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Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
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look what i made...if tinypic doesn't hate me
obviously hates me... 
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not the best picture, but here are some baby mary jane slippers i made.
Re: look what i made...if tinypic doesn't hate me
Neena Mae. 1/7/10
"A baby nursing at a mother's breast is an undeniable affirmation of our rootedness in nature." - David Suzuki
Thanks!
They aren't hard to make - the hardest part was the felting process in my front loading washing machine. I made the cream pair in my own washer and that took 2 cycles...i made the green & blue pair in my parents top loader washer and that took 7 minutes. i'll be making a couple large batches and taking them to my parents.
Is it possible to explain the felting process to me in layman's terms? :-) I'm really intrigued.
Neena Mae. 1/7/10
"A baby nursing at a mother's breast is an undeniable affirmation of our rootedness in nature." - David Suzuki
basically you knit a garment - in this case slippers. they are knit fairly loosely and several sizes larger than you want them to be. the felting part occurs when you put them in the hot cycle in the washer. the combination of hot water + agitation shrinks the garment and essentially bonds all the fibers together...i'm still not explaining well, so here's a good article.
felted material is also known as boiled wool.
http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-felting.htm