Felted Market Bag with Flowers

[inkberry]

I posted this over at Craftster a while ago. I thought it would be nice to share here too.

 

This is a bag I made using the Country Market Felted Bag pattern from Marlo's Crochet Corner ~ http://www.marloscrochetcorner.com/patterns%20for%20sale.html

I crocheted it with two strands of Paton's Jet (an Australian worsted weight, angora and wool blend yarn) and a little bit of variegated Twilley's Freedom wool.

 

All the images are clickable.

 

Here it is before felting:

 

 

And here it is afterwards:

 

 

I stopped the felting process before I lost the stitch definition as I liked the texture made by the hdcs.

 

Here's a picture that gives a better indication of the finished bag's shape:

 

 

Finally, the felted flowers:

 

 

It was easy to crochet, fun to felt and I'm really happy with how it turned out.

 

Thanks for looking.

[eebrs]

Great job! I love all the shades of pink in it!

[ZoeZoesmom]

That is beautiful! Makes me want to try felting one of these days.

[sharoninseattle]

That is absolutely beautiful, I love the colors, so varigated. Very nice job. Now I want to felt

[Wrennie]

That is really cute! Good job!

[cherrypicker]

I love the colour! great felted bag! ( I love felting, so much fun isnt it! )

[britt]

I was wondering if you could tell me how to felt. I made a hat that was too big and I thought if I felted it maybe it would shrink? Any thoughts on your end would be great. Thanks britt:manyheart

[Jenilynn60]

What a pretty bag! Those are two of my favorite colors together and you did a great job!

[champygirl]

Very pretty.

[Tampa Doll]

That is so cool. The colors make it look almost like a watermelon. Love the flowers.

[SHERYL]

Great bag ~ love the colors.

[inkberry]

Thank you so much, everybody, for your lovely comments.

I really appreciate them!

 

I was wondering if you could tell me how to felt. I made a hat that was too big and I thought if I felted it maybe it would shrink? Any thoughts on your end would be great. Thanks britt:manyheart

Hi britt! I found some felting instructions for you, posted by Mama Chelle here at Crochetville.

http://www.crochetville.org/forum/showpost.php?p=493075&postcount=164

 

Your hat should felt if it is made out of animal fibres and they are hand washable. Synthetics won't felt and neither will machine washable yarns. White yarn doesn't felt well either, apparently. The felting process will probably change the dimensions of your hat. My bag's width shrank more than its height when it was felted (if that makes sense.) You can sort of see the change in dimension in the before and after photos.

I hope this helps.

I'd love to hear how you go. Have fun!

[misssmaggie]

Great colors...great work...great bag !!! Thanks for sharing!

[grinning chook]

How wonderful, love the colours and the flowers!

[Adri]

sweet!

[inkberry]

Thanks missmaggie, grinning chook and Adri!

[RdDesigns]

I love the flowers! I so have to try felting one of these days!

[Marcie]

Beautiful! I love the colors! They make me think of flowers and spring and nature and well happy thoughts! Great job!

[inkberry]

Thanks for saying nice things, Marcie and RdDesigns.

[stitchgirl]

That is a great job!! I love your color combination and the felted flowers really add something to this bag. Love it!!

[christinascrochethaven]

That's an awesome bag... great job. I love the yarn colors and the flowers. Marlo has great patterns.

[inkberry]

Thanks so much stitchgirl and shaelynnsmom.

:)

shaelynnsmom,

I've just had a look through your blog ~

you have some great patterns too. I love your flowers!