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, MC in Dark Brown (008), CC in Dark Green (022)
Yardage: MC 16.1 yds / 14.7 m, CC 16.1 yds / 14.7 m
Gauge: 18 sts x 24 rows = 4”/10cm
Other notions: waste yarn
Abbreviations
CC: Contrast Color
K: Knit
MC: Main color
P: Purl
RS: Right side
Sts: Stitches
WS: Wrong side
Le Tour de France bag knitting pattern Stage 5 – Theme: Alpe D’Huez
With waste yarn in a similar weight but contrasting color to your MC, provisional cast on 72 sts.
Switch to MC.
Row 1 (RS): Knit all stitches.
Row 2 (WS): Purl all stitches.
Repeat rows 1 – 2, 3 times more (total 8 rows).
Row 3 (RS): *K1 in CC, k3 in MC; repeat from * to the last stitch.
Row 4 (WS): *P1 in CC, p1 in MC, p2 in CC; repeat from * to the last stitch.
Cut MC.
Row 5 (RS): In CC, knit all stitches.
Row 6 (WS): Purl all stitches.
Repeat rows 1 – 2, 3 times more (total 8 rows).
Place the live stitches into a spare circular needle or waste yarn and cut both yarns.
