Showing posts with label felting vs unfelting. Show all posts
Showing posts with label felting vs unfelting. Show all posts

Sunday, March 22, 2009

To Felt Or Not To Felt



Well, I finished the wool afghan and then felted it. I think I prefer the unfelted version. It looks brighter and clearer in the picture. The colors are vibrant and the ruffle adds to the salsa flavor but I think felting must be done on solid stitches to be effective. The open weave of the V-stitch in this pattern did not felt like the ruffle. All in all I think I'll stick to my acrylic or cotton yarns. Wool makes me itch plus it is very hard on my hands. I wore white gloves the whole time I was working on this project. It took 12 balls, hanks, or skeins....total of 48 ounces of yarn. So my stash has been depleted a bit.