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Here’s a set of three knitted and felted designs I did for a Christmas commission. Staring off we’ve got a knitted and felted netbook case, finished with a beautiful butterfly. Up next is a camera case with front and back … Continue reading
So here are some pictures of my latest knitting commission. This bucket style felted bag has been hand-kintted with Twilleys Freedom wool, as has the cute 3D mushroom on the front. There is one inside pocket and one smaller pocket on the side. It has been finished with three purple buttons.
The mushroom felted purse has been made with Wash+Filz-it fine felting wool. There is a main section for notes, coins and receipts, lined with green and purple pocka dot cotton. On the opposite side there is a small pocket for cards, and underneath that there is a snap fastener to attach a mobile phone pouch.
I also threw in a crochet flower brooch. Which has been made with the gorgeous Debbie Bliss Luxury Aran Tweed.
Here is one of my recent felted bag creations. The bag’s colours are inspired by autumn, as are the buttons I’ve selected for the front. By the way if you’re as in to buttons as I am, check out The Button Company. They have a beautiful collection of buttons available.
This hand-knitted bag has been made with an Icelandic wool (purchased at an old wool mill in St Davids in Wales). Icelandic wools tend to be particularly good for felting. The bag has been hand sewn then wet felted in the washing machine lightly, so that some of the stitches are still slightly visible. The bag is finished with dark wooden square handles.
The finished bag is very textural and has a fluffy mohair effect, without actually using any mohair yarn.
This bag is now available on my Folksy shop.
This bag has been recommended by luulla on Twitter.
Making to order, bespoke knitted and felted creations is fantastic.
I’ve recently had an order for a knitted and felted bag, matching purse and phone cosy for a friend’s Valentine present for his other half. I went straight into designing only hours later and couldn’t wait to get knitting. I haven’t done a purse before though and it needs to have lots of compartments so that will be a definite challenge, but the challenge is a big part of the joy of designing your own knitting patterns.
I love the process of liaising on colour, style and embellishments and it’s great when you have the option to be creative and still have some freedom on how the finished product will look.
My only worry is it happens to be something I’d really like myself and I’m sure I’ll want to keep it. That’s not going to happen though.
Right back to it. I’ll post a picture when I’m done.
One of my favourite times of year. So to go with it, I though I should make some autumn themed bags – with mushrooms and autumnal colours a plenty!
So the mushroom bag. I have a slight obsession with mushrooms and toadstools. Not quite sure why. I think generally mushrooms are quite cute, so why not knit some! I also learnt how to knit in the round knitting these ere mushrooms, so an added bonus and a new skill to add to my knitting repertoire. Also this year has been great for the humble mushroom so this bag is an ode to all things fungal and autumnal.
I chose the colours for this bag using nature as my inspiration – I was thinking of the earth and the sky in particular.
As with most of my felted bags it has been knitted using the wonderful Twilleys Freedom wool. A luscious yarn made with new wool. It comes in some fantastic colours. The blue and orange mushrooms were made using some beautiful alpaca wool that I bought on a recent visit to Barcelona. Although the wool actually comes all the way from Peru. Some would say it’s a shame to use such precious wool for felting and I tend to agree on most occasions but these mushrooms are special.
So that’s the story of the mushroom bag. It has become one of my first additions to my all new Folksy shop.
Next up the Orange Poppy Felted Bag.
This bag came before the Felted Mushroom Bag. This was me trying to find a quicker pattern to knit, so I introduced the ‘bar handles’. In this pattern the front and back of the bag are all in one piece and I don’t have to knit additions handles. All resulting in a quicker knit and a cute pattern.
The deep oranges, reds and a hint of purple are again inspired by autumn – and again knitted with Twilleys Freedom wool – a lovely mixed yarn on this occasion. The bag is finished with a bright orange poppy. My love of poppies comes from childhood memories of The Wizard of Oz. So I’ve bought a bit of Oz to this bag.
This bag is also available on my Folksy shop.
Soooo addictive I can’t stop making felted bags. Here’s some of my latest purple numbers.
