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PURSE: 100% wool (3 skeins of Knit Picks Palette in brown & 1/2 skein of Paton's Classic Wool in cream)

POCKET: 100% silk (my stash)

HANDLES: wood (purchased at Jo-Ann Fabric)

BUTTON: wood (purchased at Jo-Ann Fabric)

TASSLE: rayon (my stash)

This purse is my own design. It is a gift for my younger son's substitute teacher who has been with the class for half of the year due to his teacher being on maternity leave.

I love how well this purse turned out. It's always an adventure when felting a project because you never know which direction it will felt. After sewing the pocket and handles onto the purse I was playing around with ribbons to see what would look best to use as a closure. The tassle was 'purrrfect' and played on the cream stripes on the lower part of the bag.

Knitted

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