Felted Waves of Color Tote

[Krakovianka]

It's taken me three days of trying to finally get a photo up on flicker! My computer is having "issues" with uploading, so I fell fortunate I've been able to post here at C'ville at all!

 

I like this pattern when it was shared:

 

http://www.crochetville.org/forum/showthread.php?t=62995

 

And I've liked almost every version I've seen since, so I couldn't resist trying it in a felted version. I changed the top/handle a bit, but here you go!

 

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2174/2184324071_0799ae8e35.jpg

 

Sorry I can't share a "before" picture, but just getting one photo loaded feels like a major success.

[Julexia]

Your bag is lovely! Great job!

[misssmaggie]

How nice !!! Thanks for sharing !!!

[Lil Nana]

That is fabulous! You did a terrific job.

[hhensler]

You did a great job! It looks fantastic felted!

[dvas]

Wow! It turned out great. I love the colors. Can I ask what yarn you used?

[Gardener]

Beautiful bag!

[CrochetLiving]

Beautiful! That would sell for hundreds of dollars in a department store here!

[yarncat]

Beautiful!

[kkms]

i love it! oldbaglady will be so happy!

[Debbi-a1]

Beautiful bag! You did a great job.

[CyM]

That looks really nice! I've been wanting to use up my leftover wool to felt that same bag. Do you know how many grams of yarn you used total?

[Krakovianka]

Thanks for the kind comments! I may try to sell this one (with permission, naturally).

 

A thrift store I visit regularly gets much of their inventory from Scandinavia, and they have yarn with some regularity--often wool. Last summer I got 13 or 14 balls of brand-new wool in a two shades of brown and made myself a huge bag I'm using right now, and there was enough left over to make this--I added a bit of white wool I bought at another time.

 

I usually buy the wool yarn whenever I find it, so I have a motley mixed collection of different wools, different thicknesses, and different colors, and all from Norway and Sweden. (If you ever need to know, "ny ull" is Norwegian for "new wool.)

 

A kind villager sent me a scarf made from Paton's merino classic wool, and it is SO soft, I can't imagine how anyone could bear to felt it!

 

~Karen

[yellowrose]

Tot bag is beautiful. Nice colors great job. Thanks for sharing the pattern.

[Bubbazmama]

Looks great. Nice job!!

[Krakovianka]

I think I probably used roughly 150 grams--I made the bottom part quite awhile ago, and it's hard to be sure.

[jneuman88]

Wow! That felted up so nice! Love the colors you did, too ... just lovely!

[CyM]

I think I probably used roughly 150 grams--I made the bottom part quite awhile ago, and it's hard to be sure.

Thank you very much! I have about 120 grams of red and black, so I'm glad that I won't be starting it and then finding out there is not enough. If I am going to have to buy more, I would choose other colors.

[cher49]

very pretty

[sanurasmom]

That is great! I love the colors.

[purlwise]

I love the felted version! I would make that myself! What adjustments did you make to the pattern before felting? I would assume you had to make it twice as big?

[Krakovianka]

I adjusted the pattern for felting mostly by just using a size K hook (what I always use for felted projects)--my bag was very floppy and open before felting--the rows were not tight and snug the way they look on other bags, and the "waves" didn't even look that wavy-- and the finished project is probably smaller than the original pattern--my bag is about 8x11" (the size of a sheet of paper!).

[lilmari]

how pretty!

i have no felting skillz lol

very nice

[hobbyzu]

It looks amazing felted. Great job!

[librarycat513]

Wow. The pattern was pretty before but it really pops felted. Now, if I could only wrap my mind around a new project. I may have to make room for it soon, though.