After my previous frustrations of not having enough yarn for the eyeglass case, I looked through the stash to see what I have. Being forgetful can be good, its sort of like Christmas! I found yarn that I forgot about...a beautiful handpainted wool in shades of pinks & purples. Oh yeah!! Then I found a lovely handdyed yarn in shades of purples, I know its wool, but I'm not sure how well it will felt. I still have my heart set on felting this project. Fortunately I have tons of both of these yarns! No worries about running out.
Last evening was spent making swatches, which I'm going to felt today. I may dig around a little more to see if I have anything else that might be worthy of this project. I'm trying to stick with a particular color, so that does limit my choices. I think that is about all I have in wool in purple, but then again, I could just surprise myself! It will be like Christmas again! What fun!
If these don't work out, or I'm not happy with the felting results, I know I have tons of purple in other types of yarn. There are beautiful cottons, mercerized so it is shiny & silky to the touch, or matte cotton, sturdy & firm. There are lots of acrylics & baby yarns also. No need to worry about running out of those either! Sheesh, I have too much yarn!
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