MUTTIE'S BAG-PRE FELTING!
I am surrounded by kitties (catch Nina, my newest addition), getting over pneumonia (yuck!), and have officially finished my first felted bag (it hasn't been felted yet). My kitties love it. Shiva, the elder kitty, prefers to be inside for snuggles.To give some perspective, you can see the bag on me (pre-felting)!
* I decided to get creative and use two yarns at the same time (inspired by Muttie, of course), in our favourite yarn shop in Colorado Springs. I was a good girl and took notes: The yarn is Cascade Yarns -Ecological Wool (100% Peruvian Highland Wool) Shade 8017. Then, I blended with NORO Kochoran #47. The result....voila, beautiful and also voila BIG! We were told by the vendors that one ball of Cascade's Eco Wool would do the trick...we failed to count in the two yarn-at-a-time gauge (on larger size US 11 needles). So, in fact it took 1 1/2 balls of Eco wool and 2 1/2 balls of Kochoran. Hopefully Muttie likes the result. The pattern: Bucket Bag by Anne Swanson and Katie Ngorney: Knagorney@aol.com. A wonderful pattern (easy to follow...even for pattern ignoramouses like me)!
And, of course, little Nina is happy with the final results, and who can argue with a cute little grey furball?
2 comments:
Hi dear Britta! I´m happy you are feeling better, I was worried when I read you had pneumonia. Nina is sooooo cute, look at her!
The bag looks beautiful, you´ll get many compliments, you´ll see! I never felted yet, but it´s a must, I have to try it!
Happy Sunday for you!
Hi Britta,
You rock, what an adventure this is! I'm excited to see what else happens,
Lisa
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