I really hope my question makes sense!
So I’m making another little knitted bag that becomes this shape:
and now make one long piece, which becomes the flap, back, base and front. Then two almost triangles for the sides (forgive my crappy doodles):
I don’t like having to sew the side pieces on so would like to pick up some stitches in the right place on the long side and knit my side triangles out. I like the idea of the stitches lying sideways, I think it will look nice.
I could easily knit a rectangle here but how would I make that kind of tapered shape? I just can’t get my head around what I’d need to do.
I really hope I’ve explained what I mean!
Here’s my prototype which was sewn together: