A dinky shrink

My knitty friend was telling the group that she was looking forward to picking up and crafting with some shrinky dink. I have no idea what that is, but I can tell you that I have witnessed a dinky shrink! No, not a psychologist who fell short of his goal. . .so to speak, but a bag that started out BIG and turned out to be a bit of a disappointment. To get an idea of what I mean:


now the I-cord worked out well. It did what I hoped for--it shrunk and softened and looked felted. The 1st photo is after and the one here, is the before shot:

Here is where it goes wrong. I was so proud before the wash. . .I took this photo



then proceeded to get a close-up so I could see how long it was then and once I washed, what it would look like. 36 inches!! Of course it would shrink, right? It just has to, I worked for months (not each day, but still). Now to its credit, it did shrink from the 36" to 22"; I was expecting a 50% shrinkage. Hope springs eternal. . .



The last thing I expected was to get a brand spanking new dvd holder. I must admit, I do like it even if it is not what I expected:



Another knitty friend says that I can reconstruct the dvd holder to a bag with a pair of scissors, some thread and beads. Stay tuned, there is some serious design work about to happen!