Posts Tagged ‘felting’
Calli Crocheted Felted Boots Pattern available!
This pattern is available for download for $6.00. Click here to purchase. As promised... the crocheted version of the Yuki Felted Knitted boots is finished, and the pattern is ready! The sole of this boot is not crocheted, and as such, this design is perfect for outdoor soling! The sample is shown with soles from Simple Shoemaking. [...]
Update on Crochet Felted boots
The Yuki Knitted Felted boots pattern has been very popular... so I've been working on a crocheted version! Just like the knitted version, these boots are designed for use with outdoor soling, so they're real stomp-around-outside boots! I've been getting comments on this blog asking when the pattern will be available, and the answer is: by the [...]
Great yarns for Felting
As you may have read in previous posts, I really like felting. I've designed patterns that felt knitting and that felt crocheting. And, I've written a post with my tips for felting. In this post, I'm going to talk about some yarns that I've felted with that are really great. That doesn't mean that these are the only yarns that felt- these are [...]
Felted Boots Pattern!
This pattern is available for download for $6.00. Click here to purchase. In a previous post, I took you through the journey of designing knitted, felted boots. Now, they're finished, and the pattern is ready! The sole of this boot is not knitted, and as such, this design is perfect for outdoor soling! The sample is shown with soles from Simple [...]
Designing Felted boots: the journey
Let me start by saying that I was SUPER excited when I was asked to design a pair of knitted, felted boots for Simple Shoemaking. Simple Shoemaking is run by Sharon, who soles hand-made shoes for outdoor wear. We've all seen patterns for knit & felted slippers... but with soling, you can have shoes (made by you!) that can be worn outside, on [...]
Tips and Techniques for felting
One of our newest patterns is Gerry the Felted Bear! We have become quite taken with felting, so in this blog post, we'll review all the important stuff you need to know. But trust us, it's easy! Selecting yarn for a felted project All of our FreshStitches patterns are made using worsted weight yarn. You'll notice that most of our cover [...]
