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Given to me in 1987 by my Great Aunt Ruth, she shared that the little purse was used to carry her pennies to church on Sundays for the offering. At a Crochet Guild of America conference in 1994, Dana Benjamin taught a class on these purses. When I…

Gwem Blakley Kinsler created this “Old into New” miser purse using Irish crochet style and stitches. Dedicated to Kate Coburn, who taught her bead-crochet, Gwen added bead crochet stitches as embellishment. This design was created for the book,…

Inspired by a gift Gwen received from her Great Aunt Ruth, led Gwen and B. J. to continue to search and research these charming little purses. Good friends and avid crocheters, they landed on the idea of writing a book to share their discoveries…