A Reticule a la Jane Austen to Knit by Heatherly Walker

A Reticule a la Jane Austen to Knit

Knitting
August 2014
Fingering (14 wpi) ?
36 stitches and 40 rows = 4 inches
in St st
US 1 - 2.25 mm
1320 yards (1207 m)
13¼ inches (33.7 cm) circumference and 9½ inches (24.1 cm) tall
English

This project was inspired by the reticules displayed in the Pride and Prejudice exhibitions. You can enlarge your reticule by choosing heavier yarns, adding plain rows before the chart, and/or increasing the number of repeats.

“This little bag I hope will prove
To be not vainly made--
For, if you should a needle want
It will afford you aid.
And as we are about to part
T’will serve another end,
For when you look upon the Bag
You’ll recollect your friend.”
-Jane Austen