Picture Gallery — Bags
This purse was knit from Noro Kureyon and then lined.
Janice knit this bag using Kureyon from Noro and added stackable buttons for a bit of flair on the handles.
Kate designed this wonderful clutch purse to use only a single skein of Galway Print. She added a magnetic clasp and stacked buttons in colors that are just perfect. She is currently writing the pattern. The pictures on the left show the bag prior to felting, while the ones on the right were taken after felting.
Karla knit this wonderful bag from leftovers from previous projects and then felted it. The handles came out longer than she expected, but the bag is wonderful nonetheless. (Webmaster's note: I was not torturing Karla during the photo shoot. I just caught her at just the wrong moment before or after a big laugh, but the LCD screen on my camera is too small to show facial expressions clearly. I hope to update these pictures soon.
Kim knitted this pair of felted bags. The first one (on the left) was smaller than she intended, but she got the second one (on the right) to be just the size she wanted.
Ray knit a wonderful felted bag, spicing it up with a litle eyelash.
Jen knit this Modular Shell Felted Backpack from a single color of Potluck from Cherry Tree Hill yarns.
Alicia, the Felting Newbie from the tiny town of Stokesdale, N.C. had this to say about her first-ever felting experience.
I just finished my very first felting project thanks to the pattern on your website. I used the The Newspaper Carrier's Bag pattern and — believe it or not — I knitted up a medium-sized bag from start to finish in less than a week. It's hanging up now drying. I've wanted to try felting since I started knitting in January of 2005, but it seemed like most of the patterns I found were too fussy. I tend to like the mindless-knitting-in-front-of-the-TV type of patterns ;-). This pattern was great in that it's very forgiving, very easy, and I now have a fun new bag in which to tote my projects. I made this bag from newly purchased wool as well as vintage wool that my DBF picked up at an estate sale (12 balls for 70 cents!!!!!!). Based on the few wrappers that were included with the yarn, I'm guessing it's at least 30 years old. I also threw in some eyelash yarn just for kicks. The bag is dry now, and I'm delighted. I have a feeling that I'm going to get a lot of use out of the bag as well as the pattern. I'm already planning a smaller version to use as a purse, and another to use to haul my laptop around. I write for a small local paper, so I think it's fitting that I should use a knitted newspaper carrier's bag as a laptop case!
Matthew knit his Modular Shell Felted Backpack for his mother out of one color-way of Noro Kureyon and a coordinating solid purple (cascade 220). Compare the picture on the right prior to felting to those on the left after felting.
Jen outdid herself once again making felted bags (these were to use up some left over yarn). Matthew, though, could not resist the urge to see if one of the purses would fit his head, which it did.
Pat Williams has a wonderful Modular Shell Felted Backpack, resulting from the class for knitting this pattern from Hyphen Boy Designs.
Janice didn't realize that her fair isle knitting would shrink differently than other knitting. Plain stockinette and garter stitch shrink much more in length than they do in width, but the fair isle fabric shrunk nearly equally in both directions (the bag is tall because Janice had been planning on much more shrinkage in length). Needless to say, Janice's fair isle grocery bag was a very happy accident.
Angie's Latest Felted Bags.
Jen knit Janice Pea's Newspaper Carrier's Bag in three different sizes.
Nikki knit both of these felted bags from Noro yarn, one with a drawstring through grommets, the other with a flap and button.
Jen knit these felted bags as gifts for her bridesmaids. Each was made from a different color way of Noro's Kureyon.
Melissa knit the "My Little Companion" but knit it slightly larger than the pattern called for. I believe she was giving this bag to her Aunt.
Melissa knit this bag for her sister.
Janice designed a round, flat bottom felted bag that looks a bit like a felted bucket, hence the name. You can see another bag in the same pattern, but before being felted, below.
Janice is showing off an unfelted Bucket Bag (see the felted version, but in a different yarn, above).
Janice knit several versions of her Newspaper Carrier's Bag but added a flap because she wanted to use these fantastic stone disks as weights to hold the flap in place.
Janice also knit this fantastic hand bag using an eyelash yarn and Manos. The picture does not do justice to the fact that the eyelash has flecks of teal in it that match the darker color exactly.
This felted bag is the best way to show off some fantastic, one-of-a-kind buttons! Thanks to Betty for knitting it and letting us show it off in the shop! Betty also knit the felted bag behind it in Illinois' team colors!
Betty's large orange & blue bag is on the left; she also knit a bag in Illinois' colors with a pocket and one with eyelash, pictured at the right.
Janice became our resident "Bag Lady" when she went a little crazy with the felt bags. Who knew fair isle patterns would make such a great bag? I guess Janice did!
This bag was knit with Plymouth Outback Wool -- isn't the zig-zagging great! Also, don't miss the felted hat Janice is wearing (to match the bag below, which she forgot to take off for these pictures).
Janice made a fantastic felted bag and matching hat. Notice that the handles are three separate I-Cords that she has braided together for a wider handle.
At the far left, Janice is looking as lascivious as ever as she covets three gorgeous bottoms -- felted bag bottoms, of course! The close up at left is a round bag Janice knit with a hand spun, hand dyed yarn not unlike Manos del Uruguay. At the near right is the Hyphen Boy Designs Modular Shell Felted Backpack, knit in lamb's Pride Worsted from Brown Sheep. Finally, at the far right is the bottom of a Knitability backpack knit from a fantastic kit.
Kate knit the Market Squares Felted Bag from Knitters Magazine. The picture at the left is "before" felting, and the picture at the right is after.
