Yes, that means you, too, Bonnie.
My sister and I just sat down and figured out the Christmas list and I'm going to be very very busy between now and the end of the year.
Yikes - I have at least 11 felted bags to make and only 95 days to do it in. That's just about one a week.
Luckily, Juanita will do all the finishing - make the linings and attach the handles.
I am going to use the one that is already felted as one gift - only 10 to go!
Showing posts with label felting. Show all posts
Showing posts with label felting. Show all posts
Sunday, September 16, 2007
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
The Felted Bag
The bag from the last post was so much fun that I am doing another one right away. I acquired 6 skeins of Plymouth Boku yesterday from TYF along with some interlacements Tiny Toes. The Tiny Toes looks very similar to the base yarn used for Koigu - I'll let you know how it knits up.
Anyway - back to the bag. Last night at the store, I was asked for the pattern. So, I thought that while I am knitting this bag, I will write the pattern and then post it here for those interested.
More to come.
Anyway - back to the bag. Last night at the store, I was asked for the pattern. So, I thought that while I am knitting this bag, I will write the pattern and then post it here for those interested.
More to come.
Sunday, September 09, 2007
My first felted bag
I was captured by a Patons SWS colorway one day and knit a little bag using two skeins. It was nice, but not spectacular and I never did get around to felting it.
One day on Ravelry, I spied 3 skeins of a different colorway offered for sale or trade and soon it was mine too.
In August, my LYS had a weekend retreat and the technique that I wanted to learn was Entrelac.
I unraveled the first bag and used some of that yarn to knit the bottom of this bag, I then used 2 skeins of the new yarn to knit the first 4 rows of entrelac, the next two rows of entrelac was from the first yarn again and then the bag was finished off with the remaining skein of the new colorway. An I cord bind off and I cord tie and then into the washer.
I was a little concerned exactly how to do the felting in my front loader. I can't adjust the spin or rinse cycles and decided to check on the bag after just 3 minutes in the washer. Good thing as it was already as felted as I wanted it to be. I have a box in it right now and it's drying out on the back patio. I'll post pics as soon as it's dry and assembled.
These pictures don't really do justice to the vibrancy of the colors in this.
One day on Ravelry, I spied 3 skeins of a different colorway offered for sale or trade and soon it was mine too.
In August, my LYS had a weekend retreat and the technique that I wanted to learn was Entrelac.
I unraveled the first bag and used some of that yarn to knit the bottom of this bag, I then used 2 skeins of the new yarn to knit the first 4 rows of entrelac, the next two rows of entrelac was from the first yarn again and then the bag was finished off with the remaining skein of the new colorway. An I cord bind off and I cord tie and then into the washer.
I was a little concerned exactly how to do the felting in my front loader. I can't adjust the spin or rinse cycles and decided to check on the bag after just 3 minutes in the washer. Good thing as it was already as felted as I wanted it to be. I have a box in it right now and it's drying out on the back patio. I'll post pics as soon as it's dry and assembled.
These pictures don't really do justice to the vibrancy of the colors in this.
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