There is something about lace and tassels together that feels like it belongs to a different era. The kind of afternoon where you write letters by hand and keep them in a box. This clutch started with the idea of a plain purple fabric given something to say by a wide ribbon of white filet lace wrapped around the whole thing like a sash. The tassels came after, because the lace asked for them.

The main fabric is dense and satisfying to work: rows of DC that build up quickly into something substantial. Then the ribbon, nine rows of filet crochet that take more patience but produce that open, romantic texture that makes the whole piece feel finished. The result is a clutch that looks like it took a very long time and carries its books with a certain quiet dignity.