We’ll be knitting Le Tour de France bag at the same time as the fantastic bike riders make their way down Europe on a 21-day-challenge going from July 1st to July 24th.
The pattern will be released in stages, on the first day of every stage, following the dates below:
• Stage 1: from July 1st to 3rd
• Stage 2: from July 4th to 7th
• Stage 3: from July 8th to 10th
• Stage 4: from July 11th to 13th
• Stage 5: from July 14th to 16th
• Stage 6: from July 17th to 20th
• Stage 7: from July 21st to 24th
Le Tour de France bag knitting pattern
Needles: US 5 / 3.75 mm
Yarn: Sport – Hobbii Rainbow Cotton 8/6 in white (001) and royal blue (076)
Yardage: MC 18.4 yds / 16.8 m – CC 18.4 yds / 16.8 m
Gauge: 18 sts x 24 rows = 4”/10cm
Other notions: waste yarn
Abbreviations
K: Knit
P: Purl
MC: Main color
CC: Contrast color
RS: Right side
Sts: stitches
WS: Wrong side
Le Tour de France bag knitting pattern Stage 2 – Theme: French nature
With waste yarn in a similar weight but contrasting color to your MC, provisional cast on 72 sts.
Switch to MC.
Row 1 (RS): *K3 in MC, p3 in CC, repeat from * to the last stitch.
Row 2 (WS): *P3 in CC, p3 in MC, repeat from * to the last stitch.
Repeat Rows 1-2, 8 times more (total 18 rows).
Place the live stitches into a spare circular needle or waste yarn and cut both yarns.
