The find of the week at the Costume Museum of Canada is this smashing little red bag!
If I could find the metal bits somewhere, I’d try and reproduce this bag!
To open it you lift the clasp…
The main compartment is plush like a coffin! So Goth!
One side of the lid has empty slots…I wonder what was in there. The slots are hidden by the tag that labels the item as being 1836-90. Pretty general date…basically Victorian!
The other side of the lid has a few of the original tools.
The 6 on the right side are various sizes of crochet hooks. The second from the left is a handle that you can screw the hooks into. The first from the left is obviously a pin. I didn’t handle the third from the left so I don’t know what it is. I think it might be a thread cutter. So judging by the stuff still left in it, I’d say this bag is a work bag for crocheting fine things like lace. Lovely. I want it SOOOOOO bad!
Oh, wow!!! This is a stunning work-bag. Well, I guess I would call it a bag. Thank you for sharing.
I really love it and would like to try and copy it…I don’t do steam punk but I could make one for just that purpose…Steam punk crafter….
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So beautiful! I think it would be very encouraging to do some work if you could pull out that bag to show off in front of visitors. 😉
I agree it! You’d be the envy of your girlfriends for sure!