1896 Basket Pincushion

[atherleisure]

My second small project from my trip to Virginia ended up taking a lot more time after the knitting was done. It worked out nicely that I had all the materials in hand except for bran. The grocery store doesn't carry bran either (unless you want Raisin Bran or Bran Flakes) so I put a little rice in a muslin bag at the bottom for weight and then stuffed the satin cushion with wool roving.





It's really cute, and I think it came out looking very much like the pattern illustration. It came out the same size too since the circle at the bottom is 1.5" in diameter as stated in the pattern, and the handle is 10" long, again as given. I think the proportions look similar.

Comments

[hiraimi]

That is so cute! I love the variety of decorative-yet-useful pincushions one can make.

[atherleisure]

Thank you. Weldon's has so many patterns for pincushions. There's even a whole issue of "Weldon's Practical Pincushions," though I don't remember any of them inspiring me particularly.

[marianme]

Darling! It does look like the image. Hurrah, mini poms!

[atherleisure]

Thank you.

[mala_14]

It's so cute and looks just like the illustration. I actually thought those two things before I saw that you had written the exact same! Also, it's neat that it's a pincushion. They had so many different shapes/styles back then.

[atherleisure]

Thank you. I can't tell you how many pincushion or pincushion cover patterns I've encountered as I've been reading through issues of Weldon's Practical Needlework. I'm actually using this one and really like it.

[danabren]

That is unbearably charming!

[atherleisure]

Thank you.