craftiness

[piranha]

i forgot, can ravelry non-members see ravelry information? i don't think so, right?

i've finally started to revive my account, by posting my newest experiments. yes, i can follow a pattern, but i really do like making things up as i go along; i always learn a lot from that.

if you have a ravelry account, you can see them here, with notes:

paramour's slippers: http://www.ravelry.com/projects/pi/paramour-slippers-v20
fingerless glove: http://www.ravelry.com/projects/pi/fingerless-gloves

if you're as yet unravelled :), here are the pictures:





the glove fits like... a glove. :) now onto making the second one.

Comments

[trulybloom]

Nice work! Thanks for sharing the pictures!

Currently I'm making an "Australian" hyperbolic cone - I call it that because I'm making it left-handed, so it spirals in the opposite direction.

[serene]

Both totally awesome!

[cesy]

So cool.

[beckyzoole]

I really like seeing the slippers both before and after felting. I am a little afraid of making something to be felted, so seeing other peoples' work is reassuring, inspiring even! But how do you know how big to make them at first?

[piranha]

gauge swatch with known measurements, felt that, and you know by how much the wool shrinks. make separate swatches for different stitches. also, i always take stuff out of the washer in intervals to check to make sure it's not shrinking too much. while wet it's quite shapeable too; you can put it over a form and let it dry and it'll keep that form -- a form of blocking.

i started with a few small bowls first to get over the hump of potentially "destroying" my work -- it didn't really matter how large they came out in the end, but they were great test objects.

oh, and use a wool that's known to be a good felting wool (patons classic wool is my favourite).