In an attempt to drag my friend Sar back into the knitting world, I piqued her interest with this adorable clutch pattern from Yarn Magazine.

Now, being on a strict yarn diet, I had to improvise with the stash that I had, so I made adjustments and made it with one skein of Berocco's Ultra Alpaca in white and some Peruvian Baby Alpaca (leftover from Hourglass) for the trim.  I cast on enough to do three cable repeats instead of one.  The size is a tad larger than I expected, but I still really like it! 

The brooch was something I bought from Forever 21 like two years ago, and typical of Forever 21 it promptly fell off after I took the picture.  I'll try to fix it or I may go with a big maroon polka dot ribbon.  Still deciding.

The lining was from JoAnn's and I just fused it to some interfacing to make the clutch more sturdy.

All in all a fun, quick project.  When I get through my stash enough I'm going to make this again with chunkier yarn for a possible gift.