bubbles! felted bubbles, that is! pretty nifty, if i do say so myself!! and i'll let you in on a little secret... it was soooooooooo easy and quick! may i present the angel puff scarf by nicky epstein, from her book entitled knitting never felt better.this little scarf number takes one skein of rowan kidsilk haze (dewberry is the color in the picture). you simply cast on 45 stiches on size 6 needles and knit in stockinette stitch until you have knit the whole kit and caboodle, saving enough to bind off, which you do!!
now, the fun part begins... using something round (i used marbles), but the pattern suggested filberts as they were called when i was young and had to gather them, before they became famous and underwent a glamorous name change to the hazelnut (in the shell, of coarse!) - about 4 dozen. since gathering the nuts at this time of year was not an option and since i was in a hurry to get this show on the road and didn't have time to traipse all over town to find such nuts in their shells, i punted and used the marbles as i had them on hand. i placed them at random locations on both ends of the scarf and rubber banded them in place.
then out came that device that no domestic diva should be without... the wonder washer!! if you don't remember it, check out my earlier posts where i wax poetic about the sweet little thing!
anyhoo, i digress! i fired up the wonder washer and after two go-rounds i decided i had felted little scarfie enough (and the knocking sound of the marbles was beginning to wear on me!). so, i pulled her out, rinsed her off, and spread her out on a towel to dry off. after she was good and dry, which didn't take more than a couple of hours, i undid the rubbers, popped out the marbles and, voila, what you see is what you get!!
thank you so much, nicky! you have certainly brightened my day and my wardrobe!!
