Felted Knits

Blue Tote

Finished this yesterday...it is wonderful. It is just waiting for me to put some "things" on it. I will try to keep it simple but I think I need to put some type of closure on it.

Felted Knits

This bag turned out really nice. I did alter the pattern just a bit. I found the handle on the pattern too fussy so I just eliminated the purse rings that were suggested to attach the I-cord handle. Instead, I grafted the ends of the handle to the body of the bag. I went crazy with embellishments - flowers, leaves, vines, bead centers for the flowers (unfortunately, those don't show up on the photo). The felting went really well too.

PINK SQUATTIE

Pink Squattie and Furry Squattie.

This squattie is my first. It has a few boo-boos but with the felting, you would never know where they are...

Squatties

This is squattie after felting. It took several trys to get this purse to felt correctly. Perhaps because of the eyelash yarn it just took a long time. I finally ended up putting it through 2 cycles in the washer and 10 minutes in the dryer. I have a front loader washer and it actually came out okay. I have read that front loaders are not the best thing to use to felt because you can't open the door mid cycle to check the felting process. Well...it worked just fine.

This is squattie, before felting. Looks like a large furry purse. Started this yesterday, Saturday...just couldn't put the kneedles down. Finished it this morning, Sunday.

I used black worsted wool mixed with acrylic eyelash. It is very soft to the touch.

So...okay now to the felting.