elf shoes, an iris and a cat

Knit them huge in 100 percent wool then toss them in the washer and dryer...let 'em dry and you have elf shoes! From the Flint Knits blog... Hers have cool pointy cuff things on them but I left that off for the remain sane option.

After I washed and dried them, they weren't really felted enough so I used the plunger and bucket technique that the Yarn Harlot tried. If you read her next post you'll see it doesn't always work. I didn't use the tennis balls, didn't have a bunch of fuzzy slippers in mine and I used snow for the shockingly cold water after the really really hot water. It worked great. Too well in spots, if you look at my after picture, there are some lumpy areas where the inside and outside of the shoes stuck together...easily fixed with some tugging and shaping after the shoes are dry.


Cat enjoying getting the flash in the face...she was 'helping' with the elf shoe photo shoot.

The post card and the painting...then I screwed it all up trying to add a background. I'm working on a second one. Some of my old water color abilities are coming back, but not many!