Why felt a sweater

Hungry for more felting goodness? Check out this Needle Felting article. Directions: Put your sweater inside the pillowcase and close the pillowcase with the rubber band. If you are felting more than one sweater, put each sweater in its own pillowcase.

This will prevent damage to your machine since the fibers could clog it. Place the pillowcases in the washing machine. Add jeans to the load. The jeans will increase agitation and will speed up the felting process. Note: You can use towels instead of or in addition to jeans, but beware of lint! Sweaters will pick up lint from the towels, so always wash sweaters in a pillowcase. Use hot water to wash the load.

Note: Too much water will cause the sweater s to float, which will hinder the felting process. These scissors are not cheap, but if you want really great sewing scissors that will last, these are the ones. Anything with ribbing is probably destined for the scrap bin. I was hoping that these would felt nicely, but they were a mess.

Toss your scraps. See those scraps in the bottom right hand corner above? Those get tossed. The ribbed cuff pieces should be tossed too.

Wash on HOT. Put all your sweater parts into a hot water wash with some detergent that will help agitate the fibers. Great post Lisa! And a good dry in the sun gets rid of all the stains! Thank YOU for the awesome post that you wrote, my dear! Then I did the same thing that I explain here to felt them. I picked up some wool coats and skirts at the thrift store. Should I remove the liners before I wash the items? I assume that you want to machine felt them, right?

Hi Lisa, I really enjoyed reading your content on felting. Thanks so much. I thought that this was the same thing, when shrinking wool…. How would I be able to create this type of felting? Maybe by just brushing it with something stiff?!?

Please explain. Thanks Again…. Hi Karen, do you mean wool roving? Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Notify me via e-mail if anyone answers my comment. Be sure to let me know if you have any suggestions or questions! Reply 2 years ago. Reply 5 years ago. I've done this in the past with putting a sweater in boiling water on the stove for about 15 minutes and then dunking into cold water.

Shocking the fibers with cold causes them to shrink quickly and felt. Introduction: Felting Wool Sweaters. More by the author:. About: Made in Canada, I grew up crafting, making, and baking. Did you make this project? Share it with us! I Made It! Faux Chenille Scarf by Bellacricket in Sewing.