Drop Stitch Wine Bag

I love it when someone brings me a bottle of wine in a bag. This means that I now have a bag to bring to someone else when I bring them a bottle as a gift. I wanted to design something that I could whip up when I didn't happen to have an extra bag around. The drop stitches make this project knit up quickly, making it perfect for a last minute gift wrapping.


Materials Required

• Miscellaneous remnants of machine washable worsted weight yarn in three colors.
  
• size 3 double pointed needles (I like a tight gauge on my cozies)
• Gauge: ~ 11 sts/2 inches; 17 rows/ 2 inches over stockinette
  
• A wine bottle to check the desired fit. (Measured flat the cozy is ~5"x13")
  
• Yarn needle or crochet hook to weave in loose ends
  

The Pattern

Row 1: Cast on 6 sts, join to knit in the round and knit 1 round even
Row 2: KfB across (12 sts)
Row 3: KfB across (24 sts)
Row 4: K 1 round even
Row 5: *K3, Kfb* repeat to end (30 sts)
Row 6: K 1 round even
Row 7: *K4, Kfb* repeat to end (36 sts)
Row 8: K 1 round even
Row 9: *K5 Kfb* Repeat to end (42 sts)
Rows 10-13: K across
Row 14: *YOx5, K1* repeat from * across
Row 15: Knit across the row, dropping the YO’s.(When you have completed this row you may need to pull on the end a bit to make sure things are lined up properly).
Rows 16-17: K across

Repeat rows 14-17 6 more times or until the project measures over 13 inches when stretched (so it will fit over a wine bottle when tied). Cast off and weave in loose ends. Use a ribbon or piece of yarn to tie the bag closed at the top of the bottle.

When not tied to the bottle, the dropped stitches look scalloped.

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Abbreviations Used in this pattern:
Kfb - increase by knitting into the front and back of a single stitch.
K - knit
P - purl
SSK - decrease by slipping two stitches then knitting them together. Alternatively, you could slip one stitch, knit one stitch and pass slipped stitch over.
K2tog - decrease by knitting two stitches together.
YO - yarn over


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