The Alien Skull Ornament, available in large and small sizes, adds a bit of whimsy to your bag. We chose to decorate Just the Change, Anouk, and our Lipstick and Change CITY bags with Alien Skulls: we found that the femininity of the bags made the skulls appear almost benevolent, even cute! But don't limit yourself to decorating just bags: jeans, t-shirts, boot, jackets, belts, and anything you can rivet is fair game. We've got our eye on the bottom of a pair of flared blue jeans for our next endeavor. Add the decorated Anouk to the ensemble, and we've got a statement to make!

Check the Additional Details tab for dimensions and application instructions.

Dimensions

Large Alien Skull

1" (2.54cm) tall
3/4" (1.9cm) wide
1/2" (1.27cm) deep

Small Alien Skull

9/16" (1.42cm) tall
1/2" (1.27cm) wide
1/4" (.64cm) deep

Application Instructions

We recommend setting Alien Skull rivets with Locktite Superglue Extra Time Control because the rivets are pewter and may not like the hammering of conventional rivet setting processes. To pierce fabric or leather, use an awl or leather punch, respectively. For best results, place all of the rivets where you want them and snap together. Then twist off the back of the rivet, apply glue to the receptacle in the center of the rivet back, re-snap together with the rivet front and hold for 10 - 15 seconds.

Anouk is small, playful, teaming with vibrant, youthful energy. She likes to be decorated, to change her look. One day she is stylishly sleek, without adornment, saturated color. Another day, she is glittering with rhinestones, cabochon rivets, a skull ornament, or fierce look-at-me spikes.

Vianne is refined, formal, captivating. You admire her across the room. She, too, likes the way adornment and color can change her mood. How will you dress her?

Both move with ease through any landscape, the crowded streets and plazas of famous cities, the isles of trains and old churches, gardens mysterious with fog, windswept beaches or boardwalks. Where will you take them?

Finished Dimensions

Anouk Bag

8 1/2" (21.25cm) wide across the front/back at bag bottom
5 1/2" (13.75cm) wide across the front/back at bag top
4" (10cm) deep
7" (17.5cm) tall from bottom to frame rod

Vianne Bag

14" (15cm) wide across the front/back at bag bottom
9 3/4" (24.25cm) wide across the front/back at bag top
6" (15cm) deep
14 1/2" (36.25cm) tall from bottom to frame rod

Pattern Difficulty

Intrepid Easy: Requires knowledge of knitting and purling, increasing and decreasing, knitting in the round on circular needles, and some hand-sewing during the finishing process.

Gauge

Pre-felted gauge: 12 stitches and 16 rounds = 4" (10cm) in St st with a double-strand of worsted weight yarn.

Materials

Anouk and Vianne Hardware Kit includes:

6" (15cm, small) or 10" (25cm, large) purse frame
27" (68cm) purse chain (for Anouk)
Six Noni 24mm bag feet
Amazing Snap or Poseidon turnlock
11.25 x 13.5 in sheet of stiffener
1 Noni Design Label

Yarn Requirements

Anouk (small) Bag: 500 yds (457m)
Vianne (large) Bag: 1500 yds (914m)

Needles and Other Materials

Size 11 (8mm) 24" (60cm) circular needle
Tapestry needle & sewing needles
Nylon beading thread
Stitch markers

Pictured Samples

Each of the bags pictured was made using Stonehedge Fiber Mill Shepherd's Wool. Anouk is pictured in Orange. Vianne is pictured in Hot Pink.