{"id":2456,"date":"2007-04-29T16:17:46","date_gmt":"2007-04-29T23:17:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kathrynpetroharper.com\/mindfullife\/?p=2456"},"modified":"2026-01-21T16:40:29","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T00:40:29","slug":"felting-magic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kathrynpetroharper.com\/mindfullife\/2007\/04\/29\/felting-magic\/","title":{"rendered":"Felting Magic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On March 29, while I was going crazy with anxiety awaiting the amniocentesis results, I went the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.purlescenceyarns.com\/\">Purlescence Yarns<\/a> to hang out and help tag merchandise. I didn&#8217;t bring my current knitting. (Danger! Danger! Entering a yarn store without supplies!) I didn&#8217;t want to go home after I finished the task, so I ended up buying a skein of Malabrigo and a circular needle and casting on. I had no idea what I would make; I just needed something to do. After working it for a few days, I decided it would become a felted bag, because I had two random skeins of Malabrigo that I&#8217;d no idea what to make with because the colorways were so bold. Well, I finished it today and felted it. (Working diligently on it this week helped me cope with the loss of my dear kitty.) Wow! I was a little worried it would remain huge, but I kept it in the washer a little longer (checking it frequently) until it was a size I liked. It&#8217;s very firm and sturdy. The handles aren&#8217;t perfectly aligned, but it&#8217;s a small quirk. I made this without a pattern, and I&#8217;m super pleased with the result. Look see!<\/p>\n<p>Malabrigo Kettle Dyed Pure Merino Wool, worsted weight, 216 yards per skein: 3 skeins of #186 Buscando Azul, 1 skein #7 Cadmium yellow, 1 skein #97 Quartzo purple; knit on size 10.5 circular 29&quot; needle.<\/p>\n<div class=\"photopost\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/mindfulone\/467518718\/\" title=\"Photo Sharing\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/168\/467518718_bd595a3322.jpg\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" alt=\"felted malabrigo bag before\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"photopost\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/mindfulone\/467518722\/\" title=\"Photo Sharing\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/203\/467518722_5e0b4a70f7.jpg\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" alt=\"felted malabrigo bag  after\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On March 29, while I was going crazy with anxiety awaiting the amniocentesis results, I went the Purlescence Yarns to hang out and help tag merchandise. I didn&#8217;t bring my current knitting. (Danger! Danger! Entering a yarn store without supplies!) I didn&#8217;t want to go home after I finished the task, so I ended up [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[214,27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2456","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-domestic-arts","category-recreation"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kathrynpetroharper.com\/mindfullife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2456","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kathrynpetroharper.com\/mindfullife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kathrynpetroharper.com\/mindfullife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kathrynpetroharper.com\/mindfullife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kathrynpetroharper.com\/mindfullife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2456"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.kathrynpetroharper.com\/mindfullife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2456\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11265,"href":"https:\/\/www.kathrynpetroharper.com\/mindfullife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2456\/revisions\/11265"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kathrynpetroharper.com\/mindfullife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2456"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kathrynpetroharper.com\/mindfullife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2456"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kathrynpetroharper.com\/mindfullife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2456"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}