt needle NOTE Purse is worked with 1 strand of Wool-Ease Thick & Quick and 1 strand of Fun Fur held together throughout. GAUGE 8 stitches + 12 rows = 4" (10 cm) in stockinette stitch (knit on right side, purl on wrong side) with one strand of each yarn held together. BE SURE TO CHECK YOUR GAUGE PURSE With 1 strand of each yarn, cast on 26 stitches. Work in garter stitch (knit every row) for 2 rows. Work in stockinette stitch until piece measures 18" from beginning, ending with a purl row. Next row (make buttonhole) Knit 12, yarn over, knit 2 together, knit 12. Knit 2 rows. Bind off all stitches. Finishing Fold piece in half and sew side seams. Strap With 1 strand of each yarn, cast on 40 sts. Next Row Bind off all stitches. Attach strap to side seams at top of purse. Weave in loose ends and sew on button. *Wool-Ease® Thick & Quick® (Article #640) is the super bulky member of the Wool-Ease family. It has the feel, warmth and softness of wool with the easy care of acrylic. It is packaged in 6 oz/170g, 106 yd/97m skeins. Solids, Heathers, Twists: 80% acrylic, 20% wool; Wheat: 86% acrylic, 10% wool, 4% rayon *Fun Fur (Article #320) is a novelty "eyelash" yarn. Solids: 1¾/50g; 60 yd/54m per ball Prints: 1½ oz/40g; 57 yd/52m per ball 100% polyester. © 1998-2003 Lion Brand Yarn Company, all rights reserved 34 West 15th Street, New York, New York 10011 Call TOLL-FREE 1-800-258-YARN No pattern or other material may be reproduced – mechanically, electronically or by any other means, including photocopying – without written permission of Lion Brand Yarn Company Pattern from Lion Brand Yarn - CJIF-Backpack Page 3 Every effort has been made to have the knitting and crochet instructions accurate and complete. We cannot be responsible for variance of individual knitters and crocheters, human errors, or typographical mistakes. © 1998-2003 Lion Brand Yarn Company, all rights reserved 34 West 15th Street, New York, New York 10011 Call TOLL-FREE 1-800-258-YARN No pattern or other material may be reproduced – mechanically, electronically or by any other means, including photocopying – without written permission of Lion Brand Yarn Company .