Well, I went to the washing machine with mixed feelings last night when the cycle ended. My first attempt at felting bags was in there....
Success! The Sublime Angora Merino wool felted beautifully! Sadly, the bag is a long sausage shape and the top opening is rather small, but I am still so pleased that it worked! Here is a close up of the felted bag...
Love it! The little bow I knitted also felted beautifully, although a little uneven.
As for the black and orange round bag, not so good...
And this wool yarn is supposedly specifically for felting. Umph! I am also a bit miffed because I only read on a blog today that you must stitch the opening of the bag closed to avoid this gaping. Overall not too bad, but not as good as the first bag.
As for my samples, mixed feelings. The pink is a sample of the 100% wool yarn from Portugal which I had high hopes for, but it did not felt so well. The purple is the same Portuguese wool. It took me several days to knit this piece! The wool is very thick. Felted OK.These babies are busy drying at the moment and I am planning the next felted bag projects! Hope you have a good week!
3 comments:
WOW that is a gorgeous bag! I never really know how to felt...but im loving all your felted items! Sooo pretty! Your sooo talented dear frined! Have a lovely merry happy week and love to you!
I love how the purple bag turned out...I have never tried felting...I think I would be a bit nervous opening the washer for the first time to see how my projects turned out. Yours are very pretty, great job!
The purple bag felted beautifully! I've never thought of felting crochet before!
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