As one of the contributing designers, I received my copy of Amy Singer‘s new book No Sheep For You in the mail today. Let me tell you, what a thrill! While I have self-published a number of patterns and I’ve
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After carefully bundling the slippers in a pillowcase and then subjecting them to the hot water cycle in the washing machine, they started to shrink and felt.  It took two or three cycles and they are somewhat uneven – I
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The knitting is done.  A quick knit although a little fiddly with the sewing together afterwards.  I’m sure there must be a way to avoid that.  I’ll save figuring that out for a future pair of slippers maybe if this
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The knitting for the felted clog is coming along quickly.  I’m happy with my colour selection although I realised that I goofed with the amounts.  The sole (orange) takes twice as much yarn as the upper (pink).  I had one
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I’ve decided to brave the felted project again.  After my past disasters I’ve decided to choose a yarn that has a good reputation for felting – Patons Classic Wool.  I have some leftover from a bag workshop I took last
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I’ve tried felting in the past without much success. My first attempt was a Cat Bordhi moebius bag. I had some undyed Condon’s on hand (woolen mill from the Maritimes that’s long gone out of business). To digress, when I
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