These little purses enchant me. I love making them and I love finishing them, decorating them with beads, with beaded hearts, with little knitted flowers (beaded Cherry Blossoms, for example). They are perfect little gift boxes for the necklace you want to give to a family member, or the ring you saw in the Antique Store window that made your think of your best friend and you had to get it for her, or the "something blue" earrings you lent to a God Daughter so she could have something borrowed and something blue, and a beautiful little keepsake purse to remember everything by. 

These little purses are just the right size for special little gifts, and more than big enough for all the heart felt emotion and meaning associated with such gifts.

These tiny treasures are so sweet and so fast, you can have them ready for a dinner out this coming weekend or next week. Or for that Just Because date with someone dear to you.

Both of these Heart Felt purses fit in the palm of your hand. The smaller one (It's a flat, lozenge-shaped purse that takes only 20 minutes to knit and less than 20 minutes to put in the frame). The extra beading took me a very pleasant hour or two to complete.

The larger Heart Felt has more stitches, so there is more poof to it, and it a little bit taller. It took about 30 minutes to knit and the same amount of finishing time as the slightly smaller purse.

You will adore making these little treats, and your special knitters friends will as well. And anyone who receives one will love them, too.

See the Additional Details tab below for information about finished size, gauge, yarn and other required materials, and other essential information. 

Pattern Difficulty 

Requires knowledge of casting on, knitting, purling, increasing,decreasing, knitting in the round on double-pointed needles, binding off, and some hand-sewing to complete the finishing process and tomake the tiny bag linings (if desired).

Finished Dimensions

2 1/2" w x 2 1/2" h (6.25cm w x 6.25cm h)

Pre-Felted Gauge  

20 sts and 28 rounds = 4" (10cm) in stockinette stitch using a US8 (5mm) needle or needle size to obtain gauge. 

Materials

Yarn Requirements

Each purse is made with 15 yds (13.7m) of worsted-weight, feltablewool. Pictured purses are made with Stonehedge Fiber Mill’sShepherd’s Wool.

The smaller Heart Felt is made in Hot Pink with Bright Red Beads
The larger Heart Felt is made in Zinnia Pink with Bright Red Beads

Other Materials

What you need to make these purses:

US size 8 (5mm) set of 5 double-pointed needles
2 locking stitch markers in different colors to mark sides/round
Tapestry needle for weaving in ends

What you need to finish these purses:

Small gauge ewing needle for finishing work
Locktite Super Glue “Extra Time Control” or “Gel Control” for gluing the purse into the frame
1 Noni Little BIG Love! and More BIG Love! Hardware Kitincludes:

• 1 Heart Felt purse frame in Gunmetal or Antique Brass
• 1 purse chain in matching finish
• 1 Tiny ball of Shepherd’s Wool
• 1 Noni seed beads and thread package of color-matched nylon beading thread with silver-lined seed beads

Totally Optional, If Desired: A healthy scrap or 1/16 yd (.05m)light to medium-light weight fabric such as cotton, cottonblend, dupioni silk, or silk charmeuse lining fabric

Cover Samples

All of the pictured purses are made with worsted-weight, feltable wool. Pictured bags are made with Stonehedge Fiber Mill’s Shepherd’s Wool.

The beautiful, like-like and newly revised and improved knitted daffodil is now available in a stand-alone pattern. Enjoy adding these lovely, iconic Spring flowers to hat brims, hair pieces and fascinators, table centerpieces, bags, purses, totes, and projects of all kinds. 

See the Additional Details tab below for information about difficulty level, gauge, necessary materials, and suggested yarns.

Difficulty Level  

Requires knowledge of casting on, knitting, purling, increasing, decreasing, working in Stockinette stitch and knitting in the round on double-pointed needles, some hand-sewing and wiring to complete the finishing process

Finished Dimensions

Finished dimensions vary with needle and yarn gauge. The pictured flowers were worked on a size 6 (4mm) needle.

The flower head measures 5 - 6" (10 - 12.5cm) across from petal tip to opposite petal tip.

The center flute measures just shy of 2" (5cm) tall from base to ruffled edge.

The long stem measures 10" (25.4cm) long if you follow the pattern as written and don't shorten or lengthen the stem to suit your taste.

Gauge  

Gauge is not important for this project insofar as you can make flowers larger or smaller by changing the needle size and the yarn type. Work with fingering yarn on a size 3 needle will result in diminutive flowers. Work on size 50 needles and a triple-strand of super-bulky, and you will get pizza-sized flowers. Gauge is POWER!

Yarn Requirements

Each flower is made with between 8 - 10 yds (2.75 - 3.75m) of worsted weight yarn when worked on the recommended needle size

Green for the stem (A)

Pale yellow or white for the pistil (B)

Pale Yellow, bright yellow, white, or petal color (C)

Pale Yellow, bright yellow, white, peach, orange, or other center flute color (D)

Optional contrast color for the ruffled edge of the center flute (E). Choose bright orange, or other desired color. Take your cues from Nature and look at images of actual daffodils before picking your colors.

Other Materials

• US size 5, 6, or 7 (4.5mm) set of 5 double-pointed needles - the pictured flowers were worked on a size 6 needle
• 5 locking stitch markers to hold stitches for each petal
• Sharp-tipped, large-eyed darning needle for weaving in ends on the flower
• 26 gauge beading wire to wire the petals

Optional Materials

• Noni color-matched Seed Beads and Thread packages
• Small gauge sewing needle for beading (I pick a needle that I can comfortably thread AND it will fit through a size 8 seed bead

These tablet bags reflect the marriage of practicality and beauty: the hex frame at the top of the bag adds structure while keeping your tablet where you put it without fussy zippers, snaps, or other closures.

Unembellished, it is the perfect bag to keep your tablet safe inside another bag. Dress it up with stripes or fun hand-dyed yarns. Or carry it all on its own and girly it up with chain handles, sparkle rivets, and a little external snap purse for essentials like small wallet, phone, power cord, lipstick.

Finally, a tablet bag that can be whatever you want it to be.

Finished Dimensions

Small Bag

10" (25cm) wide  
11" (27.5cm) tall

Large Bag

14" (35cm) wide 
9 - 11" (22.5 - 27.5cm) tall

Pattern Difficulty

Intrepid Beginner: Requires knowledge of knitting, purling, increasing, decreasing, knitting in the round on circular and double pointed needles, working 3-needle bind-off.

Gauge

Tablet Bags
Pre-felted gauge: 12 stitches and 16 rounds = 4" (10cm) using a double-strand of worsted weight yarn.

Attached Snap Purse
Pre-felted gauge: 16 stitches and 22 rounds = 4" (10cm) using a single-strand of worsted weight yarn.

Materials

Yarn Requirements

Small Bag: 500 yds (457m)
Large Bag: 650 yds (686m)
Snap Purse: 175 yds (160m)

Needles and Other Requirements

Size 11 (8mm) 24" (60cm) circular needle
Size 11 (8mm) double-pointed needles
Size 10 (6mm) circular or straight needle (for turnlock flap)
Size 8 (5mm) 24" (60cm) circular needle (for snap purse)
Tapestry needle
Sewing needle
Nylon beading thread
Stitch markers
1 - 1 1/2 yds (1 - 1.4m) of lining material according to preference

Small Bag
Noni 10" (25cm) custom assembled hex frame
Noni turn lock
27" (68cm) purse chain
2 Noni Handle Loops used to attach chain
Sparkle Rivets in Crystal Clear (pictured but no longer available at Noni)

Large Bag
Noni 14" (35cm) custom assembled hex frame
Noni 6.8" Snap purse frame
2 27" purse chains
4 Noni Handle Loops used to attach chains (optional 2 more handle loops at each hex-frame end to attach a single long chain)
Sparkle Rivets in pink (pictured but no longer available at Noni)

Pictured Samples

Pictured bags were made with Stonehedge Fiber Mill Shepherd's Wool: the small bag was made in Creamsicle and the large bag in Zinnia Pink with the snap purse in Tilli Tomas Stargazer Lilly.

If you are having trouble putting a custom hardware kit together, contact Nora for details and pricing.