A few more details

Evergreenknits wanted to know how much wool went into the felted balls (they're still in the same state...I haven't decorated them).

I had 2 oz of roving to start.

The largest of the individuals balls (the teal in the center) is .2 oz (6g), with the average sized ones not even registering on my kitchen scale. The whole collection below weighs 1.4 oz and have .6 oz leftover that I didn't ball up yet.

I hope this information helps!

Step one: felted

Ok, so I took the Christmas Tree Hat idea and wanted to translate that into a felted Christmas tree. I altered the pattern a lot, and added a lip to the bottom. It's drying right now, so I need to decide how to decorate it. I made some garlands, but I haven't felted them yet. What do you think? How should I decorate my tree?


(Heidi asked for dimensions...it's 14 inches tall and 22.5 inches in circumference)

Felted Tote

I just finished this Felted Tote from my favorite book, One Skein.

(No one is allowed to say anything about the fact that this was not on my UFO list...I started and finished it while effectively ignoring my other projects. Now the baby shower is only a week away, though, so the blanket NEEDS to be finished).

Since it's felted, that means you knit it bigger than normal and then shrink it (intentionally).

So, it started out like this:

It's laying on our ottoman, which means that it started off about 23 inches tall. It shrinks a lot. You can especially tell in the stripe pattern.
Here it is once it's shrunk, on the same ottoman it used to cover:

And here it is standing up, except the handles look dippy in the picture. Alas. I am not an exceptionally skilled knitting photographer.

Pretty cool, hmm?

Knit-o-rific

Well, I've been trying to diversify my knitting projects and skills, so here are a few of my latest items. I am proud to say that I have now made two sweaters. Granted, they've both been for babies (it's so much easier to finish a project when it is small!), but I think they're cute:

Here is a hat and (thumbless!) baby mittens for Grace:










My felted slippers:









My felted tote:

Pumpkins!

I listed "crafts" as something this blog is about, so here's the first crafty post....

I made these adorable felted pumpkins for fall. I got the pattern from knitty.com.















Even J has admitted that they're fairly charming. :)