Issue 64 is on sale on Thursday 28 January 2010 and each issue comes with one pair of bamboo bag handles, as well as four more patterns to use them with, giving you eight bag patterns in total.
We first printed the patterns for these four beautiful bags in issue 54 but we thought they'd be perfect for our new set of handles. Cast on today and you'll be ready to add the handles when you pop to the shops next week!
Download your FREE pattern for Amanda Jones' four knitted bags (PDF)
As the new handles are a U rather than an O shape, we asked technical editor Kirstie McLeod for the best way to attach them to Amanda's bags. "Instead of leaving the hem at the top open, as for the O-shaped handles, place some ribbon or stiff fabric between the two layers to make it firmer and sew it shut," she recommends. "You can then sew the handles on easily, attaching each leg of the U to one end of the ribbon."
If you'd like to see the handles in action, you can get a sneak preview of the three bag patterns by Emma King we'll be featuring in issue 64 now.
This pattern is available to download as a PDF document. It won’t open unless you have Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your computer. You can download this program from the Adobe website for free. If you have Acrobat Reader and it’s still not working, try right-clicking the link and clicking “save as”. Save the document onto your computer – make sure you can find it again! – and try opening it from there.
