Colour Clutch

The Colour Clutch can be used to hold your essentials for running errands, for a night out or as a project bag. The metal frame and felt lining (see pattern notes) allows the bag to sit upright when open. Perfect for carrying your knitting project. It will hold your day or evening essentials such as purse, phone, lipstick etc. Beads (optional) are added using the crochet hook method (see pattern for tutorial).

See also Glamour Clutch.

Materials:

Hjertegarn Merino Cotton (DK; 50% superwash wool/50% cotton;120m/131yds per 50g ball) x 2 balls (60g used) of C1 & 1 ball (40g used) of C2. Shown in shade: Magenta & yellow bag bag: 9130 Magenta (C1) & 2676 Yellow (C2). Amethyst & grey bag: 1800 Amethyst (C1) & 434 Light Grey (C2)

3.25mm (UK 10/US 3) circular needles (60cm/24in long)

Debbie Abrahams Seed Beads size 6. Amethyst & grey bag: 224 Velvet x 60 beads (1 bag)

0.75mm (US 14) crochet hook

Tubular clutch frame, 10x20cm

75x50cm/30x20in felt fabric or cotton fabric with interfacing (see pattern notes)

Basic sewing kit (needle or a sewing machine, pins)

Size:

Width: 18cm/7¼in

Depth: 10cm/4in

Height: 14cm/5½in 

Tension:

24 sts and 34 rounds over 10cm/4in in Chart B worked in the round after steam pressing.

Exact tension is not essential but a difference in tension may affect the final size and amount of yarn used.

Difficulty level:

Easy/Intermediate (see skills required below).

Skills Needed (see pattern for abbreviations):

Basic Skills: cast on, cast off, knit, purl

Adding beads using a crochet hook (see pattern)

Sewing and attaching lining and metal frame - see bit.ly/ahaclutchbag for tutorial

Reading Chart - see Tutorial bit.ly/readcharts

Stranded Colour Work (Fair Isle - see Course bit.ly/ScandinavianColour)

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