Tightly packed florals make this felted bag a "show-stopper". The knitting is much easier than you might think; large blocks of color are knit in, the multi-color detail is embroidered on after knitting using a large back stitch (or leaf stitch), and then the bag pieces are felted. The results look like you spent your life knitting-in all that color (and you don't have to tell anyone you didn't!). Finished size is approximately 14.5" tall (excluding handle) x 16.5" wide at base x 12" wide at top x 6" deep. Designed by Marta McCall.

Knit and felt the Flower Market Bag with 1115 yards (1020 meters) of black Worsted Weight Feltable Wool and 10 colors. As pictured the design was created with Patons Classic Wool (100% Wool; 223yds (204m)/100g): 5 skeins of Black #226 and 1 skein each of Paprika #238, Leaf Green #240, That's Pink #77732, Petal Pink #210, Maize #203, Old Gold #204, Royal Purple #212, Rich Red #207 and Bottle Green #220. Suggested needles are US 10.5 (6.5mm) Needles. You will also need a Tapestry Needle, a 7" x 17.5" piece of black leather, two 7" x 7.5" triangles of black leather, 2 black crushed pearl handbag handles (we can obtain for you), 4 horseshoe 3/4" nickel handbag hooks (we can obtain), 1 skein of black embroidery floss, 1 skein of light pink embroidery floss, a 16" x 5.5" piece of Masonite board, an optional 12" straight hex-open frame (available at www.ghees.com), a disposable razor and a washing machine for felting.