After I finished that little purse and the mittens I was supposed to be making, I wanted to move on to other things. Thankfully, Sarah encouraged me to dive right in to a few other projects. Right now, I'm not sure if I can remember what I tackled next. I know I made a couple of really cool and simple felted hats last spring. I'm definitely a fan of felting. That first project, the little purse, was just enough encouragement to get me started.
Felting is a little mystery, I think. Someday, I'd love to design felted projects, but right now I wonder how many attempts a person would have to make to get a felted pattern right. On the one hand, felting is VERY forgiving and I love that about it. I'm a bit of a careless knitter sometimes--I'm sure it comes with my relative lack of experience. Fact is, sometimes my color rows don't quite line up the same on a pair of mittens. But with felting, it all comes out in the wash, so they say. I love that!
Most recently, I made myself a pair of felted mittens out of Lamb's Pride bulky. Sorry, no photos yet. They were hardly dry when I had them on and was outside, brushing snow off the car. My hands are warm and dry in those mittens!
I wonder what I'll felt next?
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