Adventures in Felting (on purpose!)
Dec. 20th, 2012 08:38 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
So felting is way easy, and a happy thing if you do it on purpose. (Also, if you protect your washing machine from the extra fibers that come off during the felting process...broken washing machines are not happy. Fortunately, a pillowcase can do this.) Knitty has a tutorial on machine felting and on what I call "butter churn style felting". I used both methods, and I have to say I prefer butter churn style felting but it does do a number on your shoulders/spoon count.
Project number one: Felted notions bag (for quick carry tape measure, needle, scissors, etc)

Red and pink speckled small square bag with a flap and white button.
The process for this was really easy. I cast on about 70 stitches (number variable) in Shepherd's Wool (note: not superwash) and knit a rectangle until it looked like it was slightly larger than I wanted the purse to be. Then I folded it in three and sewed up the sides, leaving the flap free. I felted it using the process above, cut a hole for the button, and attached a button. Hurrah, a notions bag! You can dazzle them up with notions and embroidery and things, but I decided I liked this simple and elegant.

White felted "rose" with two green leaves on a wooden table.
I used malabrigo worsted scraps for this. I don't have a good tutorial for this one because I based it roughly on something in a book but adapted it a bit. There are other tutorials out there on felted flowers, I'm sure, or books in your local library. Anyway, it was not hard and took maybe 2 episodes of Futurama (plus the time for felting, drying, and sewing the leaves to the rose). I'm going to attach a pin to the back so my mom can wear it on her coat.
Project number one: Felted notions bag (for quick carry tape measure, needle, scissors, etc)

Red and pink speckled small square bag with a flap and white button.
The process for this was really easy. I cast on about 70 stitches (number variable) in Shepherd's Wool (note: not superwash) and knit a rectangle until it looked like it was slightly larger than I wanted the purse to be. Then I folded it in three and sewed up the sides, leaving the flap free. I felted it using the process above, cut a hole for the button, and attached a button. Hurrah, a notions bag! You can dazzle them up with notions and embroidery and things, but I decided I liked this simple and elegant.

White felted "rose" with two green leaves on a wooden table.
I used malabrigo worsted scraps for this. I don't have a good tutorial for this one because I based it roughly on something in a book but adapted it a bit. There are other tutorials out there on felted flowers, I'm sure, or books in your local library. Anyway, it was not hard and took maybe 2 episodes of Futurama (plus the time for felting, drying, and sewing the leaves to the rose). I'm going to attach a pin to the back so my mom can wear it on her coat.
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Date: 2012-12-20 02:18 pm (UTC)Now I want to knit something just so I can felt it. ;)
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Date: 2012-12-20 05:20 pm (UTC)also I like that you measured the time by Futurama episodes!
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Date: 2012-12-21 03:21 am (UTC)They are indeed *very* squishy.
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