Felting in a front loader is frustrating. Could be that I'm just not good at it or don't know the tricks. However, I'm sending the pillow squares for that gift I've been knitting through another cycle in hopes that there will be a little more felting going on the second time around. If anyone has felted using the front loader, let me know what to do. It's so easy to continue agitating the pieces in a top loader... as long as you're paying attention to the time.
So I haven't been around much recently. It's always busy with a new job at a new school. Also hard when you're trying to figure out the routine with the kids. My knitting has been boring (squares), so I haven't had much to talk about. The weather has also been nice, so I've been trying to be outside as much as possible. Once the rain starts and the weather gets cooler, I'm sure I'll be doing a lot of knitting.
Did meet up with some friends from Prague who were here on a school trip with a group of students. Went to see Wicked with them. Knitted a square in the dark... the nice thing about felting is that it's not soooo important that the piece looks perfect (although I must say, it wasn't too bad). The show was big and spectacular. One friend who came with has seen the show several times and felt this was the best she'd seen. Think I'll take my children next time.
I'm off to watch my squares spin. Wish me luck.
So I haven't been around much recently. It's always busy with a new job at a new school. Also hard when you're trying to figure out the routine with the kids. My knitting has been boring (squares), so I haven't had much to talk about. The weather has also been nice, so I've been trying to be outside as much as possible. Once the rain starts and the weather gets cooler, I'm sure I'll be doing a lot of knitting.Did meet up with some friends from Prague who were here on a school trip with a group of students. Went to see Wicked with them. Knitted a square in the dark... the nice thing about felting is that it's not soooo important that the piece looks perfect (although I must say, it wasn't too bad). The show was big and spectacular. One friend who came with has seen the show several times and felt this was the best she'd seen. Think I'll take my children next time.
I'm off to watch my squares spin. Wish me luck.
2 comments:
I have heard that felting in a front loading washing machine is very difficult, if not impossible. I'll be curious to see if it works. I have been thinking about buying one but this is one reason why I am hesitating.
Glad to hear the weather in London is fine. My husband is there right now for 4 days , and then on to Prague.
And I am at home, stealing lots of time for knitting.
Debbie
I think that the front loaders save a lot of water and are more economical, but it does take some getting used to. No more tossing in those forgotten socks or pair of underwear. Once the load starts, that's pretty much it except for an emergency abort of the cycle, which isn't fun. We've had a front loader in Europe for the past three years (as that's about all they sell).
I did get my squares to felt finally, but there's no checking the cycle so some of the wools felted very tightly, others not. I didn't have control over the process by pulling out what was done and letting the others go longer.
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