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These are some before and after felting pictures. Both patterns came from Knitty. Peggy finished her French Market Bag and my very own Fuzzy Feet were all set for a dip in the yarn jacuzzi! The market bag felted right away in about five minutes …. my slippers however, took their sweet time. As I kept checking their progress, more things were thrown into the machine ….. first a towel, then some tennis balls and finally I put the tennis balls inside of the slippers! I thought that they would felt instantly since this is the yarn that I spun myself. I wonder if the overtwisting in some areas led to it taking longer ….. In any case, here are my slippers all set for the chill! I am thinking of giving that French Market Bag a try — how nice did that turn out??

Ricki also had some show-and-tell of the non-felting king. Here she is wearing her ….. um, I guess you would call it a tunic. What would you call it? Tunic doesn’t seem quite right. Whatever you call it, our Ricki proves once and for all that knitting can be sexy!