Scrap down- Ice cream sweater

When you live with a knitter it is essential you have at least one knitted item of clothing. Even if you are a popular dairy based dessert.

Pattern- Felted pint cozy by Julie Weisenberger

Yarn- Wash and Filz it fine held double

Needles- 4mm dpns (I think)

I had this felting yarn and I love ice cream so thought I would combine the two. My sizing was a little off, but after felting in the washing machine twice it fits nicely, not tight, the ice cream just sits in there.

Phish food is my favourite, but half baked comes a close second. And the chocolate fudge sauce the scoop shops put on their sundaes is possibly the most delicious thing on the planet.

The cozy picked up some random bits of white fluff when it was in the washing machine, next time I need to be more careful what I put felting projects in the machine with (this was with a towel, jeans next time I think).

Scrap down- Baby toy

This week a little scrap down that was knitted in an evening. Also a chance to try felting.

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Pattern: Felted teething rings by Melissa Masse

Yarn: Mixture of Brown sheep Worsted and Wash and Fliz it fine held double

Needles: 4.0mm dpns

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This is a really simple pattern that uses up scraps of feltable yarn nicely. It is quick to do and you can keep adding rings until you run out of yarn. Once it is all sewn together, into the washing machine it goes!

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I have not done a lot of felting yet so am pleased with how this came out. It was a very easy one to do as it does not have to finish a particular size. It just got tied into a pillow case and put in a 60 degree wash with some towels for a full cycle. It escaped from the pillow case at some point during the wash but doesn't seem to have come to any harm.