Felting Success

I felted my very first thing!!! I finished up the cat bed for Floyd and it turned out GREAT! I was seriously surprised how well it turned out after felting. Before washing it I was relaly doubting that it would ever look anything like the other kitty beds, but when I pulled it out of the wash it was perfect! Floyd hasn't discovered it yet but i've placed a little cat nip mouse inside it and I hope he finds it to his enjoyment. I am so proud! I actually felted something!
The stripe pattern looks so much better now that its felted too. The wrong side had that typical multi color wrong side look and the felting really helped. It kind of looks like a purple and green target ad :)
I will post pictures this weekend, promise!!!
I am so glad its Thursday! Happy hour time tonight!

Felting and Blocking loom on the horizon...

I finished the cat bed, and I have to say i'm quite impressed. I wove in all the ends last night and Floyd promptly sat his cat butt in it and took a nap. I was very happy he took to it so quickly, I was almost expecting him to sniff and then walk away. My parents are going out of town this week so I have to keep an eye on my little sister and brother and go stay over at their house for the next 5 days or so. This means I have access to a washing machine... time to Felt! I have never felted anything before, but I am going to follow the directions on Wendy's website to see if I can teach myself. I have also never blocked anything, so I am going to start with the cat bed (good practice for when I do my sweater). I am really going to try to take and post some pictures of my finished stuff tonight, then i'll see what they looked like before felting and blocking.
My second class tonight is cancelled because of midterm exams so I will be getting home about 3 hours earlier than i normally do (yay!). I usually hate mondays, but tomorrow is actually going to be more stressful for me than today!

Cat bed for Floyd

Friday night while surfing aroung on different knitting blogs I found Wendy's pattern for the kitty pi bed. I had some left over wool yarn and started it up, and I am almost done! It's been a fun easy knit, perfect for watching star trek with :)
This weekend has flown by. Last night I worked on my paper for Theories class and finished the first draft. That lowered my stress level quite a bit and allowed me to all but finish the kitty bed.
Yesterday we went out and bought canvas, which I'm hoping will work for blocking my Salt Peanuts. I am ashamed to say this, but I have never blocked anything before, so I am very new to this! Canvas seems like a good idea because it should dry quickly. I also got some foam core just in case the canvas doesn't work. Has anyone tried this?
I'm baking walnut carmel brownies right now and they smell darn good. Does tomorrow really have to be Monday?!