Almost finished....
It needs some reshaping and it needs the right button/flower or something on the bottom right. That's the plan. I had to wash it 4 times in my front loader to get it felted to my liking. (environmentalists don't come after me...I washed different jeans with it each time. I didn't use a car to shop for a purse so I saved on pollution that way too..)
I'm reading Brene Brown's book I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST ME. She talks about growing up in a culture of shame. Fascinating reading. I have always known my family reared me with shame consequences. Reading the book is a workshop in trying to undo the shame damage. It is so good to read that you are not alone.
Off to the Farmers market before Pre sleep for the workend. I hope to buy a baked treat for my fellow night shift workers. Too hot for me to bake anything myself.....
Did you grow up hearing SHAME ON YOU?
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If you think about it, they used the same raw materials (yarn) But a felted bag is knit up on machines in some third world, not only using electricity, oil, and coal, but then it's felted in an industrial vat with bleach, dyes, and other chemicals that you probably didn't use!
So, from this environmentalist, you're good :D
Shame? I was an only child so I didn't get the shame/blame game. Everything I did was right. Ha Ha!! I've spent my adult years getting slammed with the very real knowledge that not everything I do it right!! This method takes a toll as well.
I'm disabled, so I'm sure that I felt bad about myself growing up. So maybe I did grow up with shame.
I'm going to write a post about this one day, but I don't get blocking and felting. Maybe blocking means the item needs to be in the water longer or agitated more than felting?