Ok ladies, I have been knitting but a little lazy about posting because I don't have my camera to take pictures of my newest acquisition. Friday night was my yarn shop's Happy Knitting Hour, and there was a one-day sale, 20% off of Blue Sky Alpaca yarns. So what did I do? I bought the most decadent stuff I have ever knit with. I made a scarf in 1x1 ribbing of Bulky chocolate brown (50/50alpaca and wool) and double stranded Brushed Suri (67% baby suri, 22% merino, 11% bamboo). I'll take a picture when I get the camera this weekend because it is at Rob's. But here they are. I nearly finished it by the end of the happy hour since it was from 5-7pm. It felt good enough to eat. Without the calories.
And about the handle and felting issue. I felted Margaret's purse fine, but I have had only one bag that seemed to stick to itself Pamo. It could be a lot of things, but one thing I always do is stop the washer periocidally to make sure it is not sticking to itself, wrapping around something and distorting its shape, or shrinking too much. It also could be all of the agitation elements you had (baking soda, detergent, a towel I think you said, plus your water also determines how it felts). The handles were an issue for me. My cobbler didn't have any leftovers so I had to buy a brand new leather belt and have them split it in two, and attach it. It was cheaper than it sounds. Kohls has a great selection, plus I saved by finding one very wide belt. The cobbler agreed it was a cheaper option for them too.
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Anshan, what can I say but wow, NICE YARN! Thank you for all the tips. I have a front loading washing machine so it is a little tough to stop in the middle. Although mine shrunk quite a bit I still love it. I found some leather handles online for $24 a set for 22" long handles. Rolled leather too. The are sew on handles and I would rather have handles with rings so they will fold out of my way when I'm digging in the bag but I will get the sew on if Margaret doesn't find any thing at Purl's. I'll post a picture when I finally get done. Did you line your bag with anything? I'm thinking of doing that and making some pockets on the inside to hold things. The website with the leather handles is http://www.joggles.com/ A good resource. I look forward to your pictures.
Pamo
Well with felting you take what you can get. Pamo, those handles are perfect! I will definitely use those next time. I can't wait to see pics of your purse!
Gorgeous stuff Anshan - it must be a dream to knit up. I wish we had a good wool shop so we could go squeeze the finer skeins.
I can only dream of that stuff! WOW!!! How nice Annie!
Anshan,
Your wool is beautiful, drool, drool. Life is going to be so easy for me now. Everytime I need to give someone a present it can be a gift certificate to Purl's. I have knit with Alpaca several times and love it. I have one very lacy shawl of Alpaca, and even though it's lacy it is the warmest thing I own.
I had to look up Suri, as I never heard that term. I didn't want you knitting with road kill. Then I was really concerned to read "Suri, a tribe of the lower Omo River valley in southwest Ethiopia. But further down the search engine I found that there is also a Suri Alpaca. Scared me for a minute there.
Pamo, I did read in felting instructions somewhere that even though they suggested that you add something else to the wash cycle, it said NOT to add a towel. Maybe that's too heavy. Or at least your nice plush towels might be too heavy.
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