For my mom's birthday I knit her two flower shaped bowls and felted them (washing wool in a way that purposely shrinks it).
I used this pattern from Ravelry and I used worsted weight wool leftover from other projects. They knitted up looking like floppy hats but when you felt the wool it tightens up to form a bowl that you can shape as it dries. 
I had some issues with this blue bowl. The outer edge was done with Jacob wool that I picked up at a local fiber festival. It didn't felt like the other wool.
See how you can see the stitches when you stretch the fabric? You shouldn't be able to see that. I washed it a second time trying to felt it further but it still looked like this. So this flower will have droopy petals.
They were fun and pretty easy to knit up (though I really can't stand K3tog!). I think I'll make myself a few of them one day.
4 comments:
Those are cute! I'm sorry that Jacob didn't felt well. I love the colors in the second one!
We really must be three peas in a pod, Katie since the colors in the 2nd one was my favorite too! I love my bowls and I want to use them in my studio but can't seem to take them out of the living room. I love looking at them each day! Thanks Becky! Love, Momma PS- I sure wish I had a lamby knit doll from a very famous wool girl...........sigh........
LOL. Mom, I will work on that. It might take a while though. I tend to forget about things. ;-)
I don't think I have ever heard of felting a knitted project before. Very interesting - not that I will ever knit anything to try it! LOL!
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