Friday, November 6, 2020

Mulberry Pouch


Just for fun I created this cute little pouch inspired by all the mulberry trees that were fruiting a few months ago. We have a lot of mulberry trees in urban Salt Lake City (see below) and there are many public trees that you can harvest. You can tell where they are because of the purple stained sidewalk underneath them.

 


I gathered some mulberries and died some bamboo silk which turned into a beautiful purpley-silver. I created this pattern to mimic the drupes of mulberries on a tree. I also knit one up in a mulberry colored yarn because you can’t have too many pouches! The pattern is in my Ravelry shop.

 


Notes from the pattern:

In an effort to be self-sufficient, 19th century Mormon Pioneers in Utah began raising their own silkworms to create a silk industry in the West. Silkworms must feed on mulberry leaves so LDS Church leader Brigham Young ordered 100,000 mulberry trees from France to be planted around Utah. Although Utah’s sericulture was a failed enterprise, the mulberry trees still thrive throughout the state allowing urban harvesters a bounty of berries every spring.





2 comments:

  1. How can I get information on one of your patterns ?

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  2. Hello,
    My patterns are available on Ravelry (www.ravelry.com/designers/virginia-catherall) where you can buy and download a digital copy of them. Also, I saw your message about the Salt Flat Scarf pattern but it was deleted when I went to respond. Did you figure out the issue? Let me know if you didn't and I can walk you through it. Let me know if you have any questions. Thanks! Virginia Catherall

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