so what am I doing wrong here?

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I got this yarn for free. It is my favorite color so I couldn’t pass it up. It is a very course, over-spun wool- would be good for rugs, I suppose.. definitely not good for anything that touched skin. I don’t make rugs, and I need a knitting project so I am thinking about a felted bag. I knitted up a swatch-

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Then I felted it…

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hmmm- a distinct diagonal slant… any thoughts? Besides the design problem involved I really like how it looks and feels.
(Sorry about the terrible pictures- I am having problems with my camera these days)

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  2. You aren’t doing anything wrong.
    Overspun singles have a tendency to slant. Try doing some slipped stitches or do it all in ribbing to combat it a bit. If you know a spinner maybe they can ply some of it for you then you wouldn’t have to worry about the slant at all.

  3. ^^^Amy is right.

    Also, you could knit in garter stitch or 1×1 rib, which would keep it from slanting, since the pull would be equal from both sides.

  4. You can try to “force” the knitting in your required shape before it has dry and “lock” it that way with pins. The wool fibre has a lot of bindings if you look at it in a microscope and some of those bindings can be changed when the wool is wet and then remain when it has dried.