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Look at Jette’s purse ! Jette is part of our local SnB group, and last thursday she showed me this new project she had just started, saying “look, that’s from a pattern I found on the internet..”. It took me a few seconds to realise… “hey wait, this is an Isabeau purse !!” ;-) She has just finished it, and you can visit her brand new blog here(it’s in french, you’ll be warned).

Eden’s Isabeau purse. She says: “It was my first try at any kind of lace knitting; it was so irresistible, I had to try it. The yarn is a bulky cashmere blend in teal. My four year old has taken over the bag and I’m about to CO one for myself.”

I love Lauren’s black Isabeau purse. “I really love the bag and ended up knitting a little credit card holder to match.”

Elena’s cute Isabeau purse. “I recently just started knitting and my first ever knitting project was the Isabeau Purse!! It’s not great – as you can see but I really like it!! It took me 6 days to make this.”

Shelly’s pretty Isabeau purses. She said “I can’t remember a time when BOTH of my daughters were fighting over something I made. Thank you for designing such a wonderful purse!!!”

Tanya’s red Isabeau purse.

Kathy’s cute Isabeau purse. She says: “I decided to use mine to carry around a dishcloth kit. It perfectly holds a skein of cotton, a pair of small scissors, a crochet hook for tucking in ends, a pair of circular needles (my preference) the pattern page and room for the cloth as it knits up. Hence… Dishcloth on the go bag. I may make these as gifts to hand out as prizes when I have my blog contests. Thanks for sharing the pattern.”

Stitchpath’s Isabeau purse.

I love that Loooong strap Salihan added to her purse She said :“I wanted a bag for when I do my grocery shopping so that I have both hands free and I don’t have to leave a cumbersome bigger bag on the trolley. It’s the perfect size and I’m using it everywhere I go at the moment!”

Daniella ’s purse ! “Thank you so much for the free pattern on your website, this pattern gave me the confidence to try other lace projects! It’s a great pattern and worked up super quick. It only took me a day to complete.” Thanks to you ! :-D

“Yarnhag” on Crafster supersized the Isabeau Purse and she did such a great job !! I’m loving that it still looks so much like the purse and yet is the size of the Tote..!! Read about her mods in her post in the Isabeau Purse Knitalong on Crafster !

Kristen made this Isabeau purse “for my best friend, for her birthday. I chose to use a varigated yarn instead of a solid color.” Cute !

Yay for Orange !! Jenn at Peekabootique knit this very cute Isabeau purse. She also draws very cute cards, and lookee !! An Isabeau purse card !! :-D

Sandra’s über cute purse, look at the button she used !! She said :“I thought I’d give it a try before tackling the handbag. I made it with Patons Classic Merino Wool, which is unfortunately a bit stretchy and floppy but I think it came out cute anyhow! “

Wendy made this purse with some leftover Kool-Aid Dyed Wool of the Andes, and used a magnetic snap for closure !

Zazie knit this cute little purse, I looove the button she chose ! (as usual, click for larger pic!)

Anushka used red Debbie Bliss Cashmerino Aran for her purse. She says : “It was such a great pattern (…) a great incentive to learn so many more skills!”

Emmie’s isabeau purse, made with Cascade 220 in Como Blue 9420, lined with pink satin/caramel colored old movie print fabric. She plans on making the tote too.. once she’s done with the knitting Olympics ! ;-)

Dancingbarefoot made this cool purse and says: “I love this pattern, and so did the recipient. Thanks!”

Yahaira made this lovely Isabeau purse, and was cheeky enough to shoot it…with plums !!

Kathleen’s orange Isabeau purse.

Lumpui’s lavender Isabeau purse.

Britt’s Isabeau purse, with a ribbon strap ! Here’s what she said: “thanks so much for this free pattern, it’s beautiful and easy, and I think I did pretty well for my first attempt at lace knitting!”

Karen’s made this Isabeau purse, and she said “I just finished my purse last night and it’s so cute! I consider myself a beginning knitter who has a very hard time following any directions that are not EXTREMELY clear, but I had no problem with this pattern! (What I’m trying to say here is that it was very clear and well written! Thank you for the great pattern!) “