Wednesday, June 1, 2011

My very first felted item

It was a little scary, I tell ya. I have never done this before. Well, not on purpose anyway. (There is that time I ruined 2 gorgeous hand knit sweaters in one fateful machine load full... )
My thoughts,  "This pretty knit bag that I just finished knitting is going to change dramatically. It may just turn into a lump, who knows. Oh man do I really want to do this?" Well, I just decided to jump in with both feet and shut down that inner nag....

Here is the before picture:


This is the more or less the same view after felting and then air drying overnight:

Here it is standing on it's own...
There is a real wow factor to this process! Here is a link to the one I pretty much followed.

3 comments:

Mort said...

Kate, those of us fortunate enough to know you know these things to be true. There is one thing that is consistent and never ever changes and that is the fact that you are a good friend full of wit and wisdom. I am sure glad that I know you. I sure hope everybody knows this is supposed to be in the "about me" column and not the "felt" column. Being technologically challenged is both frustrating and at the same time humorous.

Kate said...

Mort - thank you for the lovely compliments. You have known me a long time my friend and have seen many facets of how life has "honed" me. Some things never change and some are reshaped. Thank you for your long time friendship.

knittingitout said...

That is so incredibly great. Congratulations on this accomplishment!!