Anyway, I had a brainwave to make a pouffe cover from felted crochet...
I spent a good hour or so searching for felted crochet on the web last night, but I have not come across anything matching the image in my head. I will see how things progress... Have any of you dear readers been brave enough to felt your crochet work?
Inbetween pouffe felting thoughts, I am working on the edge of my Nanna blanket. So far the edge is straight; I had developed a "can't do blanket edges" mentality, but thankfully that has passed. The fiesta colours in the edging are so cheerful and I'm really enjoying the process.I will leave you with a link to this fabulous new blog Annie's Place. I have long been an admirer of Sharron's crochet on Flickr and it was a wonderful surprise to discover she has started blogging... her crochet rocks... check it out!
Wow those herdywool colours as so vibrant - I love it!
ReplyDeleteI accidentally felted my baby's cardigan last week it can fit a doll now, I was upset but started to crochet again. There is a picture on my blog if you want to see. I think felted hexagons sound like a great idea and I would be very interested to see how they come out. Sarah x
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ReplyDeleteWhat beautiful vibrant colours! Thank you for the link to Annie's Place!
ReplyDeleteLoving that herdy wool, the colours are absolutely gorgeous!
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I love your hexagons! And I love your photos and you blog and your colors and your words and your works! Congratulations!
ReplyDeleteOOoooh I love the hexagons but no, have never even thought of felting the crochet or seen any in my meanderings through blogland! You could start a thang!! Good luck! J9 x
ReplyDeleteWhat fabulous bright Herdy wool. I'd need to be much braver than I am to felt crochet.
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I'm really touched that you would mention me in your post today, thank you! My first steps into blogland have been tentative, so to receive a vote of confidence from someone so established is overwhelming x
ReplyDeleteYou know I'm a fellow colour addict, so that Herdywool is definitely a real find. The Nanna blanket edging is fab, not long till it's all finished then?! x
i'm very happy you have started a blog and love all your crochet and crafty projects x
DeleteBeautiful colors!! Thanks for sharing a new blog! have a wonderful weekend! xo Heather
ReplyDeleteLove the colours of that yarn, I shall have to check out Herdy yarns. I have never considered felting crochet before, I shall be interested to see how it works out. Good luck with it, Mrs RV x
ReplyDeleteI love those wool colors!.. I think felted crochet work sounds like a great idea! Can't wait to see what you come up with. Off to check out Annie's place.
ReplyDeleteHello, I regularly felt my crochet work. You can use any pattern you like. But you should felt one hexagon to see how the wool will react (best methods are: put to or three tennisballs in the washing machine, using tumbler balls or two or three towels).If you use the same yarn to finish your work as you work with, you shoud finish your work before felting, otherwise you should finish it with non felting material.
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I've felted crochet before. It seems to felt much more evenly than knitting. Sabina's advice is very sound.
ReplyDeleteI have felted crochet before. It seems to felt more evenly than knitting.
ReplyDeleteYour hexagons are bright and beautiful! I tried to felt a crocheting project before but it didn't work so well for me. It came out mostly fuzzy more than felted. But that could be because my washing machine is a front loader and I have heard they don't felt as well as top loading agitator type machines. Good luck!
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