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Virgin needle felting

I bought a needle felting kit from Wildhare Fiber Studio on Etsy .  It was reasonable, and had everything I needed. I have never done any needle felting, but was intrigued by the Spin, Knit and Life blog and her results. She directed me to this great site . I decided to begin with my first attempt on my Sophie bag by Julie Anderson (rav link) . Which I actually saw on the Instructables site first and became interested in. It is a very easy felted bag, it would be great for a first time knitted project, the handles provide a quirky interest and make it look more complicated than it is. Bag is quickly knit and I start on the handle, along the way I decide to make it a tri handle twined bag instead of two twined together. Because, hey who can make a pattern without a little tweaking. Then just twist them all and attach. Easy. Prefelted photo and a close up of the handle. Here we are post felting. Then I decided to pick out some fabric to line it with