Felted Tote

[angieInCA]

I wanted to share a pic of the tote I made for my partner in the "Lets Get Woolie" swap.

 

It is round bag with a vine felted to the body and felted flowers and leaves sewn on with seed pearl centers. The flowers and vie go completely around the bag.

 

It can be used as a purse but it thought it would make a great WIP tote.

 

 

[Riohnna]

That is gorgeous!

[kdwaye]

Beautiful!! What a lucky partner!

[isabelbell]

Wow, great colors and great bag. Lucky partner!

[joyfulyarn]

Amazing!

[Jan-Knit]

Great job! Love the flowers!

[hmcquigg]

I LOVE that!!!

[cmg123]

Very creative. Beautiful job!

[Me&P]

That's really cute!

[Crochet Fanatic]

Beautiful! You did a wonderful job on it! Lucky partner!

[catheryn]

Oh how beautiful!!! I bet the recipient is one happy person!!!

[carovan]

I want one!! That is absolutely beautiful.

[Tampa Doll]

That is really cool looking.

[misssmaggie]

How pretty!!! I like the flowers!!! Thanks for sharing!

[Shell]

it's just lovely. i agree, looks great for a work in progress tote

[Mrs. Principal]

So very pretty!

[Mary Jane]

Angie, your felted tote is simply gorgeous! You should submit it for publication!

 

Mary Jane Hall (crochet designer)

[Labeana]

what a beautiful bag!

[JoBug]

WOW!! Lovely!! A deffinate WIP bag

[crochetgirl2]

Fabulous! Did you sew the vine & flowers on before felting it or did you felt them separately & then sew them on??? I've only felted 1 thing 1 time so I don't have a clue how'd you do this. Thanks!

[crochetgirl2]

Oh - I forgot to ask - what's a WIP bag - work in progress?? That can't be what you mean here since this pretty bag is totally completed!

[angieInCA]

Fabulous! Did you sew the vine & flowers on before felting it or did you felt them separately & then sew them on??? I've only felted 1 thing 1 time so I don't have a clue how'd you do this. Thanks!

 

The vine was just a single crochet chain that I stitched to the body of the bag before felting, so when I felted the bag the vine felted right into the body. The flowers and leaves I did seperately and then sewed on after felting so that I made sure I got the total 3-D sculptural effect.

 

As for a WIP. It is a little on the large side for a purse (Unless you like big bags) so I thought it was a good tote for carrying WIP's in

[angieInCA]

Angie, your felted tote is simply gorgeous! You should submit it for publication!

 

Mary Jane Hall (crochet designer)

 

I thought about it, I really just winged this one and I used 3 different manufacturers of wool. I think I will make another one using one brand of wool and write the pattern as I go, then just see what happens

[Sahmlock]

That is so nice! I love it!! the colors are GREAT!!!

[Adri]

sweet!