Ok, so I need to learn a little bit more about felting. I had felted a piece of I-cord from some woold I had used to make a hat and mittens. I just threw it in with some other laundry and it turned out pretty cool. So I made some I-cord and a couple of small swatches from the Paca Paints that I'm using for the bag and threw them in with some random laundry. Oh no! It was the biggest wadded up mess I've ever seen! The swatches looked like lint balls and the cord was equally awful. At least I just ruined those before I threw the whole bag in.
My problem now is that seeing how those pieces look, I've lost interest in finishing the bag. I'm sure I will at some point, but at the moment I can't bear to think of a full skein's worth of knitting stockinette in the round only to have a potential disaster at the end of it. I know felting is unpredictable, but think my only choices were "great" and "total destruction".
I consoled myself by knitting some more on the pastel cardigan and starting a tiny shawl from some handpainted, handspun, beaded stuff to go on a beaded "doll" for Margaret. I'm also working on a double-point case from hand-dyed silk for Terry and assorted charms for the Cloth, Paper, Scissors charm swap.
Hmmmm, maybe I do have enough going on that I can live without felting!
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