I’ve been wanting to make a Monster Bag for years. In December I saw another one on Craftster and got re-inspired.

RAWR!!!

This is definitely one of the most fun projects I’ve ever knit. After looking at pictures of monster bags on Ravelry and Craftster I decided to make up my own pattern as I went along. I used acrylic and fun fur yarn for the body and knit it in the round.

Knitting in the round pushed the fun fur to the inside of the circle so before starting the flap I turned the bag inside out.

Abbey loved the monster bag idea when I told her so we decided to do it as a knit along. She’s making hers out of brown yarn. We decided the purse straps should be the monster’s arms.

It was her idea to use kids gloves for the monster’s hands. Brilliant! I found the gloves stretched so before attaching them I decided to put a piece of felt inside for stability. I put a snap on the gloves. I suppose I could have just sewn them together and may do that in future versions. (How could I not make another?!)

For the teeth I cut out two pieces of felt, sewed them together and turned them inside out.

I did the same thing for the tongue.

I sewed the lining, teeth and tongue to the knit fabric.

For the eyes I used buttons. I sewed them on with the flat side up and super glued the wiggly eyes onto them.

Monster Bag tastes the kitty…

…and decides he tastes so good he needs to nom him. Granola seems unperturbed.

Monster Bag also gives Sieben a lick:

For the lining I used polka dots. I love polka dots-they’re so cheerful. I put in plenty of pockets and have room for all my purse goodies.

It feels like I have a Muppet on my arm. I can’t wait to debut it around Taos!
Pattern: Monster Bag
Source: me
Yarn: green acrylic and green fun fur yarn
Needles: 6.0 mm needles
Size: custom
Modifications: N/A
Started: Dec 2011
Finished: Dec 2011