Pine Apple Purse
by Ladies' Work-Table Designer
The Ladies' Work-Table Book (T. B. Peterson, 1844)
Pattern
Pine Apple Purse
Out of print.
This pattern was
available for free.
This pattern from 1850 calls for purse twist, one skein of green and one and a half skeins of orange. No gauge or needle size is given.
An informative blog post, “So What IS Purse Twist Anyway”, was published by PatternsAlaCarte in 2008. It includes a picture comparing Corticelli Purse Twist with DMC Cotton Perle.
For more information, see:
http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t4fn1328v?...
