STUDIO
In this Video Tutorial I show you how I have needle felted these whimsical flowers on the bag which I had wet felted in the previous post.
As you can imagine this bag is for a little kid who loves flowers and ladybugs.
It is a very simple tutorial and the perfect subject for beginners in needle felting!
All you need is colourful wool (I used rovings) and a single felting needle.
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I have to say in advance that I am an almost self-taught felter, I have never had the occasion or the budget to join workshops or courses on wet felting and all I have learnt comes from the few free videos I have found online, the few tips and tricks that I have managed to gather and eventually A LOT of trial and error.
So I am not ashamed to admit that felting a bag has never come easy to me.
Particularly getting the strap (or handles) to actually join to the body of a bag during the wet felting process felt almost impossible.
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There is something incredibly grounding about the soft glow of a candle, especially when you’re settled in for an evening of knitting or crafting. However, for those of us who find synthetic fragrances or even essential oils a bit overwhelming, the “unscented” market can be surprisingly limited. And it is not just limited but often times even the unscented candle tends to have an unpleasant smell that I just cannot stand.
So I recently set out to make my own 100% beeswax tapered candles. My goal was simple: create a clean-burning, steady flame that wouldn’t flicker while I work with my yarn, and avoid the headaches that come with perfumed waxes.
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This triangle scarf is extremely easy to make, though it certainly wasn’t easy to create! This is my eighth attempt at this pattern… and I mean eighth!
What was so difficult?
It wasn’t the stitches. Trust me, you only need to know three: knit, purl, and increase. If you want to be fancy, you can use left- and right-leaning increases, but it won’t change much in this specific pattern. Because the needles are quite large compared to the yarn weight, the final effect is an open net that hides a lot of those fine details.
So, what was the complicated part? The increase rate and the edging.
I really wanted to include a “cool” edging, like an i-cord, because I’m not usually a fan of garter stitch edges. In the end, however, garter won. It’s stretchy enough to accommodate all the increases, which is vital since this scarf is knitted from the tip up.
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