I used eyelash yarns years ago to decorate my daughter's flip-flops and for trim on some chemo caps a group of teens and I once made to bring to the local American Cancer Center offices. But I'm not really into the eyelash stuff for myself.
However, I have seen felted bags and such using eyelash yarn, so I'm going to start looking for these kinds of patterns. Here's a website that had good info: http://www.knittingonthenet.com/felt.htm. My closet has plenty of raw wool that I've spun myself and also some from sweaters I've unraveled. As soon as I settle on some definite projects, they'll go into my Ravelry queue.
As for the Zig Zag Baby Blanet and the Cozy Striped Kerchief, they are both coming along splendidly! Never has cleaning, organizing and purging been such a joyful task!
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Years ago I made a bunch of felted purses using small scraps of eyelash yarn intertwined with the wool. They were fun to make and it was a good way to use up the eyelash yarn.
Yes, Jody, that actually was my first thought, and I remembered you did that. Do you know where you got the patterns? I'd love to try this.
Most of the patterns I made up. I knitted a tube of desired size, felted it and sewed the bottom seam shut. Another was made by casting on a bunch of stitches,join in the round, somewhat like sock knitting, knit to desired length then start decreasing stitches until there are just a few stitches to close. Add a handle and felt. I dried some of the purses over cereal boxes and some I stuffed with plastic shopping bags depending on the finished shape I wanted. Take pictures for me!
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