This out of focus shot (I was impatient to start fulling) was after it was crocheted:
And this is after fulling:
I started off hand fulling but it didn't shrink much, so then I tossed it in the washing machine (which helped but not quite as much as I wanted), and then I tossed it in again and then it was perfect sunglasses size! Then with the addition of one of my vintage buttons it was done!
No pattern, just single crochet with randomly placed stripes until I had something that was about 1/3 bigger than I wanted it.
5 comments:
That's great!! Always seems like alchemy to me :)
I think it's just fascinating the way the texture and thickness changes. Although it was a bit weird when it initially started felting unevenly!
It looks lovely, but I do not understand how you do this. Is it something like filting??
Bye
Danielle
i mean felting. I think??
Hi pussman,
It's pretty much felting, but I've read in a couple of places that if you felt a pre-knitted or crocheted item it's called fulling. I could be wrong though! So I just took my crocheted case and threw it in the washing machine (because the hand felting/fulling bit wasn't working quickly enough)!
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