It Worked - I'm Amazed

Well, here it is. My first attempt at felting. I'm amazed, it actually worked. I couldn't believe how ugly this purse was before felting it - and the size difference - Wow!

As you can tell, I've never felted anything before. And given that all the felting instructions I read, said not to use a front loading washing machine as the agitation process is not the same as in a top loading one. Plus, the front loading machines don't let you stop to check the progress of the piece. Even with all that, it worked. Mind you, I did have to wash the piece twice to get the desired effect. But I was quite pleased.

So now I'm on a felting kick. My next project already in the works is a saddle blanket for the horses. I've been trying to figure out how to make a saddle pad that was sturdy and didn't loose it's shape. Now I've got it. So I'm busily working on that project.

There are so many projects I want to do, but yet having the farm, I feel guilty sitting and crocheting all day. In the evening it's easy - it's dark and cold out, nothing much to do outside with the horses at that time of day. During the day is a different story however. Right now, I don't feel so guilty however. I've had an extremely bad cold for the past week and a half - so crocheting is easier than doing nothing and giving in to the cold. I still feel like I'm accomplishing something. The toughest part is turning the finished pieces into saleable patterns for you to make. What I think is simple, doesn't always translate out that way when I try to write the pattern out. Even though I keep detailed notes while designing. It's not always the easiest to figure out what I've done. So let me know if you don't understand something I've written - I'll try and answer your questions for you.

So off I go for another day to clean the house and crochet that saddle blanket - I'm aiming to get it done this week to use it in the Christmas Parade I'm riding in on Saturday. We'll see.

Crochet Away!
Debi K.