Quick Knits #3: Felted Coasters - Newbies Welcome!

A swap for those of us who love both knitting, felting and colour! (...perhaps even the odd drink requiring a coaster). ;)

I received a brilliant suggestion from Nikki (Mathaholic) this morning-- coasters! Why not have a swap featuring something flattish so that we can swap internationally?

There are so many patterns available for free on Ravelry-- and this one really inspired me: http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/coaster-2 What a great opportunity to practice felting and using double-pointed needles, while still being simple enough to include those who are just beginning with the craft. There is no need to use the prescribed yarn-- anything with a decent amount of wool will felt up properly. If you need an idea of the felting process, check out this link: http://knitting.about.com/od/felting/ss/howtofelt.htm

My idea is that we can each knit one of these out of scrap yarn, and send it along with a note. It might be the story of the yarn (did you knit a sweater for your boyfriend, leg warmers for your pug or a pair of socks for your mum? What made you love the yarn?), a favourite quote, another cute knitting pattern or link, a love story or just a note of introduction.

Personally, I have so many odds and ends in my own stash that every time I reach into it, I am reminded of some neat project that I had otherwise forgotten. What a great opportunity to broaden the knitting community here on Swap Bot as well as use up some of our odds and ends.

I will be checking profiles prior to assigning partners-- please have a look at the pattern before you sign up to ensure that you are comfortable with the skill level that it requires. Newbies are welcome, but must have completed profiles. Otherwise, a 4.5 rating is required with no 1s or 3s in the past four months.

This will be a lot of fun, with more small project swaps to follow-- as always, please feel free to message me or comment below with any questions. Happy knitting!