Rainbow Beach Bag

A vibrant, multipurpose shoulder bag that’s as useful for picking up the groceries as it is a day out at the beach.

Knitting it in the round, in worsted cotton and all in one piece with no seams or weak points makes it incredibly strong and hard-wearing.

Its mesh stitch effect means it squashes up small when not in use but stretches big enough to fit a day’s beach supplies or a LOT of shopping!

This bag is also completely seamless - you should only have two ends to sew in, at the start and the end.

All instructions are for circular needles and magic loop, but obviously the whole thing can be knitted on double pointed needles if you prefer.

Difficulty: Easy to intermediate (knowledge of knitting in the round with magic loop or on double pointed needles)

Time required: 4-12 hours

Yarn: any worsted, Aran or DK cotton, hemp or linen. I used Hoooked Soft Recycled Cotton DK (which is actually more like Aran weight than DK) - approx. 95g total