Felting rack is cat hideout

Felting was the next step after completion of a circular-knit bag for a class taught by Erin Duffy at The Web-sters. After setting up a drying rack on the bed, it came as no surprise to find my sweet Starfire stretched out underneath.

I spent the morning “roughing up” my knitting against the sides of a steel colander in a sink full of hot water, occasionally “shocking” it in cold.

Paper from a newspaper end roll gives the bag shaping while it dries. The final step will be to attach contrasting-color shoelace handles, chosen to highlight shading in the novelty yarn that I used when knitting the bag’s “cowl.”