Wednesday, June 13, 2007

Swimmy Swimmy

My best friend is having a baby! Wooo hooo! She's an avid SCUBA diver and loves all things under the sea. I've been wanting to make her a felted fish mobile for ages, but had to wait for her to
  1. Reconnect with her college boyfriend
  2. Move in with him
  3. Get married
  4. Buy a home
  5. ...and then get pregnant!

Doesn't she know that there is knitting to do?

Finally now I can start, but I can't blog about it over at my blog, so I'm so glad I have this forum!

I got my yarn (Knitpicks Palette) and my pattern, Felted Fish from the Knitters Stash book. This used to be available from Patternworks as a kit also... hey, it still is!

My only problem now is that the pattern asks for sport or worsted weight, but I thought both would make too large of fish. I'm using fingering weight to make them smaller... so what needles do I use? Are 4s too small for a felted project?

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4 comments:

  1. SueJune 14, 2007 at 11:00 AM

    I don’t think that 4s are too small for fingering weight, especially for a toy. I’m using some DK and worsted for various toys and they ask me to use size 3 needles. Congratulations to your friend on the great news!

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  2. JofrogJune 14, 2007 at 11:13 AM

    This is felted, I wasn't sure if I should use 5s to make a looser material. If it wasn't felted I'd certainly go down from the suggested needle size.

    The pattern suggests DK weight on 8s or Worsted on 10.5s.

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  3. AudreyJune 15, 2007 at 3:24 PM

    BABIES!!! How exciting. The mobile is adorable.

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  4. VJune 20, 2007 at 8:34 AM

    What a cute idea! Congratulations to your friend.

    Can you knit up a little swatch with the 5s and measure it before felting, then after, and see how much the difference is?

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