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.
