Yarn In Bloom

I don't have much variety to share with you lately, but the Noni knitting is going well. I can do one of these fuschia blooms in an evening or two of knitting.

The row where the stitches are placed on holders is a little fussy, but not hard. I don't have quite enough split markers of the same size which is why there are two large ones on here. The safety pins are perfect for holding the stitches for the outer petals. This is a picture of my 6th one in progress!

The felted one you've seen before, but here it is with some unfinished ones. I have to weave in ends, tack the inner petals together to form the bell shape, and make the tassle inside for the stamen thingys before felting them.

Update On My Felting and Pets

I've made 4 more bags since my last post and gotten started on the flowers for them! I've only done 1 flower so far, but it was fun to knit up and felted nicely too.

Here's a close up of the flower.

And one from a different angle.

All 3 pets went to the vet Tuesday for their annual exams, blood tests and shots. They all behaved so well! I was so proud :-) They got a ton of cookies and pats and wagged their tails the entire time. Everyone is healthy and vaccinated for another year. Bandit was very lucky as it turned out he didn't need any shots, but the vet held him and gave him some attention and checked him over.

It must have been exhausting as 2 nights later, the dogs are still sleeping at every opportunity! Silas keeps his nose warm.

Saffy just pours herself into her bed.

Dogs, Spring Blooms, Another Bag

The dogs have a ton of energy and the garden is coming to life again as you can see in these pics I took yesterday.

Both dogs like to go in the house at the same time. Silas tries to use Saffy as a pillow, but she doesn't like that much! Poor Saffy!

Silas tries to incite Saffy to chase him.

He thinks she wants the slobbery old tennis ball.

She does 'attack' him a bit.

His hair stands up on his neck and back when he is excited about playing.

Saffy looks so silly here. Looks like she's trying to chew on his ear!

Forsythia.

Plum blossoms.

Plum blossoms.

Peach blossoms.

Tiny primrose.

I wish you could smell the scent of all these flowers in the yard!!

Yet another felted bag!

Believe it or not, I'm *not* bored with making these yet!!

This one felted up really well.

Not as fuzzy...

I made a two tone bag using up some leftovers from my Noni Baguette.

It isn't as fuzzy as my other felted bags and has more vertical 'cracking' between the rows.

It's not 'bad' looking, but I do like the fuzzier ones better.

Do you think I should felt it a bit more or do you think I may have already felted it too much?

I knitted it the same size as the fuzzier white ones and felted it down to the same dimensions.

Felting Frenzy

I love felting! Looks like everyone I know will be getting something felted as a gift this year whether they like it or not!!

Aren't they cute? Two mini Noni Market Bags ready for flowers and lining.

A medium bag drying/blocking.

I think I'll do a bunch of the bags first and then work at the flowers and linings.

I Just Gotta Felt!

I have totally been bitten by the felting bug. Here are some progress pics of my first Noni Market Bag, the mini one. I knitted it up fast last night...

...so I could do the felting today! Here it is right out of the washer and ready for blocking and drying.

Blocking it. Hey, a use for plastic shopping bags! There is a reason I've been hoarding them!

I'll include pics of the bottom showing the 'ridge' for structure, because that's the sort of detail picture I always want to see when I start a project. Although, I'm making no promises that I did it 'right'!

Before felting:

After felting:

Right or not, I love the way it turned out!