So, I decided to try felting again even though my last experience didn’t work so well (ok my own fault I didn’t knit from a pattern to didn’t make the piece long enough & i left it in the washer way too long). This time I am doing the Lopi Felted Tote from Hello Yarn.
I’m using Nashua Creative Focus Chunky because the gauge is the same, I love the color palette and Susi tells me it felts beautifully. Boy, was this project quick! I started it Wednesday evening & finished it last night, probably less that 4 hours. Here it is prefelting.
Ok, it was cold & dark in my living room this morning when I took this picture, I do live near the water in San Francisco after all, so the photo isn’t as bright as I like but you get the idea. The very top is a couple of rows in chocolate brown. The ruler is 6 inches just to give some scale.
So, here’s a question for you felters out there…I’m also going to do some felted bowls as well as another tote, can I felt then in the same wash cycle? If I put them in separate pillow cases will that be ok? I have to pay to use the washing machine & would hate to have to do a bunch of different loads.
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Hi Kat, I LOVE your bag, it’s one that I’ve been thinking about knitting. I can’t wait to see how yours turns out. As for felting various things at once, I’ve done a bag, knitted flowers, and a corked cord (done with a knitting spool before I knew how to make an I-cord) all at once and they came out fine. I guess the thing is to keep checking as some things might be done before others.
was there any problem with fibers from one felting into the others?
The tote looks great, and I can’t wait to see how it looks when it’s felted!
I don’t think you’ll have any problems felting them in the same load. If you’re really nervous, put each item in its own mesh bag.
Love that Lopi tote; it was my very first felting project when I was a newbie. I made mine striped, a little taller than specified, and made the handle a few rows taller (mistake; should have trusted the pattern). My fave picture of it is from when my then-four-year-old put it on her head like a helmet (her eyes peeking perfectly out the handle hole).
i have had red bleed when felting
just a thought
beautiful color. Hope it truns out good for yoU!