Look, An (Almost) Finished Object!

Remember awhile back I started on the Brooke's Column of Leaves Scarf? It's finished, sort of.

The pattern says it needs to be blocked. Being new to lace knitting, I've never blocked anything before. I don't know if it would make much of a difference or not. Here's what it looks like now:
It's about 35 inches long and 6 inches wide. That's not a very long scarf, it's more of a neck warmer, but I just knitted until I used up the skein. It was worsted weight, 220 yards. With the lacey holes, it could probably have a couple of buttons added somewhere to keep it in place. Okay, expert knitters, let's hear your advice!

The Felting Obsession Continues

I'm still in my wet felting craze. Recently I ordered some Optim Merino wool fiber. I can't describe how soft this is!! Optim is Merino that has been stretched to make the fibers even finer. It's really silky and even shiny. I've been working on doing a wet felted scarf with it. The first try didn't turn out like I had planned.



See?

Then the folks at the Felting Forum encouraged me to do something with it anyway, so I took a piece of the "scarf" and used it in a needle felted picture.

I called it a "Great White Octosquid" since it had too many arms to be a regular octopus.

But the Optim was so soft I couldn't give up on it, so I gave it another try yesterday. This time it looks like an actual scarf:



If you have any kind of interest in felting, you might want to check out the Felting Forum. There's lots of great information and felters from around the world that are really helpful and encouraging. But be careful...you might develop a felting obsession! :)