Borderline crazy | March 19, 2007 @ 1:59 pm |
Yarn for felting projects
Yarn for felting projectsOK, this yarn acquisition is bordering on crazy. I am obsessed with felting now and want to make lots of cute bags. So of course I had to get some Lamb’s Pride to try my hand as well as some patterns. I always wanted to make the Fiber Trends’ clogs and I love these little cute gelato bags. We’ll see how it goes in the front loader.
A couple of days ago, I decided to make my SP10 a booga bag using Wollmeise’s worsted weight yarn in Amazonas colorway. It knitted up really nicely, let’s hope it still looks good felted. I only did 60 rows for the height, instead of the 64. Pre-felting, the bag measured 8x4x11in. I didn’t want to bother doing a felting swatch since it’s for a bag, the final dimensions don’t have to be super exact. I don’t want to post any pictures of my SP’s gifts, just in case she might accidentally look at my blog! Kind of a bummer though because I want to show you what the before/after pictures are!
Kureyon for a booga bagI also bought some Noro Kureyon to make a 2nd booga bag. I love the graduated colors! So it’ll be a good comparison between that and the Wollmeise’s worsted weight yarn. I completed knitting both of them (1 per day) and today I’m working on felting them. Keep your fingers crossed.
I broke my rule of one project at a time, but I really didn’t feel like knitting icord at Sunday’s stitch ‘n bitch. So I just started another bag using the Noro. I also made the Noro bag shorter, this time I think maybe 52 rows? I used up 2 skeins for the bag body and will use a wee bit more for the handles. So exciting. I am getting prepared to be severely disappointed, since it seems like that’s what happens to most people on their first felting try.
Comments (2)
Comment by Elemmaciltur
Made on Monday, March 19th, 2007 @ 3:56 pm
By golly…you’re fast (with your knitting) and furious (with your yarn acquisitions)…
Can you throw your stash on the floor and I’ll come around to roll in it? :-p
Comment by Anne
Made on Sunday, March 25th, 2007 @ 10:10 pm
Felting is a blast isn’t it?? :) I just felted up a second booga bag myself, just getting pics up. The small bag you purchased – the Gelato? I love that bag. I made one for myself a while back and am only just now going to use my new booga for a while instead. It’s a quick, nice knit and I just love the style!
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