Lace (Myrtle Leaf Shawl) 2

Moving along. I think my gauge is a bit smaller than the pattern recommends, but I'm not starting over again. I may end up with something between a scarf and a shawl, which will be fine. Also, I forgot to mention in my first post on this, the pattern is from "Victorian Lace Today." (See the book here. Read a review here.)

More Felting & Sis-in-law's Purse

Test swatch in Paton's Classic Wool Merino, needle size US 10. Hand-felted, took forever:

Coaster in 3 colors of Paton's Classic Wool Merino, needle size US 10.5. Hand-felted, took even more forever:

Sis-in-law's cool purse (she crocheted it, not me):

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How I made the coaster:

Cast on 80 sts. in yarn color A to US 10.5 DPNs using long tail cast on method.

Cast on counts as round 1.
Round 2: P all sts.
Round 3: (K1, K2tog, K 14 sts., SSK, K1) 4 times.
Round 4: P all sts.
Round 5: (K1, K2tog, K 12 sts., SSK, K1) 4 times.
Round 6: P all sts.
Round 7: (K1, K2tog, K 10 sts., SSK, K1) 4 times.
Round 8: P all sts.
Round 9: Switch to yarn color B. Then (K1, K2tog, K 8 sts., SSK, K1) 4 times.
Round 10: P all sts.
Round 11: (K1, K2tog, K 6 sts., SSK, K1) 4 times.
Round 12: P all sts.
Round 13: (K1, K2tog, K 4 sts., SSK, K1) 4 times.
Round 14: P all sts.
Round 15: (K1, K2tog, K 2 sts., SSK, K1) 4 times.
Round 16: P all sts.
Round 17: Switch to yarn color C. Then (K1, K2tog, SSK, K1) 4 times.
Round 18: P all sts.
Round 19: (K2tog, SSK) 4 times.
Round 20: P all sts.

Bind off by running yarn through remaining 8 stitches and pull to close.

Weave in ends then felt, felt, felt. Block in spiffy octagon-ish shape.

Lace (Myrtle Leaf Shawl)

Here's the great big cone of yarn I'm working from:

Here's the beginning of the shawl, which I started on straight needles:

Then after I got the cool needles from my sis-in-law, I moved it to those:

But after knitting more, the error in the pattern revealed itself. Notice how the section circled in red doesn't look like the section circled in green?

And here's the shawl after I undid to the lifeline and re-knitted it based on the errata:

First try at felting

I spent yesterday evening experimenting with hand-felting* while M went to see the opening of Iron Man.

I did this potholder on size 8 needles in garter stitch, with 40 stitches and about 100 rows and a crocheted slipstitch border all the way around. I can't find the yarn label right now, but I'll add that info when I do.

I haven't noticed any change in size, but maybe I just need to felt it more. We'll see how it feels after it dries. Right now it's still damp and feels very heavy and thick. It felt thick before felting, but had lots more drape.

It turns out that dark brown knitting isn't at all easy for me to photograph, but here's what I managed to get. The first photo is pre-felting, the second is post.

*Yes, I know that technically this is fulling, not felting.