Felting Flop

Excuse me, but um, what the heck am I supposed to do with this?


I have a couple friends that wanted felted purses with fun fur and I wanted to get them done for them in time for Christmas but that isn't going to happen now. Not only did this black one not turn out but neither did the brown one I did - I'm not even bothering to take a photo of that one!

I don't have a very good track record when it comes to felting. I don't know what it is but it's hit or miss with me. Oh well, that's OK, I'm working on some great scarfs in place of the purses now. The thing that upsets me the most is the $$ and time that went into knitting these. Maybe it was the iCord maker that cursed this project? I should have known then!

Guess I could always turn this upside down and give it to my niece and nephews to use for a snowman's top hat!

Felted Cloche

This Christmas I'm making a few felted knits for people. This hat is the first one that I can cross of my list.


I added one of my chocheted flower pins for a little extra somethin' and splash of color.

Pattern Source: This is a pattern print out that I picked up at a yarn shop years ago, can't recall when and where.
Yarn: Patons Classic Wool Merino
Needles: size 10.5
Notes: Jo Ann Fabrics sells this yarn. It's often on sale and it felts great!

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Before and after shots to show how huge this was before I felted it!


Picture doesn't really do it justice.




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Update on the iCord Maker:
Thanks you for your comments and suggestions. I also asked Betz White (she's so nice) and she sent me a very nice email and gave some tips like:

• You have to use a fingering wt yarn
• Be sure you have enough weight on it.
• Keep tension on the yarn/cord coming out the bottom so the stitches go down inside the machine.

So I tried it again, took my time and made sure the yarn wasn't splitting on me in those latches (they are picky and that was one of my problems before). I made sure the weight was pulling the icord down and that the yarn coming in had slack. It was working wonderfully. I got 60" done and then the crank started turning a bit hard, and then SNAP! One of the latch needles busted right off. You've got to be kidding me - AHHHHHH!!!

Two for Me, One for Sally

One of the items I bought at the recent LLK sale was a book called One Skein. It's a great book! There are 30 projects in the book and most do seem like quick knits. For example, a knitting friend of mine had a birthday coming up and I wanted to knit her something special (and quick). The book had a lot to offer - I finally deceided on the Felted Bowls. I always wanted to try some and knew I had some Lopi in my stash to pick from. These bowls were a really quick knit and fun. Will do again for sure!

I ended up making three and here are the bowls before felting,

and here they are after. (tried to get the same angle…)

For Sally's I filled it with some Lavender scented potpourri.

Happy Birthday Sally!