FIRST FELT!



Yarn: Cascade 220 (No, I don't remember the colors)
Bag Pattern: Modified No Rules tote (bottom up instead of top down)
Flower Pattern: MagKnits Poppies Needles: 8s for the bag, 10s for the handles and flowers
Project Started: Mid April 2004
Project Finished: June 12, 2004

Well, if you want mindless stockinette for a movie, this is certainly the project for you. This was my metro knitting (granted off and on) for two months. But to get 30+" of 180 stitches on size 8 needles... let's just say it took a while.

As you can guess from the title, this was my first felt. I ended up felting it for four washer cycles - a total of 48 minutes. I would occasionally go and check on it and do a little happy "I'm felting now!" dance. I actually blocked and sewed everything together after three felts but decided it was a little too big and floppy and put it through the washer one more time before lining it with two quarter flats of fabric (only $.99 each at Joann's!). I got most of it done on the sewing machine - only the very bottom needed to be hand sewn.

This bag is huge. Therefore, I love it. I'm now in the process of knitting a much smaller bag to hold my wallet and keys inside the giant felted purse of doom.