Cilantro Soap Bag is a quick and simple home decor project. It's perfect to use up leftover yarn while being a practical piece. Soap savers make lovely small gifts for eco conscious friends, too! You can also use this piece as a small gift bag, notion bag or to keep any other small items!

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easy small drawstring bag soap saver knitting pattern for beginners

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Cilantro Soap Bag Free Knitting Pattern

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sizes

One size - width 35 cm (14”), length 43 cm (17”)

supplies

yarn

I used some leftover Lion Brand 24/7 cotton - in colorway Amber for this soap saver, which is 100% cotton and is super easy to work with!

If you'd like to knit it in a different yarn - you can choose any similar worsted weight (category 4 - medium) cotton yarn - a few options are:

Yardage: approx. 30 m (35 yds).

needles

5 mm (US 8) straight or circular needles, or to fit gauge

other notions

Tapestry needle and scissors.

easy soap saver bag free knitting pattern

gauge

20 stitches x 25 rows in 10x10 cm (4x4”) in garter stitch in the round, blocked

pattern notes

Video tutorials for specific techniques are linked and showing as yellow.

The soap bag is worked in the round - due to its small circumference, you'll need to use either long circular needles and magic loop technique, or work on DPNs to knit this piece.

The bag is worked from the top (the opening) down, and is closed at the bottom using grafting technique. As a last step, the string is created and woven through the eyelets at the border.

Round totals are noted in italic.

abbreviations

dec / inc - decreased / increased

k - knit

k2tog - knit 2 sts together

p - purl

rnd(s) - round(s)

st(s) - stitch(es)

yo - yarn over

** - work instruction between asterisks given number of times or until given moment

instructions

border

Cast on 32 sts using Long Tail Cast On, or another cast on technique of your choice and join to

work in the round, placing a beginning of rnd marker if needed..

Work Rnds 1-2 once.

Rnd 1: k until end of rnd.

Rnd 2: p until end of rnd.

Next, work Rnd 3 once.

Rnd 3: *k1, k2tog, yo, k1* until end of rnd.

To finish the border, work Rnd 2, then Rnd 1.

5 rnds worked in total.

Main area

Work Rnds 1 - 4 a total of seven times, then work Rnds 1 - 3 once more. 31 rnds worked in total.

Rnd 1: *k1, p1* until end of rnd.

Rnd 2: *k1, p1* until end of rnd.

Rnd 3: p until end of rnd.

Rnd 4: k until end of rnd.

Finishing

Divide the sts in half between two needles. Next, break yarn leaving a 30 cm (12") tail, then graft the sts together to close the soap saver.

To create the string, measure two pieces of yarn of length 45 cm (18") each. Place the pieces next to each other and tie them together at both ends. Thread the string through the eyelets in the border section. Weave in ends and block to

dimensions.

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