though you can still see the crochet stiches quite clearly, it did shrink probably 30 to 40%, especially width-wise...close up of the closure - a braided then fulled strand, made into loop closure with shell sewn on the front:
a close up of the fringed edging, which is non-worked yarn, just allowed to wet-felt on it's own:
even closer, you can still see the twist of the yarn.
when i need to wash it, i just plan to throw it in the washer.
people don't realize that felting/fulling is a natural process of the scales on the hair shaft of the wool 'locking' together via friction..... here's a few locks of my own, the exact same function, lol:
next, my wet-fulled mousie:
you can still see the crochet stitches. he is stuffed with pellets i stole from a bean bag.
here you can see his shape better, including his dainty tail that i rolled between my fingers:
and finally, my fulled *and* needle felted bunny.
first i loosely crocheted a bunny shape and washed him but good. you can still vaguely see the 'spiral' of the original crochet stitches around his belly. dried him out thoroughly.
then i took a felting needle to him and shrunk him up way farther and added the detailing, like his mouth, eyes, belly button, and the shape of his hands....
i made a spoon shape for his hands - the direction in which the wool is felting is how it shrinks - so it flattened real flat in the center, creating a spoon shape:
i added some plain wool in a lighter shade for his teeth. the indentation of his mouth is done strictly with the needle, the original shape of his head was just an orb. the wonders of felting needles!
and just plain a cool pic of my crazy mr. bunny:
ciao for meow!
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