Bead Knitted Pouches

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Each of these pouches was designed and hand-knitted by me.  Most of them are one-of-a-kind pieces and sold already.  I have included pictures of them so that you can get an idea of the range of possibilities with these elegant creations if you wish to let me make one just for you.

This interesting pouch was a make-it-up-as-you-go-along project.  I was looking for a way to use the outrageous orange thread and beads.  The order was placed from a color chart.  The chart made the colors look muted and subtle.  The reality was anything but.  It was about 6 weeks before Halloween so I decided that a pumpkin was the perfect choice.    I have just finished a blossom pouch for spring in a bead mix of mauves and pinks on an ashes of roses colored #8 Finca pearl cotton.  Let me know what you think.

#8 Finca pearl cotton with size 8 Czech seed beads.  The strap on both of these pouches is "I" cord with crocheted leaves embellished with size 8 Czech seed beads.

There are "hot spots" in the collage to the right.  To see an enlargement of any one of the pictures in the collage, simply click on it.

This handsome bag is still available.  It was knitted with emerald green Finca pearl cotton in a flurry of cables accented with hand painted, variegated beads harvested from a antique Victorian lamp.  The neck strap sports real emeralds, rubies, amethysts, freshwater pearls and lapis beads.  The fringed fold-over flap sports a Victorian bodice clip that is hand signed by the artist who cast the piece and hand-set each stone.

These cell phone pouches are both reversible with beaded fringe. The purple one is knitted from two different colors of Finca pearl cotton and has different colored beads on each side.  The red one has gold beads and a flea market bauble on one side and a mixture of red and gold beads with no bauble on the other side. 

The pink one has pink cubes, antique seed beads and Czech pearl finished beads woven into this entre'lac design.  On the front side, it is hot pink and deep wine colored.  On the back side it is hot pink and light pink.  The handle is crochets spiral cording with antique seed beads in a faceted mauve bead.  This pouch is 6.5 inches wide and 4 inches deep.  The strap is in two colors, the deep wine and the hot pink.

The taupe colored pouch is knitted from super fine pearl cotton for a more supple and finer feel to the fabric.  The beads are a creamy pearl color with a drawstring closure, fringed bottom and a bead crocheted cable for a neck strap.

Black Finca pearl cotton knitted with gold confetti beads and a vintage pin on the fold-over flap made this pouch disappear in a flash.

Knitted from super fine flower thread and embellished with antique silver bugle beads, sterling silver balls and amethyst colored beads, the lavender pouch on the left sports a fold-over flap with a vintage pin as an accent.

The first of my pouches were designed to carry my tiny teddies.  The next four pouches were all made to be worn around the neck and provide ample room for their stuffed passengers.

The cranberry pouch, left, is a fantasy of black lined red beads looped and fringed all over this pouch.  Not to be outdone, the matching Thread Bear insisted on being beaded.

The reversible mauve and raspberry pouch, right, was a special order for Mary Daub, the artist who created this whimsical "pouch mouse".

The champagne colored combo, upper left, was knitted from vintage English mohair embellished with antique beads, crystals and topped off with a vintage pin.  The Thread Bear companion was crocheted from the same mohair.

The black and rust pouch, lower left, is also reversible.  It was created for an Admiral's wife who needed that something special to jazz up her basic black cocktail dress.  She bought the bear and had me make the pouch to match. 

This brilliant blue bag was designed around the hand hammered silver and lapis link I cannibalized from a broken antique bracelet that came from Afghanistan.

This is a group of tiny pouches knitted with Thread Bear toppers.  They are all designed to be worn around the neck more as jewelry than as purses.

The celery colored pouch on the left was knitted as a demo for a class I taught in bead knitting.  It didn't last out the class before it found a home.

Knitted from ultra fine, #16 Finca pearl cotton and tiny antique beads this 3" by 6" drawstring pouch is a stunner.

This fuchsia pouch was knitted in an entre'lac (basket weave) pattern in the round with hematite beads and fresh water pearls.

Large enough to be worn over the shoulder, all these pouches feature elaborate cables and heavily fringed, fold-over flaps.