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Soap on a Rope!

by: Natalie Langkilde http://www.nataliesknitting.com

(For Standard gauge "sew as you go" click here)

(For Roz's Midgauge Soap Saver Click here)

Fast, easy, and takes hardly any yarn. My soap bag fit a bar of "Tone" glycerine soap, Regular "Tone" soap, and "Safegard". I think it will probably be a good size for most soaps. I stretched it over the soap before sewing it closed. Use either the wrong side, or right side of the pattern. I wanted it stretched because I wanted soap showing. The thicker the soap bag, the harder it is to get it soapy. (Lace may be a good alternative) Green bar above was done with the rib-like side of the tuck stitch showing. It could also be done longer, with eyelet row for "rope" part to thread through. Then you could use it like Roz's Soap Savers!. Adding soap, or soap bits, later. To see what this looks like, click here.

Description: It is knit double the width, then knit until you have the correct length. Sew up bottom and sides. Make I-Cord and insert soap. It may be difficult to insert soap, sew up, then try to knit I-Cord. I did this, but the soap gets in the way if you have a ribber attached!

Materials: Small amount of 16/2, or 10/2 un-mercerized cotton, one strand. Use the fine knit bar! One bar of soap.

Machine and pattern: Samples done on Brother 910. For Standard Gauge Japanese type Machine, but you can adjust for your machine. No ribber necessary.

Gauge: Tension 3 for one strand. Adjust for 2 strand or thicker yarn. No specific gauge required because it's individual according to your soap and your yarn.

Stitch: Tuck stitch in 2 rows, 2 stitches. Pattern #1 on my Brother Mylar sheet. You can, of course, adjust materials and tensions to fit your machine and weight of cloth desired. Measure your soap and get gauge to fit, if you want to change amount of strands or tension.

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Pattern:

RC000 Cast on of your choice on needles 12-0-12. You may want to start on waste yarn, then ravel cord one row, then cast on over ravel cord with a permanent cast on. Hang sufficient weights (Tuck st requires enough weight). Follow your manuel carefully, and set your machine for tuck. I find I need the fine knit bar.

Note: For soap saver type bag begin with: Knit an additional 4 rows, in stockinette st.(plain knitting), knit an eyelet row (transfer every other stitch leaving empty needles in work to pick up again the next row automatically), then 4 rows stockinette st . (See Roz's Midgauge Soap Saver Bag for ideas and photo) Re-write RC accordingly!

Knit To RC 75 in tuck stitch. Bind off of your choice. Sew up sides. Put in soap and sew top of bag. Leave top open for soap saver idea suggested above.

I-Cord : T3-4 - Set machine to slip in one direction (For my machine I Press in right part button).

Pick up 4 st from top of bag, near one side. Hang on machine needles. Begin making cord by knitting across. Do enough rows to desired length cord is completed. Make as long as you want for a neck strap, or over faucet strap. My neck strap length let the soap reach the floor before I rehung, and bound off the stitches.

When long enough, hang 4 more st from the other side of bag to cord still on machine needles. Back st bind off, and sew in end thread. Or, take off on double pointed needle with tail of yarn and weave in securely. Knoting, as necessary, to secure.

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