Felted Bag

This is the second successful felting project I’ve had and it turned out pretty well. I made this using a pattern called “The Tube Bag” from the book Uncommon Crochet by Julie Armstrong Holetz.



This is the bag before felting. I ended up running it through the washer twice because the yarn I used didn’t want to felt much the first time. Two times really did the trick, though. The pink yarn at the top was just to keep the opening of the bag from getting distorted or stretched while felting.





Here’s the finished bag. I think it looks great. The handles have a tendency to slide, but I like that because I can carry it either way I like. This bag is large enough to fit the book I’m reading plus my wallet, cell phone, keys, and other incidentals. It’s a good medium size.

The pattern was really easy to follow. In the book, she used ribbon as the handles, but I didn’t like that look as much. Plus, I had some extra purse handles lying around from some forgotten project and I felt like I should use them. It took me a really long time to complete this because I just couldn’t find a ribbon I liked. I finally found a really pretty one with birds on it, but didn’t buy enough and couldn’t get any more because it had been discontinued. Ugh! I finally found this one, though, and am pretty happy with it.

I’ve gotten a lot of compliments on this bag since finishing it a couple weeks ago. I’d say this was a pretty successful project!