The pattern is from A Winter Gift for Ladies Being Instructions in Knitting, Netting and Crotchet (sic) Work. Containing the Newest and Most Fashionable Patterns. From the Latest London Edition Revised and Enlarged by An American Lady. Philadelphia: G.B. Zieber & Co. 1848.This book is available from http://www.antiquepatternlibrary.org

The American Lady states that “Four fine needles” are needed but no specific size is stated. She also suggests “netting silk” and “one string of gold beads” for materials. The purse “is knitted wrong side outwards,” that is, the purse is knit on the reverse side and turned inside out when finished so the points will stick out.

No further instructions are given for finishing the purse. The points at the bottom could be sewn closed. A surviving example in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum shows the purse gathered at the bottom and closed with drawstrings at the top.