Thursday, July 2, 2009

My First Felted Knit

So I've been learning to knit, its been a slow process and not something that got my full attention. I have a friend who is teaching me and she's been great. The goal of this project was for me to learn how to knit and how to felt it when it was done. There was no pattern to follow as we were just going with the flow and taking it step by step.

I used Lamb's Pride which is 85% Wool 15% Mohair and the color is Ocean Waves, made by Brown Sheep Company.

I'm pleasantly surprised by the outcome and just love the color, the tropical fizz adds a fun touch. I'm not sure what it is exactly ... to round to be a purse, handles to long to be a basket - hmmmm maybe I'll use it as my new knitting basket.

This was a fun learning experience and can't wait to jump into the next project. My friend and knitting teacher will be on vacation for 5 weeks so I'm flying solo on this next one. I think I'll try a purse or a pillow from the book Felted Knits. I need a simple pattern as I'm not 100% sure what all these abbreviation mean yet. Wish me luck!

5 comments:

Unknown said...

Love your felted project, gorgeous colors! Looking forward to your next creation

Kay and CJ said...

Oooooh! I love it! The colors are mind-boggling. What's next on your list?

Jeanine said...

This is awesome!!!!

Pat said...

Danielle, I tried knitting several times and just couldn't stick with it! Your piece looks amazing and like a lot of work! Keep on! There's gorgeous felted things to make!
Pat

GypseeMommy said...

This is so cute!!