Monday, May 14, 2012

The Felting Disaster

Hello,
 How is everyone today? What a beautiful day we have had here. It started out in a crazy way. Last Friday the blacktop on our driveway was redone and we weren't able to park on it for three days. I took my car to work and left it there. I pulled it into the driveway at work, I had permission and knew it would be safe there. Yesterday I told Will we should go get it before it got too late. I don't work until 7:00am and the spot I had the car in is for the 6:30am staff member. She wouldn't have cared, but I didn't want my car in her spot. I ended up falling to sleep before we could go get it and bring it home. I got up at 4 this morning, as usual, had my coffee, showered, got dressed. Everyone was still asleep and it was only 4:45. The sun was a dim light on the horizon so I took off and walked to work to get the car and bring it home before my co-worker came in and needed her spot. I get all the way down there and turn the corner and the car wasn't there. My heart dropped to my stomach. I couldn't figure out what the heck. I have the only set of keys to the car and I had them with me. I got back home and looked down a side street and there the car was. Our driveway was still taped off. I don't know how Will even knew where to find the keys. I change bags all the time and how he found them I don't know. They weren't even in the bag I carried all weekend. Needless to say I was relieved. The whole walk home I was hoping that he had somehow come and got it. He was just being a good hubby. It was Mother's Day after all. I don't even drive the car very much. I have been walking to work and the grocery store here in town. Gas has gotten so expensive, I feel guilty driving the thing if I don't really need to. Our other car is a little Saturn that gets great gas mileage, Will drives that to work. He works down in Iowa City. I work 3 blocks from my house.
 After coming home from work I decided I finally had time to felt the bag I had crocheted a couple of weeks ago. I have made four felted bags before I attempted this one. They all turned out really nicely and I gave all of them away as gifts. This was well over a year ago, I wasn't blogging or on Ravelry yet and didn't take any photos. This one did not come out.







For one thing the top is so much wider than the bottom and it turned out too short. Should have made it three times deeper. I made it exactly the same way I made the last one, but this one did not work. The good thing is that once a crocheted piece is felted, you can cut it. I will turn it into something else. I had to laugh. I won't even explain the process since it didn't work out. My plan had been to do a felting tutorial. Ha ha.
 I did get some really nice yarn last week. I had heard about Debbie Bliss Andes but never seen it or worked with it. I got 10 hanks of it. It is really soft, really pretty and so far I love working with it. I am making a shawl with it. Here is the yarn.
This was my Mother's Day project. I rolled all of the yarn into balls. No one was awake, it was 4 or so in the morning, I had my coffee and my yarn. Soon into this my little daughter woke up gave me my Mother's Day presents. I got  a box of chocolate, Adele 21 and a card Autumn made me. It was a nice day. It has been a nice weekend altogether. We weren't even looking and we found a house. Yay! We will be moving in July. Yay! We have been pretty couped up in this tiny little place.
 I still have a couple of WIPs. My granny ripple is almost done. I think I will wait to update on that until it is finished. I am very close. Maybe by the weekend I can show it finished.
 I will talk to everyone soon.  :)

14 comments:

  1. Ive not tried to felt anything (aside form a little heartfelt ring) so I cant offer any advice- if it were me Id cut it up and sew a cute bag, I love the colours :) Sounds like you had a lovely mothers day! xx

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    1. I will make something out of the felted fabric. Not sure what, but I love the colors. It looks like you had a nice Mother's Day too.

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  2. Hmmm well I have so much felting experience that I totally would not have known the difference! LOL Look pretty and fluffy to me! Glad the car was safe. I would walk too if work was that close. Good for the legs, the health, the environment blah blah blah. hehe! I am sitting here mid afternoon feeling deflated. Extreme yoga for my very unfit body this morning was my kick start to a two week regime my hubby has planned. If I do it, I get to go to Bali with my friends, so I am kind of trying really hard. LOL Problem is, I am so out of shape and my bones creak and my wrists are weak and well it turns out that I have these muscles in places one would never imagine. Go figure. I cleaned upstairs, went out the garden and nearly died. Ouch! Oh well 13 days to go! LOL If you don't hear from me you will know I did not make it. :-)

    PS> I made a start on the little boots. Not sure I like my yarn choice. Might go to the DK like you. ;-)

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    1. Oh boy, I would do extreme yoga ,and look like a fool, if it got me to Bali. Good luck. The pre-school class where I work does yoga, I love to watch them do it. Not only will you get to go to Bali, but you will be healthy. Talk to you soon. :)

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  3. Sorry the felting didn't go as planned.. I've never tried that so far! I'm glad you had a nice MD.. me too! ((hugs)), Teresa :-)

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    1. I just have to laugh when things like that happen. I will rescue it and make something else. I am glad you had a nice Mother's Day.
      Oh, I am making a Japanese Flower Scarf with the new yarn. I can't wait to see yours.

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    2. My Japanese scarf is sitting there waiting for me to get all 6 of my Teddy Bears done. It's gorgeous.. in alpaca.. bright colors.. so soft! What yarn are you using?

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    3. Hi Teresa, I am using Debbie Bliss Andes. It is nice. I got it for $9. a hank. Some places sell it for about $15. I have 10 colors, all in autumn tones. I am only allowing myself one flower a day until I finish my other wips. We will see if I stick to that. lol.

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  4. What a shame the bag didn't work. I'd love to have a go at felting one day, so a tutorial would be ace!
    Have a great week.
    Xx

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    1. I am going to make another one this weekend and will do the post. Felting is quite easy, just has some room for error. Lol.

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  5. I read the post title and thought 'Oh dear!'. Glad you can reuse it though as it looks pretty. I have more disasters than success truth be known! :) x

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    1. I am going to make another one with the same colors and yarn. I won't give up. Lol.

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  6. phew i bet you were relieved to get home and see your car parked there!
    Sorry about your felting project but like you say at least you can use the felt on another project.
    fab mothers day presents and loving the colours of your wool.

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    1. Things like the car happen to me all the time. I like to say my life is a comedy of errors. I have an extremely happy life though and laugh at all the mishaps.

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