Continuing my felted bag obsession I found this pattern, Mini Skulls and Crossbones Tote, from Adrian Bizilia . Very cute but I wanted to use a different motif. I chose this one, a Fleur de Lis knitted chart from About.com. Look on Ravelry at all of the different bags, from happy faces to peace signs. All so cute! Still in my destash mode, I found these two colors that seemed to go well together. And I was off with what I hoped was a quick project. I did have a problem with tangled yarns, until I talked to Eternal Arts and Craft blogger, and decided to wrap the yellow into little bobbins. That make it a breeze. I wished I had tried that at the beginning.Below is bag pre felting. I also felted this in the front loader. The original measurements were 13 in vertical x 10 in horizontal, after felting it shrank to 10 in vertical x 9 in horizontal. So that holds up to the current estimate of an average 30% shrinkage in height and 10% shrinkage in width. Modifications...
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