Before and after...

– second clog now having the living daylights bashed out of it on a boil wash. (Hmmm – the instructions say to use a toploading washing machine and check after 10 min, and then every 5 min – we have a front-loader, and for the first slipper one boil wash cycle wasn’t enough… Don’t you just love how much they shrink though? I know that absolutely everyone has already made the Fiber trends felted clogs (scroll down, then scroll down some more… ), but I don’t care if I am jumping on the last but twenty bandwagon – they are fab!

Oh, and since I’ve still got about 30 rows of the Shetland Garden shawl to do (I took Adam and Ruth to Cheeky Monkeys yesterday – an hour and a quarter equals 2 1/2 rows… ), and I haven’t yet finished the pea pod baby jacket, nor have I started my mother’s second sock, nor my second zebra sock – I obviously wouldn’t have started a Kiri by All Tangled Up would I? (yeah, yeah, I know – another late bandwagon-joining)

Oh, it turns out I would…
– knitted from my extremely inexpertly spun “Before the storm” (see the pic from a couple of days ago) from A Piece of Vermont. I’m beginning to realise how to get a balanced yarn, but I’m not there yet (not even nearly there), but I’m going to claim that all infelicities are down to the beauty of having a handmade product – if I wanted perfection I could buy one… So if you click on the picture, do so to ooh and ahh over the wonderful colours – I know that I’m doing nothing to stop them getting “muddy”, but I love the subtle blending and the brooding “before the storm”ness of it all.

But there’s laundry to be folded – it’s getting a bit archaeological in the airing cupboard…

seven comments:

I’ve felted very successfully in a front loading machine – put a pair of jeans or a heavy towel in with the item being felted and it helps “agitate” it. However, I’ve always had to put it through the cycle twice to get the felted effect I wanted. Clogs look very good though, and I’ve yet to make any although I’ve made dozens of Pixie Feet slippers for kids which are very similar

wendy () (link) - 01 June '07 - 17:04

I love the size difference! Mine took two goes through the washing machine too.

Daisy () (link) - 01 June '07 - 17:47

I always felt them at the same time, because a little difference can lead to a big felting discrepancy!! crosses fingers for you

Chris () (link) - 01 June '07 - 17:48

I haven’t yet, but I will. Yours look great! I love the before and after.

Carrie K () (link) - 01 June '07 - 23:19

Your stormy thing looks so intricate! Gorgeous colours.

I haven’t tried felting yet, but those clogs are so sweet. They look like Daddy clog and Baby clog. Oh dear … Did I say that aloud?

E-J (link) - 03 June '07 - 23:13

Ok, rather than go back and comment on all the right posts….

1. Happy Birthday!
2. So you have an eglu. How cool. I would like chickens but have foxes instead, it seems. One was having a nap on the grass in the back garden an hour ago.
3. That’s fantastic spinning. Do you use a wheel? (I’m out of touch..) It looks beautiful knitted up too.
4. Felting in a front-loader is indeed a fraught affair. Nice clogs..
5. Nice crocs – I’m considering these for Ros (age 11). Do the kids like them/find them comfy?

Fiona () (link) - 04 June '07 - 13:32

Fiona said:
“I would like chickens but have foxes instead, it seems.”

The nice thing about the Eglu is that it’s fox-proof.

pax et bonum

[John] () (link) - 07 June '07 - 13:42

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