Crochet Chiq

Hello everyone!!! I submitted my fair entry today and I wanted to share some of the details of my project with you :) This was my basic concept however it got way bigger but then smaller due to health problemsI've had in the last 6 weeks.. My 3 year old also managed to break a crate, ruin some of the fence post and make off with a thread snake and about 20 flowers under his bed!! LOL Having to redesign at the last minute due to his "help" ( but He loves it soo much so I take it as a complement!)  actually made me due some things differently which I liked!!) For example I came up with these cute Butterflies at the last minute using netted yarn! I used Starbella by premier yarns but you can do it with any other netted type yarn. Here is a look at the Home Sweet Home sign I remade this morning sine I was already redoing somethings I desided to redo this and make it look more "Hand Made" The first one felt too perfect and like something mass produced. The y...

The top is felted the bottom isnt. They were both identical before the top was felted Hello Everyone! Today I thought I would show you how to felt your projects without having to use a Washing Machine You don't need to use the same pattern as me in fact you can felt anything that is made of wool. However if it's only 20 wool it won't work very much. Check your label and make sure your yarn is manly wool. I used my latest  flower pattern  I also have  Chiq Simple Flower ,  Loopy /Chain flower  or use your favorite one!!! Here is a Picture of the flower Before I felted it Notice the texture and how you can see the stitches. Notice how much the texture has changed? It's very soft. See how its hard to define the stitches? You can felt it to the point of not being able to define them at all. Felting occurs when something of manly wool (ever  notice how must wool items say not to wash) Is heated and agitated . You can do this using your wa...