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These were all knitted and felted last Friday, Saturday, Sunday.
Plus, there were unfelted samples of three of these for comparison. Rather than make this entry even more picture-heavy, you can see them all in my All About Felting photoset.
This weekend, including today, I made a few more things,
and felted the unfelted samples from the week before.
Again, there are before and after shots in the All About Felting photoset.
Everything from the first batch and the white bowl were completely felted in my good old top-loading washer. The bobble bowl, coffee cup cozy and three sample bowls got tossed in with laundry and weren't completely felted so I finished them up the old-fashioned way.
It was fun, and with help of a few found-around-the-kitchen-and-bathroom tools and shaping aids they turned out great. You should try it, but I'm warning you, it can be totally addicting. And later there will be embellishing!
February is a short month. I figured I better post something before it disappears. So it is a bit of a hodge-podge: FOs, one WIP, extreme closeups, a Saturday sky, and one silly cat picture.
First, the WIPs:
A very colourful hat with double-layered concave ear cozies. I've come to where the decreases need to begin and I have to decide how I want to do it. Not a good bus project.
Next, the never-ending nearly finished bias blanket. Since the picture was taken I finished ball 5 and am part way through ball 6 of 6.
And now, some FOs:
As I mentioned in my last post, I am going to be teaching a beginner knitting class starting in just a few weeks (yikes!) and so I have been spending quite a lot of time designing a baby sweater to use as the main project for the six week course. Here are versions 1 and 3.
I'm going to be teaching at one of our local yarn shops! Over the fall and winter I will be teaching three courses: Beginners Knitting, Teen Beginners Knitting, and Introduction to Felting (Bowls and Baskets). So I have been swatching like crazy and knitting samples for the first course. I think a baby sweater will be the main project. I've got my first crack at it (in leftover Decor) nearly done and will hopefully be able to post a photo tomorrow.
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