Bagged and Felted

News from the knitting front....

This is Sarah speaking and guess what? We have another completed project! Wow! Here tis...


Of course this is the finished project (and what's that? a Kureyon scarf in the corner?). I began with some bartlett yarn in blue loch 2 ply. This is a great color, very deep blue with purpley hues. Anyways, I knitted it up using the hobo bag pattern from knitty-unbiased. I knit it very loosely on big needles in the hopes that all would be well once felted.
Thankfully 4oz was just enough because I only had 1 skein and I bought it very far away.Then I moved onto the whole felting experience. First, an unsuccessful attempt by hand. Just didn't work and was just way to much effort. Then during the Bills game on Sunday I threw it in the washer (twice). Pulled it out, stretched it to where I wanted it, and let it dry. Voila! I'm excited to felt again in the future. This was a very good result for a first try. I learned several important things #1- yarn dyes may bleed (a lot) # 2- always felt inside a pillowcase #3- weave in ends good.