Wednesday, September 13

Hello Yarn

Hello, Skull I've been working on the bag that calico13 sent the yarn for in our swap. It's a free pattern from Hello Yarn. I'm five rows away from the decreases for the bottom of the bag.

I was surprised to see that, once I actually read the pattern, it's knitted flat. I thought it would be knit in the round, but that's a lot of wasted yarn, carrying the skull color over the background so much. Maybe I'll work up a cute little stranded pattern that works with the pirate-y skull motif.

I really can't wait to finish this so I can get it wet and toss it in the dryer — I think that's become my favorite felting method. It doesn't use as much water as the 87 cycles in the washer method, which I like. I haven't tried hand felting, though ... I think I would have to build up some more arm muscle before giving that a go.

Gas is $2.15. That is all.

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