Sewing lining in purse

#1

What is the best way to sew a lining in a knitted purse? Would you use a sewing machine or do you need to sew in by hand? I love the knowledge of this forum. It is wonderful.

#2

It has been my experience that sewing by hand works best. Make small stitches and grab just the inside yarn. Going all the way through the knitting with a machine can cause puckers. Of course, if this purse will get lots of use and carry much weight, the machine sewing may work best for you. :x:

#3

Here’s a link I have bookmarked.
http://freddyknits.blogspot.com/2005/03/every-bag-has-purple-lining.html

#4

This is a great tutorial to line a purse. Thank you.

#5

Just saw your question about lining a knitted purse. I have done this literally hundreds of times for my purse designs. If you go to my site: www.barbsbags.com and click on the link on the left side of the page called Techniques, the page will come up and scroll down a bit and it gives “lining suggestions”.

Let me know how this works for you. While you are there, check out my beaded purse patterns.

Good luck!

Barb:knitting: