Back in October I mentioned a competition at our Guild of Spinners, Dyers and Weavers Christmas meeting. We had to make a bag using one or more of the Guilds techniques and it would be judged at the December meeting. Well the secrecy is at an end, last night was the meeting and today I can finally show you what I made.
I dyed and felted an old wool blanket to make the main body of the bag, then using wool I had hand dyed and spun, I knitted flowers to decorate the front. Using that same hand-spun yarn I braided (I was hoping this would count as weaving and thus mean I used all three techniques!) a 'ribbon' to hold a decorative rosette I stitched by hand. The rosette is similar to the badge I made here and combines felt, printed images, buttons and embroidery.
I am so glad the competition is over as I love my little bag and can't wait to use it, I have shown great restraint up to now in case it was damaged before the judging took place, but today it is coming with me to be shown off to everyone I see!
