Instead, I wanted to get super ambitious and try knitting and felting a ring bearer bowl. I was daunted to try using circular knitting needles for the first time. My first go at it produced the beginnings of a bowl whose rim was going to be about 2.5 feet in diameter. After purchasing a smaller set of bamboo circular needles, I got back on the right track.
This smaller bowl knitted up very fast and I finished the basin part of the bowl and secured a ribbon through some of the looser stitches at the bottom (to hold the rings in place during the ceremony). I mentally prepared myself to toss my precious construction in the wildly thrashing water of my washing machine.
After about 25 minutes of harsh agitation, I pulled the bowl from the washing machine and squeezed out the excess water. The “felting” process had helped the rows of yarn to blend together into a thick fabric consistency. The individual stitches now blended together and were indistinguishable. This last photo is of the felted bowl before I shaped it and dried it over a balled up dishtowel.
I’m considering some kind of beaded embellishment to make this bowl more “pretty” and wedding appropriate. Photos to come.
