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 8×4x11in. 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.
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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