Quinn: Cabled Bag Knitting Pattern

Quinn, a cabled bag

Quinn is a small-to-medium-sized cabled purse with a long braided strap so it can be worn over the shoulder or messenger-style across the body.

This bag is knit in two pieces. First, the top horizontal band is knit flat, and then the ends are grafted together to form a loop. Then the stitches for the main body of the bag are picked up and knit in the round. At the end, the stitches for the front and back of the bag are divided and grafted together.

The strap is knit separately and sewn to the inside.

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Quinn, a cabled bag

Size: one size—finished bag is 9in (22.5cm) square

Yarn Requirements: 2 skeins Cascade 220 Superwash (100% superwash wool; 220 yds/201m per 3.5oz/100g ball), shown in color #844

Skill Level: Intermediate

This pattern would be great for beginning knitters ready to move into more complicated territory, or for experienced knitters who want something relaxing, but not boring to knit. You may find that this pattern is a good prelude to Rogue. This pattern includes:

  • Provisional cast-on
  • Beginner-to-intermediate cables—all cable patterns are easily-memorized 12-row repeats and are provided in both chart and written form
  • Grafting (three-needle bind-off may be substituted)
  • Knitting in the round
  • I-cord

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Quinn Pattern Preview: Thumbnails of five pages

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1. sew.crafty » Blog Archive » » September 25th, 2006 at 12:07 pm

[…] On the knitting front, Quinn has been set aside while I finish the Socks of Doom for Sock Wars. I am almost done with Quinn, just have a couple of rows left on the body, then on to the 16′ of 2 stitch i-cord. Sixteen feet! […]

2. little bit of crazy leaking out » Blog Archive » quinn » June 4th, 2007 at 7:05 pm

[…] pattern: Quinn yarn: Cascade 220 Superwash needles: Clover Bamboo notes: I loved knitting this bag.  Ok, eventually I loved it.  I had some trouble at the beginning, but that was all operator error, nothing to do with the pattern it’s self.  The pattern is wonderfully well written and the results are amazing.  This pattern did offer some challanges for me, grafting in pattern, sewing in a zipper and lining , and knitting 12′ of i-cord (it was supposed to be 16′ but I gave up at 12′).  I was thrilled with the way the lining turned out and I was lucky to find an almost perfect zipper match.  […]

3. Quinn « Land o’ Sunshine » July 10th, 2007 at 10:00 pm

[…] Jul 11th, 2007 by twinsunplus1 Since the Wallaby is finished, I started on Quinn.    […]

4. The Gift Must Come First « The Shaggy Dog Story » July 13th, 2007 at 1:26 pm

[…] starting the Quinn Cabled bag because I need rescue from all this stockinette in the round. I’ve already gone down two […]

5. knitting pretty » Blog Archive » Beginning Quinn » August 22nd, 2007 at 2:39 pm

[…] have cast on my Quinn bag—my first attempt at cables. I’ve finished two repeats of the top band, and I only had to […]

6. knitting pretty » Blog Archive » Heading for the Cape » September 9th, 2007 at 2:48 pm

[…] Quinn has been on the needles for a couple of weeks now, and I’m starting to get the hang of cabling. I now only need to refer to the pattern page, but I can remember what the abbreviations mean without referencing them each time. […]

7. knitting pretty » Blog Archive » Pick me up? » October 12th, 2007 at 8:49 pm

[…] this week I decided that I either had to pick up Quinn again, or I had to face that it had been cast aside, and mark it as “Hibernating” on […]

8. Kelly’s Blog » Another post » November 30th, 2007 at 4:42 pm

[…] working on my Quinn bag, trying to finish the Pinwheel Sweater (ugh-sleeves) and I have a star on the needles that just […]

9. I swear I’m Knitting « The Shaggy Dog Story » April 24th, 2008 at 3:51 pm

[…] to this video. I was not able to graft the stitches in my first project that called for it, the Quinn  Cabled Bag, and to Yvonne- who graciously commented on my early blog when I started her pattern - I promise […]

10. I really need to Post! « The Shaggy Dog Story » April 25th, 2008 at 7:08 pm

[…] 7, 2008 in Knitting Tags: Knitting I pretty much finished the little Quinn Cabled Bag  and it’s gorgeous. I say pretty much because I didn’t get the strap sewn on before I […]

11. There are Real People on the Internet » CogKnition » May 22nd, 2008 at 6:22 pm

[…] was sporting the original Quinn bag, as usual, when I heard a voice from behind me in the checkout […]

12. wifeKnits » Quinn » June 23rd, 2008 at 9:59 am

[…] I couldn’t try it on. So what did I do instead? I started a new project. Gah! I’m doing Quinn (a cabled bag) in some TLC Essentials that I have in my stash from the old granny square project I […]

13. Love Me Some Malabrigo « Knelley Knits » August 13th, 2008 at 1:23 pm

[…] another project with my other ball of Malabrigo.  This color is Bobby Blue.  It’s the Quinn Cabled Bag from CogKnition.  […]

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