More monsters are on the way

Yesterday was a good day, Gertrude, my little felted monster bag was featured on the craftzine blog and boingboing !! So a big hello to any new visitors who found me through either blog. I am pleased to say both Gertrude and Duncan have now found new homes, I hope they have lots of exciting adventures with their new families.

Here is a picture of some hand carded wool, waiting to be turned into some new little monster bags.


Also, I'd like to thank everyone for their comments on the blog, I really appreciate it, it's nice to know that people enjoy my work and take inspiration from it. I'm not very good at replying individually, I just don't seem to have any spare time, so instead I'm going to have another give away in the near future. Not sure what it's going to be yet, but I think following the success of Gertrude it might have to be monster based....watch this space!

Introducing Duncan the bag with a face

Meet Duncan Bag, he's a little forgetful (and not very bright) but he has a heart of gold and is very friendly. He's looking for an owner to take good care of him, and maybe take him to see wonderful things he's only ever dreamt of.



He's been wet felted from hand blended merino wool (beautifully soft) with a little needle felting as well, but don't worry Duncan was under full anesthetic and didn't feel a thing. He's 30 cms across at the widest point and 14 cms across at the opening. He's 21 cms deep (not including the handles).

I had a lot of fun with this bag, I've just listed him on Etsy along with this brooch.


and here's another WIP....

Bags, Bags, Bags

I'm having a bag week! Here's two which I've just listed on Etsy, and I have two more waiting to be finished. I've also had a request for a bag in different colours via etsy, the fustrating thing is I've made two and they just keep going wrong, the shape is felting unevenly so they end up skew-wif, and because it's a custom order I want it to be as perfect as possible. Lets hope it's third time lucky!I've also gone a bit monster mad, here's some work in progress.