how much I love buttons

This project is inspired by buttons. I should admit that I have an unhealthy obsession with buttons. Someday I will have a large tub of buttons which I can run my hands through and admire...for now, I have a small jar and that's going to have to do. These buttons were a fabulous find that I've stashed away for a long time...until I could find an appropriate project for quail buttons.

So my solution? Knit a purse! I have serious doubts about whether or not I'll carry it, but then again it's hardly done. The yarn is a sport weight wool that I had lying around in my yarn collection for a year or so...actually not quite that long. Anyway, I had originally intended it for another purpose, but it's been lovely for this project and the colors were perfect. The pattern is a simple slip-stitch design that I hope vaguely resembles what I imagine quail feathers to be.

And just in case you were wondering...here's a real quail. And you should read the book That Quail Robert.