This delightful little purse is finished, and I think that
it is quite one of the prettiest things I have ever made! The pattern, Porcupine Knitting for a Purse, is from A Winter Gift for Ladies Being Instructions in Knitting,
Netting and Crotchet (sic) Work. Containing the Newest and Most Fashionable
Patterns. From the Latest London Edition Revised and Enlarged by An American
Lady. Philadelphia: G.B. Zieber & Co. 1848.This book is available from
I modeled the colours on the same purse in the collection of
the Victoria and Albert Museum http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O75481/purse-unknown/)
I have already written in this
blog about the construction details of this purse and the larger version I made
in the following two links:
There were many ends left at the
end but as I lined the purse with imitation pale green silk, I tied them off
and covered them up.
As mentioned in my other
posts, I did not add beads. The finished purse measures just over 7” long,
including the “leaves” at the bottom, and 2” wide at the broadest part of the
points’ section.
