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MKB 40: A Pence Jug, or Purse

Wahoo! I have reached the 40th pattern in Miss Lambert’s My Knitting Book (1843, First Series)!The pattern is for A Pence Jug or Purse. A pence jug is a small knitted purse that was used for storage of coins. These little projects were common in the Victorian era and patterns for pence jugs can beContinue reading “MKB 40: A Pence Jug, or Purse”

MKB 39: Pretty Stitch For a Purse

The 39th pattern in Miss Lambert’s My Knitting Book (1843, First Series) is for a Pretty Stitch for a Purse. The pattern calls for Size 22 needles on the Lambert Filiere, which is equivalent to approximately 1.75mm needles. The pattern also suggests using medium netting silk. More About Netting Silk Also called silk twist orContinue reading “MKB 39: Pretty Stitch For a Purse”

MKB 38: A Purse

Today’s post is all about the 38th pattern in Miss Lambert’s My Knitting Book (1843, first series). The pattern is simply named A Purse and it marks the beginning of a section of the book that focuses on stitches for purses. The stitch pattern itself is quite straightforward; the pattern is based on the assumptionContinue reading “MKB 38: A Purse”