Thursday, August 28, 2008

8-28-2008

Sorry for posting so late, but today's project took some time.

I had gotten some really pretty wool with my birthday present from Mom & Dad, I wanted to make a felted bag. First the knitting. That was 10 inches high when finished knitting.

This is a close up of the texture of the knitted bag.

view of felted bag sitting up

View on it's side, it's about 5 inches high (or depth of the purse)
Very fun, and I will be making more!

2 comments:

Madelyn said...

So to "felt" it, you just put it in hot water? Or you beat it up? Or what? Whatever, it's pretty.

vicki said...

you can felt knitted wood several ways, for this I used the most common and lamented ... I threw it in the washer on hot