The handles have rolled together, they are in stocking stitch, so I am hoping that they will felt together to make a solid handle. To this end I have sewn them back to front, with the wrong side facing. I have also added a closure to the original bag, just to make it more secure. I am worried that it will be out of proportion when it is felted. Even now it seems a tiny bit too wide for my liking at the base. Knitting tends to felt more vertically than horizontally. I did toy with making it a few inches taller, I thought it may make it too narrow an opening. Only felting the bag will give the answers!
I have found a notebook, which I am reserving just for blog thoughts and points to remember.
I have been looking on Ravelry today and my fickle eye has moved onto Tea Cosies. Tea Cosies are a Class at Gosforth Show. I didn't intend to enter this class as I would have to make something pdq (pretty damn quick). Tea cosies could be a short ish project. So there maybe a possibility. See what comes. I have found three patterns that I like - but would they be liked by the judges?! I haven't got much of a clue on judging criteria.
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2 comments:
ooh, I like that bag.
Do you felt by hand or machine? IF you are willing to do it by hand, a tip I read was to felt it using a rolling pin against a flat surface, giving you complete control over how much the fabric will felt and where.
Tea cosies, eh? I sense an addiction in the wings... :)
I felt by machine. I have had small trys at felting by hand, both by using a rolling pin and needle felting. For bags like this I am much to impatient, so it goes in the machine and I try to distract myself from watching the machine go round and round till it's cooked!
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