(mini) booga bag

Monday, October 16, 2006


patonsswsbag
Originally uploaded by The Prolific Knitter.
So, I finished and felted the Patons Soy Wool Stripes bag. Love the colors, but this stuff felts like I have never seen. There is no "partial felting". You do not get a choice in the size. It will shrink to half its size no matter how long you do/don't wash it, so go ahead and plan to knit a GIANT bag and then felt it in a tiny bag.

Also, this thing had so much fur coming out it was like Animal from the Muppets! It took an hour with dad's beard trimmer to get all that crap off. The fabric is really soft and firm, so it's good for a bag, but I'm still returning the other 7 (!!) skeins I bought to make more bags. This took two balls and a bit of a third. I'm planning on using bought handles rather than the icord ones... god knows 5 feet of icord will turn into 6" with this stuff.

2 comments:

Sourire11 said...

oooh I like your striping pattern... can't wait to see it wiht the handles on!

Anonymous said...

oh i did 2 booga bags with it.
the 5-6 feet of i-cord actually did turn out okay.
your bag is beautiful!!!