Scarf of Pretty Good Softness, Done

And a pic, of course.


Overall, I'm happy with the felting. It really evened out the stitches. However, it doesn't feel quite as soft to me as it did before felting, so that's a minus. It's still softer than most scarves I own, but not crazy soft. It is VERY warm.

Striped Scarf, Done

And here's a pic of the striped scarf.


I've heard there's a setting on my camera for self portraits, but I believe that's just a myth. I did this the old-fashioned way, standing in front of a mirror. So there.

Felting and Blocking the Sinsation Scarf

This evening I put the Sinsation scarf into the washing machine to felt it. Took it out of the dryer and couldn't even bear to look at it - mind you, everything I read online said it would be this way, but still. It was a wadded mess inside the lingerie bag. I put that into the dryer and took it out while still damp.

I think it's all good. It's a little narrower than I expected, so I pulled on it to make it a bit wider again and I'm blocking it that way. The texture seems like the felted scarves I've seen in the yarn stores, so I have hope.

Keep your fingers crossed...

Some Works In Progress

Fun stuff, as follows:

Striped scarf, to match my striped mittens. This is a tube of stockinette stitch. I'm sewing the ends shut using Kitchener stitch. I'm on the very last blue stripe, so I may finish it this weekend.




Purple scarf of amazing softness. This is done in an absurdly expensive (to me) chenille yarn. I've been wanting one for years, so I just bought myself 4 skeins of it and it's sooooo neat. And yes, it really is that glossy.

It's about 5 inches wide. I may felt it later, but from what I read it should only lose about 10% of it's size if I do, so that should be OK.


And this is the cuff of what will become elbow-length purple fingerless mittens. I'm making these up as a go along, so we'll see how it goes.