Walsall Wonderland

The other day when I bought all that fabric, I had inadvertently left myself with a frustrating dilemma.

So, I have the faux fur and satin lining all ready to go, but what I need is a cloak clasp to use as a closure. When I asked my fiancé, he suggested that I get something made from a natural product, he suggested a wooden clasp of some sort. I loved the idea, and set about trying to find a nice wooden closure of some sort, but so far I haven’t been able to find a thing!

I have googled and googled, looked on Etsy, on ebay, and I can’t find any! I can’t believe that. I looked for horn and bone too, but still couldn’t find any. So that leaves me with metal ones. After much deliberation, and looking over website after website, I have decided to go with a lovely little pewter fox head. I have always liked this clasp, right from the moment I first saw it some time ago, and I think the colour would go really well with both the grey fur of my cape, and the pewter colour of the satin lining.

Now, just because it has been rather a pain to find these, here are four sites I found many a nice cloak clasp on… First is Crafty Celts, they have some lovely, if pricey stuff. Second is Twin Roses Designs, they just have an assortment of nice clasps that could be good for period pieces or things with modern flare. Third is Patterns of Time, who have a huge range, some of which is really great. Fourth is Cloak and Dagger Creations, who have some unique and pretty clasps.

Today’s knitting pattern is another super simple one, mainly because with this one you would get to pick out buttons, and I bet you that awesome wooden buttons would be heaps easier to find that cloak clasps!