Ok, so I decided to come up with my own bag pattern mainly because I was bored (on vacation) and I like knitting in the round. So I cast on 200 stitches!!! I have no idea why. :oops: :oops: :oops: As a result, I have an absolutely enormous bag, but it’s very short because I didn’t realize how big the bag actually was until I bound off and took it off the needles. Holy cow, I can wear it as a (mini mini) mini skirt!
So I need some ideas on how to finish this bag. I’m not keen on making it taller mainly because I just want to be done with it and get started on my real project (the thrice-frogged Booga) and also because I have not yet figured out how to pick up stitches. But that is a different post entirely.
Here are a couple of homely pics: :oops: :oops: It is made from Caron Felt-it in Neon. I have one skein left. I think I will seam and make my i-cord with it. If I can figure out how to seam it. It is curling like mad! Should I felt it first? :??
WOW - that is HUGE. IMHO you would want to seam it prior to felting and in my experience when felting I lose more height than width. But that all depends on the yarn, just felted a bag this weekend that shrunk so small it is fit for a 5yr old.
If you want to felt something and bags are seeming a little too difficult you cold always frog this and make a couple of hot pads and/or placemats.
Guess I really wasn’t a lot of help. I love the colors.
It is embarrassingly huge! I really do not want to frog it because it took me forever to knit it. I’m trying to figure out the best way to seam it. Mattress stitch?
It will be quite the unusual looking bag, that’s for sure.
I agree that it is best to seam it before felting it. You could use matress stich but that is pretty fussy and if you are just going to felt it than it isn’t worth all that work! :shrug: I just did a coin purse (knitted a rectangle) and just folded it in 2 and stitched around the outside and it looked fine. You will lose more height than width when felting.
This will be a great WIP bag or a place to store some stash yarn!
Do you mean because the insides would felt together? :shrug:
I’ve never had that happen. When I check on a felted item I just stick my hand in where the opening is and pull everything apart, but I’ve never had it felt all the way together when I’ve stitched it before felting.
I have to agree with the others…it is going to turn out very short. I’ve had that experience wtih felted bags many times to m disappointment. I know you don’t really want to but I really thing you’ll be much happier with it if you make it taller to sart with.
