Short description
Custom handbags and handcrafted purses have become the trendy way to show off personal style. This work presents projects ranging from a tiny pouch to carry an iPod to a generous tote based on nineteenth-century carpet bags to a felted messenger-style bag to a delicate purse with handles made of bracelets, knitters, and crocheters.
Long description
Custom handbags and handcrafted purses are hotter than ever - bags have become the trendy way to show off personal style. As knitters move away from the scarf, bags are replacing them as the most popular small project to make. Whether knitted, crocheted, or felted, there are endless ways to personalize and customize a bag.From a tiny pouch to carry an iPod to a generous tote based on nineteenth-century carpet bags to a felted messenger-style bag to a delicate purse with handles made of bracelets, knitters and crocheters will find loads of practical projects and inventive inspiration from twenty top knitwear designers. Each project features gorgeous photographs and step-by-step instructions, and all techniques are explained in easy-to-understand detail.In addition to 22 innovative patterns, the Design Notebook chapter examines the essence of the knitted bag and how to create a bag of your own. You can learn ways to give a knitted or crocheted bag shape, depth, stability, handles, closures, and fasteners.Whether you're an avid bag knitter (or crocheter) or you're creating one for the first time, Bag Style has all the inspiration, technique, and details you need.
Review
[The patterns] are unique, functional, and, as all things from the world of Interweave, interesting to knit. -- Knitty.com
There are plenty of patterns here to satisfy a knitter looking for a break from the 'will it fit?' grind. -- McClatchy-Tribune information services
This book gives knitting and crochet even more of an artful edge. Projects are as fresh as they are functional. -- Arizona Republic
Fab designers. -- The Oregonian
There are lots of interesting purse designs in this book, more than in many other handbag books on the market. -- Knitting News
Some really innovative styles...some are knitted, some crocheted, some felted. I want to make them all. -- The News & Observer
If you love to knit bags, this book is a must-have. -- About.com Guide to Knitting
Innovative patterns for all skill levels. -- KLIATT