This post was originally part of Purse Palooza 2014 over at Sew Sweetness . I wanted to repost it here for my own records to remind myself of what I liked and didn't like in this pattern! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I was very excited when Sara asked me to be part of this year's (2014) Purse Palooza and instantly knew I wanted to make the Scallop of the Sea Clutch by Katie Canavan (available from Holla Knits here ). This clutch is definitely a statement piece. It's oversized (compared to most clutches) and the outside is made of knitted scallop shapes. Yep, I knitted a bag! It felt good to both knit and sew a bag - catching three of my favourite pastimes all in one! The bag is stranded colourwork and is knit in the round to form a big tube. The tube is blocked, lined and interfaced, seamed and then folded over to make the big envelope clutch shape. Here is the versi