Finished Purse

[atherleisure]

I finished my new long purse, aka miser's purse. I wanted a purse that I could use for Regency era costuming since I felt that my shamrock purse was too late looking. I found this one at the Met that I really liked, though I couldn't figure out how to make my knitting look just like it.



I played around with a couple of patterns and found one that I felt gave the same flavor, though I didn't try to do it in stripes. I can't even imagine trying to find a suitable substitute for that metallic thread. Mine is made of red silk size E beading cord with purse rings from the Button Baron. The pattern is Purse No. 3 from The Knitting and Netting Book by Miss Watts, published in 1840.



The pattern is supremely simple:
Right side rows: Yarn over, slip one, knit two, pass the slipped stitch over the two knit stitches.
Wrong side rows: Knit.
I cast on 89 stitches so that I could have the multiple of three plus an edge stitch on either side. I knit until it was about 10" long stretched and then blocked it to keep the holes open.



Here's what it looks like without the rings:


I did the tassels like the original, but mine aren't as luxuriant. I should have used twice as many wraps on the tassels (60 and 100 instead of 30 and 50,) but I was running low on thread and didn't want to get carried away.

The Ravelry page is here.

Comments

[elizabeth_mn]

It's so pretty and tiny!

[atherleisure]

Thanks! Have I mentioned I like small gauge knitting?