When things don't turn out as you expect?
I saw this at The Stitching Room and I had to do it. Leanne kindly directed me to where I can get the pattern and I purchased the wool (exactly the wool it says in the pattern). I knitted it up - following the instructions step by step. Then came the felting bit. The bit I was MOST excited about . The bit which I have been wanting to try for SO LONG. Well - it did not work. I felted and felted and boiled and stuck in washing machine and boiled again and it shrunk a tinny whinny bit. I was not happy. It was suggested I wash it again and stick in dryer - well the dryer is one of the sensor ones and would not dry this tiny thing for me. SO I decided I have to many other things in life to enjoy and felting I was not.
I finished it up to make it useful and I think it will be my bag camera case.
6 comments:
Did you use 100% wool yarn??? Because you can't felt with all kind of yarn.
its still a very cute camera case :)
Its very sweet Sarah!
What a bummer your dryer was too insensitive to see that you were in need of assistance :-)
My felting days are on hold at the moment. The switch in my dryer has just dies and I'm afraid its not on my priotity list - yet!
Hmm... How does that work? Heaps of people felt things everyday by accident. Why is it so hard to felt on purpose? We did a bunch of felting last year and the secret seemed to be having a big difference in temperature happening. Boiling water, then cold etc. (Sorry to lecture you. I just naturally assume you want to know all my secrets! Lol.)
What a great camera bag you have made.
It´s cute, I really mean it, but a little bit different... I felted my favorite sweater, it was very easy :)
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