Last summer while I recovered from a little surgery on my foot, I worked on this felted bag. It was the first time I'd used charts to knit patterns with different colors of yarn. I actually did the patterns okay, but when I first started, I was pulling the yarn too tightly, so there was a little puckering. I briefly toyed with the idea of cutting the backside to loosen the stitches since it would be felted anyway, but decided against it. I thought maybe once I felted it, things would lie flat... oh was I wrong. The bottom patterns are bulgy and horrible. I've had people say it looks fine, but they're just being polite. The strap is also too wide, but I think I'll fold it in half and sew it together to make it half the size... that should help, but I'm just not sure I'll ever use it. What do you do with something like this? It wasn't cheap either, so that complicates things... the trash bin is out of the question.
Another lovely flub is this tunic thing that I made for my daughter. She didn't want one of the colorful skirts that I made for the little one, but I had all this purple and green yarn to use up and I liked the colors together. The yarns were slightly different sizes so the edges of the neck and arm openings are a mess. If I could crochet, I could add an edging. As it is, I'm thinking of frogging the top and just making a skirt. But it's a project that's now been sitting around the house for almost six months and I'm not sure when it will ever get done.
What to do with these things... When is something salvageable and when is it not? Am I the only person who ends up with this stuff? Anyone willing to give a big felted bag a home?
2 comments:
I guess you could give the felted bag away as a present :-)
I suppose you're right, but I guess I always wonder who will want it if I don't. Maybe I should remember that others might not be bothered by the shoddy knitting :)
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