change of season ?

A few days ago I found the first bright red leaf

of one of the trees in our garden.

I thought that a bit early

for halfway August !

But you never know for sure with this time of the year

all of a sudden the earth smells different,

a lot more spiders hanging around

(to catch you in the morning, when you're not aware of them yet)

a little earlier dark in the evening

...

Yes, certainly the first signs

of the change from summer to autumn.

Perhaps thát's why I chose these colours for a new bag

the day before yesterday

flaming autumn colours

( well ... I also like red hair ! )

And for this bag Fiona gave me a little push towards "nuno" felting again.

Daughter and I collected a lot of thin vintage shawls

in all different colours, but most of the time

we use them for nuno felted shawls or wraps.

For this bag I found a matching colour shawl

and although it's not silk, it did okay.

On the bottom and on the flap I joined some felted "tails"

For the front and the back I used four thin layers of wool roving

so now the size turned out better than with the red "Kaffe Fassett" bag

one third shrinkage is what we get most of the time

when we do all things right

( that's why we make the template so much bigger )

 So after rinsing out the soap properly

and a bit of vinegar in the last rinsing water

I left it drying a bit in the bathroom

But I had to look how it fits to my new socks

( up till the toe in yesterday's Stitch'nBitch company and on the fast ferry,

and the last tip this morning )

well .. quite a match

( but if someone might like it very much I might sell it )

The strap for this bag is still in the making,

like the one for the red "not - a - clutch" bag.