Lion Brand Yarn: Just Bags: 30 Patterns to Knit and Crochet (Paperback)

~ Stephanie Klose (Editor), Cathy Maguire (Editor)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description

It’s impossible to have too many bags, and now Lion Brand Yarn: Just Bags presents a new collection of innovative designs for knitting and crocheting fashionable carryalls of all types. Ranging in skill level from simple to challenging, and varying in stitches and styles, designs include a classic pocketbook appropriate for the office, a flashy purse to sport on a night out, and a roomy messenger bag to suit an active lifestyle.

Just Bags features:

• 30 original designs to knit and crochet a variety of bag styles

• easy-to-follow instructions and diagrams on adjacent pages

• colorful photographs and clear illustrations.

Whether it’s a medley of classic colors or sophisticated metallic yarns, stitchers will be enthralled by this irresistible collection of bags tailored to every occasion, taste, and lifestyle.

Lion Brand Yarn presents designs for purses, totes, and all sorts of carryalls—from glamorous and chic to practical and basic to knit and crochet.

Lion Brand Yarn’s Just… series features a wide variety of portable and popular projects. Edited by experts at this venerable institution, these single-subject books appeal to knitters and crocheters of all levels of expertise. Other titles in this series include Lion Brand Yarn: Just Hats, Lion Brand Yarn: Just Scarves, and Lion Brand Yarn: Just Wraps.

About the Author

Founded in 1878, Lion Brand Yarn Company is the oldest yarn company in the United States. Their products are available at leading stores throughout the country. Visit lionbrand.com for more information.

Stephanie Klose is the fashion editor at Lion Brand Yarn. Her designs and writing have appeared in numerous publications including Knitknit, Vogue Knitting, Knit.1, and Family Circle Easy Knitting.

Cathy Maguire has contributed designs to Vogue Knitting and Knit.1 magazines. She also curates costume and textile exhibitions and teaches creative embroidery at the Fashion Institute of Technology.

Product Details

• Paperback: 112 pages
• Publisher: Potter Craft (June 6, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0307209938
• ISBN-13: 978-0307209931
• Product Dimensions: 7.3 x 7.3 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #522,516 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

23 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Some really great projects in this book for both knit and crochet, June 9, 2006

By	Joanna Daneman (Middletown, DE USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 10 REVIEWER)    (COMMUNITY FORUM 04)

Lion Brands presents a set of patterns for all kinds of bags, from evening bags to totes. Knitting bags right now is kind of in vogue--you can release your creativity on a bag and do all kinds of trimmings you would not do on a sweater.

The best bags, in my opinion, in this book are the crochet models. There is a venus-on-the-half-shell evening bag, a half-moon shaped clutch that is very elegant. I'd add some beads to it, myself, but as-is, it's gorgeous. It's lined, too.

Another crocheted model "Get a handle on it" is a very nice purse, sort of a doctor's satchel.

A furry knit bag caught my eye, as well as a log-cabin knit tote. There is a chapter on felting, with a loopy white bag that is elegant, and a doggy tote for you Yorkie, Maltese or Chihuahua owners.

Not all the bags were nice, but who cares! So many here were excellent. You can find Lion Brand yarns all over, so this book is very useful. I'd recommend this book highly for parents and daughters and sons for summer projects (don't sniff at boys knitting; my grandpa was a sailor on a Swedish ship and he made all kinds of bags out of cord--handcrafts were considered very traditional and manly and I don't see why that should be any different now.)

This is a terrific little book, a great value, and I love the cover because the extended flaps let you mark your place in the book. Highly recommended.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Well worth the price, November 13, 2006

By	Steve Shipley (Arkansas) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This one did not disappoint! There are so many bags I want to make here as gifts or for myself. I've made a couple of them so far and they have both been claimed by my teenage daughter and my son's girlfriend. There's enough variety here that I think anyone could find at least two or three they would like to make.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I've Made a LOT of these patterns, February 24, 2008

By	Lawmom (American Midwest) - See all my reviews

The patterns in this book are fast, easy and fabu. Lion Brand offers beautiful, inexpensive yarns and these patterns present them at their best. I like this book the best of all the "Just" books that Lion has published.