Felting Entrelac
Yesterday, while Theresa was weaving in all those ends, I was finishing up the handle so I could felt the entrelac bag. And I have to tell you, the most amazing thing about entrelac felting is how incredibly flat it gets! It's like blocking lace, for goddnes sakes! You throw this lumpy, textured thing into the washer and this super flat, stained glass looking bag magically comes out. So much fun!
As I feared, I ran out of yarn before I could finish the handle -- that was 5 skeins of Noro Kureyon and it wasn't enough! -- so the pattern needs a bit of tweaking before it's ready for publication. That means I will be knitting another bag to test the changes. And fortunately yarn arrived yesterday:
Ooooh! Noro Kureyon 164! I've been wanting to knit with this colorway for a while. Green and brown are my colors and there is just a hint of orange and blue thrown in for good measure -- should make for a nice bag. I'm thinking this will be my MS&W project. I got the yarn from Linda who also sells my patterns and will be selling the new entrelac pattern when it's available!
And while Theresa was weaving in even more ends on Liberty, I decided to get started on my cross-stich project. Here's what I'm working on:
It's called Paradigm Lost by Long Dog Sampler. I talked about this on my podcast (Episode 3 -- Embroidery) so I won't go on about it here.
So thank goodness Theresa came over, or I may not have done any crafting this week!
Wow! The felted Entrelac looks great. If I didn't know better (i.e. if I weren't a knitter) I'd be mystified as to how you did that. That's always a good sign. :)
And that cross-stitch...eek! You must be a glutton for punishment. ;)
Posted by: Imbrium | Friday, April 28, 2006 at 11:48 AM
The entrelac looks so wonderful felted. I can imagine it will be a great bag - but first of all, I have all the goodies in my stash to make the Kristina bag.... it's been waiting for a while.
The cross stitch looks great. Inspring me to pick mine up again.
Posted by: Uli | Friday, April 28, 2006 at 11:52 AM
The 6 balls of kureyon that have been languishing unspoken for in my stash just heaved a collective sigh of happiness. They thank you for giving them purpose =) (And I thank you for having to tweak the pattern, since I can't even consider starting it for a bit yet LOL)
Posted by: Dani | Friday, April 28, 2006 at 12:53 PM
So neat! I got the yarn for my baby booga bag the other day; it's colorway 170. My blog is going well so far, and I hope you are feeling better!
Posted by: Maryann | Friday, April 28, 2006 at 02:02 PM
The bag is looking lovely, and the cross stitch sampler is amazing.
Posted by: Vera | Friday, April 28, 2006 at 02:58 PM
I've never felted entrelac how cool that it flatens out like that. Can't wait to see the finished bag!
Posted by: Kelly | Friday, April 28, 2006 at 03:51 PM
Ooh, that looks so great! Very cool. I really need to try felting one of these days....
Posted by: --Deb | Friday, April 28, 2006 at 05:52 PM
THAT is AWESOME. Period. Love the felted entrelac!
Posted by: Maggie | Friday, April 28, 2006 at 07:23 PM
I love how entrelac looks when it's felted, much more than how it looks plain. I'm excited to see the finished bag!
Posted by: Jess | Friday, April 28, 2006 at 09:00 PM
Oooooh... the bag is wonderful! I can't wait to see it all finished up!
Posted by: Christine | Friday, April 28, 2006 at 11:13 PM
That is going to be beautiful - and the new colorway is great. Blues and greens, yummmm.
It's interesting to see that cross-stitch pattern after hearing about it. Yikes :)
Posted by: jillian neary | Saturday, April 29, 2006 at 10:10 AM
I have never tried entrelac, so I am very excited. Knowing you, it will not be difficult and will be well explained. Thanks so much.
Rosemary C, who will be participating in the Save Darfur rally on the Golden Gate bridge tomorrow.
I will wave to you.
Posted by: Rosemary C | Saturday, April 29, 2006 at 12:16 PM
Can't wait for a peek at that bag - knit fast! ;)
Posted by: Irie | Saturday, April 29, 2006 at 03:46 PM
Oh I want that bag!!! I got an entrelac pattern forever ago and never made it....it skeers me!
Posted by: Scout | Sunday, April 30, 2006 at 07:05 AM
Gorgeous bag!! It will be luscsiously lagoony in the new Noro you got.
Posted by: Chris | Sunday, April 30, 2006 at 05:07 PM
your felted entrelac is WOW! can't wait to see the whole thing :D
oh my... that cross stitch is quite the project - yikes!
Posted by: rebecca | Monday, May 01, 2006 at 09:42 PM
That's a great cross stitch pattern - the more complicated the better, i say!
Posted by: Peeve | Tuesday, May 02, 2006 at 12:30 AM
Oh, I can't wait to see the finished bag! Entrelac is so dang intriguing to me. I got a sock pattern a few months ago that I will probably never do, and it had entrelac in it...I should send it to you now that you are an entelac expert!
Posted by: Lynne | Tuesday, May 02, 2006 at 07:51 AM
That bag is soo cool!
Posted by: Christie | Tuesday, May 02, 2006 at 02:11 PM
Looking forward to seeing a progress picture of The Token. It is going to be beautiful.
Posted by: Jennifer | Saturday, May 13, 2006 at 03:32 AM