I made an attempt at felting recently, and I loved it.
Here is an image of my recent attempt at felting:
The headband did not felt up like I had hoped, though, but I did not give up. I’ve recently discovered that despite my wool allergy, I am able to crochet and wear wool (So maybe the allergy is gone — this I’m not sure??) Anyway… I’ve longed to try felting, but thought I would never be able to. I realize that winter is over, and Spring has Sprung, but I’ve found a NEW LOVE — Felted Wool. I crocheted another wool headband, and gave felting another try. This time, instead of handwashing with hot water, I actually ran a small load in my washer on HOT. I put the headband in the wash with a full cup of detergent.
Here is the headband with flower before felting:
I then put in several pairs of jeans with the headband and let them wash the full cycle. Then, I put them all in the dryer, and to my astonishment, I had actually accomplished felting! I was so excited that I threw the headband that I had attempted to felt earlier in a hot wash with some jeans, and got the same wonderful results. I have plans for a LOT more felting in the near future! YAAY for FELTED WOOL!
Here are both headbands after felting:
Close-ups of the Felted Fabric of the Headbands:
I was surfing through some crochet sites on stumbleupon.com today, and I found some felted tapestry crocheted hats I would love to try. I’m not quite to that point yet, but I am definitely becoming addicted to wool and felt!
April 09 2008 | Yarn and allergy and crochet and dreadband and felted wool and headband and wool | No Comments »
This is my first felting project. I’m allergic to wool, so I haven’t tried any felting before, but I see so many projects that others have felted so I thought I would give it a try. I bought some wool the other day at Hobby Lobby, so this morning I crocheted a simple headband, and the wool didn’t bother me at all while I crocheted. I was surprised. Here is my finished head/dreadband before felting:
I put it in a sink of hot water. After I took this pic, I added detergent and scrubbed it vigorously with a cloth. Then I put it in the dryer on hot.
Here is the head/dreadband after felting. It didn’t felt as much as I had pictured. I’m not sure if I need a different type of wool, or what. I like it, though, but I’m planning on experimenting more with this felting thing.
And now for the action shots!
My Dreads are One Month Old today! Yaay!!
Here’s a close-up of the felting:
April 03 2008 | Hobby Lobby and Yarn and crochet and dreadband and dreads and felted wool and headband and wool | 1 Comment »
I used the Orange Fuzzy 99 cent yarn I got at Hobby Lobby the other day. Not sure if the fuzzy looks so hot for a headband, so I’m thinking about using the other skeins for fuzzy socks. 
Who knows what I might come up with.
Pattern
April 03 2008 | Hobby Lobby and Yarn and crochet and dreadband and dreads and headband and pattern links | No Comments »
Well, much to my husband and children’s dismay, I have chosen to become a dreadhead. Two weeks ago yesterday (Which would have been March 3rd, 2008), I put dreads into my hair. The first stages of dreadlocks can look pretty scary, but its a journey in life that I have wanted for a long time now. Contrary to popular belief, dreadlocks are not made with mud, paper mache paste, or anything like that (At least not mine). You do wash your hair if you have dreadlocks (At least, I do!), and caucasion people can have dreadlocks as much as any person. Having dreadlocks is not in the least a sign that I am trying to be something that I am not, but I have them because I like them and think they are beautiful. I’m normally not a person to go around posting pictures of myself, but the dread thing can be an interesting process, so I thought I would post about them here. Some might say, “What does this have to do with crochet?”, Well, some people actually crochet their dreads, so it could very well have to do with crochet…
Anyway, so here are pics. I plan on progressively posting pics to show their progress. Here are some pics of the past couple weeks:
Day One:
Day 3:
Two Weeks and After REdoing some of them:
And my St. Patty’s Day dreadband:
Pattern Link for DreadBand
TO BE CONTINUED….
March 19 2008 | Family and crochet and dreadband and dreads and journaling and pattern links | No Comments »
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