fulled/felted laptop sleeve

[noricum]

I made a fulled/felted laptop sleeve! (My first fulling project, besides a test swatch.) It ended up a bit long, but I think it's otherwise okay. (I haven't stuck my laptop in it yet, because it's still damp. I currently having it blocking, stuffed with three plastic VHS tape cases... about the right width and thickness, but too long... but then they can stick out the opening. )

 

Before felting:

 

I added some loops at the bottom for extra padding, here's pics of the inside and outside:

 

I get a kick out of how felted things look when they come out of the wash:

 

Here's the sleeve blocking:

[Tiffany]

How cool! Very nice! :)h

[threeolivemartini]

that IS cool...

[noricum]

Thanks!!! )

[RebeccaVelasquez]

awesome idea!!!

[MarvieN]

Very nice! Like those blues =) That was a great idea about using loops as padding too!

[truelove730]

That is so great! Good job!

[Donna]

Oooh, excellent! :)h

[HollyM]

Very nice <img border=0 src="http://img28.photobucket.com/albums/v84/crochetville/clap.gif" />

 

What yarn did you use for it? Love the colors!

 

Holly

[noricum]

Thanks again for all the compliments. )

 

I used Peruvian Collection Highland Wool from elann.com, about 5 and a half balls (I bought two of each colour).

 

[Jewels]

what a cool idea!!

[Kathleen]

Awesome idea! Great job!

[noricum]

Thanks!

 

This is definitely addictive! I ran three test swatches through two loads of laundry tonight, to see how different yarns (and stitches) behaved!

 

Results can be seen here