I made this one using the 90mm purse frame kit. The rose is simply rough-cut circles of felted knitting, stacked on top of each other and stitched by machine, with the fancy-schmantzy "hand-stitching" stitch. (...I know. I'm lazy like that).
In other news, the lovely Karen alerted me to a yarn stash that was being given away in her neighbourhood - she even picked it up for me and delivered it!!! 
I was so overcome with excitement when I saw a brim-full box of yarn, I immediately started bagging up my favourite colours and loading up the (potential-moth-egg exterminating) freezer. I only thought to take a photo when I ran out of space in the freezer.Well, actually, I thought of the camera BEFORE I ate the ice-cream to make space for more yarn in there. (Then I ate the ice cream and forgot about the camera again).
I'm just a little bit jumping-up-and-down excited at the prospect of knitting my way through this lot. I'm planning on expanding the knitting machine repertoire to include Shapes Other Than Rectangles. I daresay there'll be more felted wool purses made along the way.
10 comments:
That is the cutest little coin purse. Nice work!
Great idea, wonderful result, Nikki!
Cute purse. Awesome news about the free yarn :)
The purse is gorgeous Nikki and why hand sew when your machine gets that result?!
Your enthusiasm for the wool is thanks enough - can't believe it has to go in the freezer!
you nutjob you! ;-P
Have fun with your new yarn.
Love the grey and red combo.
Cheers,
AJ
I missed seeing this little purse today ... the rose is very cute!
What a great score! (thamks for the de-moth-ing tip, makes perfect sense!)
The little purse is so sweet, I'm looking forward to the next one. ♥
Very cute purse. Freezers are also great for killing dust mites - just put teddies etc in there overnight.
How cute is that purse! I love those little purses.
Lovely purse! How funny is your freezer! Did you hear that naphthalene has been banned? So, lucky you have the freezer!
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