Tasche mit gestrickten Rosen in Schachenmayr Merino Extrafine 120 - S7041B - Downloadable PDF

Tasche mit gestrickten Rosen – Knitted Rose Bag Pattern in Schachenmayr Merino Extrafine 120 (S7041B)

This charming downloadable PDF pattern (S7041B) from Schachenmayr guides you through creating a beautifully textured handbag decorated with hand-knitted roses, finished with a crocheted button cover. The finished bag measures approximately 25 cm × 20 cm, making it a compact yet stylish accessory. The pattern combines both knitting and crochet techniques, offering a lovely mixed-craft project for crafters who enjoy working with both needles and hooks.

What Is Being Made

• A knitted bag with a garter stitch body, approximately 25 cm wide and 20 cm tall
• Twenty individual knitted roses worked separately and applied as decorative embellishments
• A crocheted button cover used as a decorative and functional closure element

Materials Used

The pattern is designed specifically for Schachenmayr Merino Extrafine 120, a DK weight yarn (also known as light worsted or 8-ply). This yarn is celebrated for its soft merino wool composition, excellent stitch definition, and wide colour palette — all of which make it particularly well suited to textured decorative elements like the roses in this design. Both knitting needles and a crochet hook are required to complete the full project.

Bag Construction – Techniques and Stitches

The bag body is worked flat using a straightforward and beginner-friendly construction method:

• Cast on 54 stitches and work entirely in garter stitch (knitting every row), which creates a firm, reversible fabric with natural elasticity and body — ideal for a structured bag
• Work until the piece measures 40 cm in height, then cast off all stitches
• Garter stitch is one of the most fundamental knitting techniques, producing a ridged texture that lies flat without curling at the edges

Knitted Roses – Techniques and Stitches

The roses are the standout feature of this pattern and are each worked individually before being attached to the bag. A total of 20 roses are knitted. The construction method is clever and creates a naturally spiralling, three-dimensional flower:

• Cast on 102 stitches to begin each rose
• Work 4 rows of stockinette stitch (knit on right-side rows, purl on wrong-side rows), beginning with a right-side row
• On the following row, work a needle-twisting technique: after every 6 stitches, the right needle is rotated backwards so that the 4 previously worked rows are twisted twice, then the next 6 stitches are worked — this twist is repeated across the entire row, creating the characteristic petal-like coiling of the rose
• Continue in stockinette stitch, working decreases on every row — knitting two stitches together (k2tog) on right-side rows and purling two stitches together (p2tog) on wrong-side rows — until only 6 to 7 stitches remain on the needle
• The remaining stitches are drawn together tightly with the working yarn to close the centre of the rose
• The long strip naturally curls and coils into a full, rounded rose shape when the stitches are gathered

Crocheted Button Cover – Techniques and Stitches

The button cover is worked in the round using basic crochet stitches and serves as a neat, decorative closure for the bag:

• Begin with a slip ring (magic ring / adjustable loop), then chain 2
• Work 20 double crochet stitches (Stäbchen in German crochet terminology, equivalent to treble crochet in UK terms or double crochet in US terms) into the ring, then join with