these felted slippers are my second attempt at the pattern listed in
Felted Crochet by Jane Davis. they turned out just like i'd hoped! crocheted with (2 strands wool, 1 strand polyester) together, then machine felted, these slippers were surprisingly quick to make! of course, the drying time is the longest part, and considering my time crunch (yes, i waited till christmas eve, shut up) i had to help them along a bit...
once they'd felted down as much as they would, i threw them in the dryer to get them to shrink a bit more because her feet are quite small. when they were shrunk down to size they were still a bit wet, so i took a hair dryer to them at low temp until they were dry enough to wrap.
it's tough to tell from the photos, but the wool is a deep turquoise. the felting worked much better this time and the slippers stayed fuzzy rather than matted; i think it's because i used polyester for the fuzzy part rather than the super soft nylon i used
the first time.
she loved them! so did the rest of the family; i may have to make a whole bunch next time...
and here's the first table runner i've ever attempted. whew, it took a long time for such a small thing!
she uses doilies and table runners a lot, but she doesn't have any handmade ones, so i thought this would be a great gift for her. i used a thin cotton/nylon blend for this so that it could be thrown in the wash. the yarn has a silky sheen to it.
this was made by crocheting 20
circle-square motifs then single-crocheting them together and adding a border. if i had more time, i would have made a fancier, more elegant looking border but i think it looks okay. honestly, if i hadn't gotten a few days off of work due to bad weather, this probably wouldn't have been finished.
it's such a rewarding feeling to pour so much work into something and have it so well received.
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