Im in ur laundry room, feltin' ur hand-knitz

Attention Knitters: Please resume breathing; it was on purpose.

Last night, I engaged in a veritable felting orgy. The Highland Bag took another trip through the washer, since the strap was still too stretchy for my taste. The first time I used a chunky trade paperback to block it; this time it only took a modest mass-market paperback. I'm happy with the new, petite bag, since I was looking for something that would hold the basics (wallet, phone, and keys) without letting me pack a million other things just in case I might need them.




Pattern: Elann Highland Wool Felted Bag, Fancy Version
Yarn: Elann Peruvian Highland Wool in Redwood and Allspice
Needles: 24" KnitPicks Options, Size 10

Next up were two pairs of Fuzzy Feet: one for my dad and one for me. Dad's were a challenge, since they were a gift - I had planned to give them to him unfelted, and then shrink them up when I was visiting, to make sure they came to the right size. Then I remembered that he has a front-loading washer, which would be difficult for a novice felter. I checked the measurements for his shoe size online, and hoped for the best. I've held this post back until I gave them to him, and it turns out they fit perfectly: hooray for seat-of-your-pants solutions!

Pattern: Fuzzy Feet
Yarn: Cascade 220 in 7815; 8891 & 9903 (I'm guessing on the colors, since I've lost all the ball-bands)
Needles: 10.5 bamboo double-points

I know some knitters think felting is a good way to ruin knitting, but I have to say that I'm having a lot of fun with this. I'm trying to use my felting projects as a chance to even out my stitch tension, since anything funny won't show up in the final product, and the Highland Bag was a good introduction to stranding a second color along behind the one being worked.