I finished my "In Bloom" crocheted purse from the book
Stitch 'N Bitch Crochet: The Happy Hooker that we're making this month at the Happy Hooker Chain Gang crotchet-along. You can look at Thursday, August 17th's blog entry below to see how it looked before I felted it. I bought some more of the Lamb's Pride periwinkle coloured wool to knit the flowers. I'm a total newbie at knitting but they didn't turn out too badly. I had to felt them over and over and wish they had felted some more. Perhaps I should have used bigger needles. The leaves are made from a recycled wool sweater I got for $2 at a local thrift shop. I love that green. I had previously felted the sweater and had it in my stash. I cut out some leaves and felted them again so the ends would curl a bit.


The fabric that I bought for the lining matched perfectly in the store but when I got home it didn't match as well! Oh well, it's a cute print with rubber'ish "sprinkles", reminding me of a colourful cupcake. I didn't quite get the lining into the corners of the purse but it'll do. I added a magnetic snap for a closure.

It was a fun project. I'm not much of a clutch purse person, but I hope to find an excuse to use it some time.