I have always love the felted look but never knew anything about it. Great inspiration! This is a blessing in disguise for me. Thank goodness you posted this! I was JUST asking myself how this is done. I am so excited. My gremlins are coming along… I am so inspired by your work… thank you SO much for sharing all your tips and tricks. Oh, thank you for the tips! Is yours a top loading washer? There is no end to what you know how to do. I have been having a lot of fun with felted sweaters this fall, too, after a friend gave me a heap of them.
I hope the children feel better soon. My child is also under the weather with stuffy nose, asthma cough, and earache. He too is very comforted by a pile of clothes fresh from the dryer. A pillowcase to contain the fluff! Of course! I am so happy to have read your tips prior to my sweater felting frenzy. My washing machine is upstaris and I shudder just imagining the consequences of it clogging. Sometimes you have to felt them times to get it the way you want it.
There are so many things you can do with them, that I never tire of dreaming up projects And I have one question, can i mix different colors? I saw a suggestion to toss a Shout color catcher sheet in the pillowcase with the sweaters and golf balls to keep the colors from running. Hope this helps. I have yet to try felting and so look forward to it. Great help and instructive details. Any other suggestions? Am a cashmere nut so will love to see what my old sweaters turn into.
How to Shrink a Cashmere Sweater. How to Remove Wrinkles from a Cashmere How to Fix a Washed and Damaged Wool Cashmere Allergies. How to Not Get Holes in silk cashmere How to Stop an Angora Sweater From How to Stretch Out Leather.
How to Fix a Cowboy Straw Hat. How to Restretch a Sweater. How to Pack a Sweater. How to Clean Mohair. Unless I'm cold. Or I'm going head-to-head with a fourth grader and their attitude.
In which case, one of my eyebrows are raised and my lips are pursed. Neither scenario is the case in this photo. I'm actually trying to show off my felt-y floral elbows. Just to clarify: Anthro-Style is not at all similar to Gangnam Style. Least you be confused. You can see my attempts here and here. Gangnam Style is a way of dancing if you want to, well, have a female look at you as if you just ate your socks. You can see my attempts here and here ha! I caught a bad case of Anthro-Style when I was at said store with a buddy.
I spotted this sweet felted cardigan and was drawn to it's delicate colors and motif. It was then I remembered the huge mound of roving I'd acquired during one of my hobby hoarding episodes and decided to attempt my own felted floral cardi.
Now when I say hobby hoarder, I mean that I've tried my hand at just about every craft under the sun. I collect hobbies like some people do baseball cards and coins. And I've got the garage full of potter's wheels, mosaic tiles, looms and jewelry making supplies to prove it.
Occasionally I think to myself, "I should really get rid of all that macrame" and then I dream up something to do with it. For example. As I've yet to figure out how to craft a non-itchy macrame dress.
But I will. So you can add penny-pincher to my cheery-happy-kiddie version as well, you sophisticated-grown-up- broke -lady. Wait, what? Duuuude, it is so easy. But you will need the following: A Sweater. Oh no. You can needle felt on any fabric. I'd had this thrifted cashmere sweater in my give-to-Goodwill pile because it was a little holey. Turns out you can felt-patch those holes. Wool Roving. I purchased mine at a workshop I attended a couple of years ago.
I've made felted soaps and ornaments with it as well as this sweater. So, a little goes a long way. I wouldn't buy it at your local craft store because it will be a rip off.
I'd look into some online vendors. Needle Felting Tool. This I did pick up at the craft store. I bought one by the company Clover with three needles in it. They are sharp as a mother so be careful as you stab away on your sweater.
A Sponge or Bristle Brush Block. Again, I snagged mine at the local craft joint. This is the cushion that you use under the punching of the needle. Having never needle felted before, I watched a couple videos on youtube.
I have found that when learning a new craft, the more tutorials, the better. Here's my feeble attempt: Pulling the roving. When you get ready to needle felt, pull apart the roving carefully, as if you are gently pulling off a piece of cotton candy.
Done correctly, it should look like the photo above. Shaping the roving. I was creating circles in the above photo, so I gently rolled the roving into a ball and held it in place with my finger.
Place your sweater on top of your sponge or bristle brush punching pad. Punching the Roving. Seriously, watch your fingers! Getting stabbed is not a pleasant experience as those needles are not only sharp but slightly serrated.
As you needle punch, your roving will shrink in size as half of it will go through the other side of your sweater. You can shape the roving by angling your punching tool.
Making Diana Ross Hair. Because that's what you wanted on your sweater, right? To add a circle around your dot, pull roving as in step one, lay onto sweater and start punching.
Punching, Punching, Punching. It's like Fight Club but without Brad Pitt. Shaping the Roving. I love that you can shape the direction of the roving just by angling the punching tool and moving the roving. Here I am completing my circle by overlapping the roving. This photo and the one below should give you an idea how much the roving shrinks as you punch it.
I formed the roving into a leaf shape I added a very thin strip of dark green for the vein in the leaf. Again, for those small details, watch those digits! And here's a view of my dining room table.
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