I felted three bags last night–woot! I chose the purple/turquoise Little Coco, the first Pink Lady bag (I still have to kitchener the handle of the second), and a Burly Spun bag I knit, oh, forever ago, that’s been waiting for felting for a long time. All the other bags still need some finishing before felting.
I learned a couple of things. First, apparently Cascade 220 takes forever to felt, because the bags I felted last night were done after two wash cycles, and really, they probably didn’t even need the whole second cycle. The second thing is more of a refresher–the knit stitch really does shrink more from top to bottom than side to side. The Little Coco came out a little shorter than I’d planned. Oops? It’s still a perfectly serviceable bag, of course, just….short.
Now they are drying, and then I’ll have to figure out if they need further embellisments.