From Jaynierose: Well, yesterday was the big felting day. After finishing the knitting on friday, I was all ready. I had to put it through 3 cycles on washing machine machine so that it really shrunk up. I ended up cutting the knitted handles off and replacing them with fake black bamboo ones sewed on with red ribbons. I'd been wanting to use these for months and was happy with the result. I was going to put flowers on it, but ended up with one pink bow. Very retro....I'm very happy with the reults and am now going to make one for my sister in law and mum for upcoming birthdays. I have now become a felting devotee:)