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Wednesday, May 2, 2007

Contest #2 Question #1

Spring Felted Bag Contest 2 Quesion #1
This Week's Question:
How did you get interested in felting? Did you learn it from someone, see a bag you liked? Just want to try something new? If you have a picture of your first project, please include it!

I got interested in felting when I joined the International Tote Exchange (ITEIII). After seeing all the drop-jaw gorgeous bags from links posted I knew I wanted to try it. Seemed most every blog you visited too, there was a felted bag of some kind..lol My only problem was tyring to find a felted bag in Crochet to do this felting with as I don't knit. I did find some eventually in crochet but I lucked out with one of my crochet magazines that had just come in and Wa-La, there it was..the bag I was going to try this felting with as I was running out of time (in case I messed up)....lol I even made it bigger than it called for. I needed tote size for a partner in that exchange as she wanted to be able to carry lots of stuff...lol

I've been making bags since and love to do the felted bags. I'm just amazed at the difference in some of the colors and yarns and how it all blends together and "no holes"!!!


I've done 3 felted bags now, cause I had one bag only half felt....I was experimenting... Plus my DIL liked it and wanted it and took it home...lol This blue tote is my very first felted bag I made for ITEIII and the purplish (looks kinda pinkish here) was a test pattern for a friend almost the same time as the tote exchange.....Oh and I have this purse pattern I bought to make for myself, but used it for an "Angel Tote"
for a partner who didn't get her bag in the ITEIII I only wish I
could've found what they call "Mock Croc" so I could finish it like the pattern picture looked like..lol But I tried to dress it up a bit on the pockets. I'm not near done making bags...I am totally hooked on making & felting them :) I love pockets too so will be experimenting more...lol I do have other books coming and then my next step will be to change them and make one more personable.
Can't wait to get this Spring Felted Swap bag going, so with that I'm outta here to yarn hunt :) so have a good one!!
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