My First Time Felting
After reading Hillary's inspiring post about wool, i decided to finally give felting wool a try. So I stocked up on 100% wool thrift store sweaters, and threw them in the washer on hot then in the dryer and...nothing. One sweater shrank a bit. I was discouraged. My MIL (since I was at her house/her washer) threw them in again on the sanitation cycle (which actually heats the water more) for two hours. Then the dryer. Success!!!
I made a pair of baby shoes for a double baby shower at church this morning. One for a boy and one for a girl. The wool was really thick and difficult to work with, so lovely as it is, I probably won't use it again for baby shoes. I have other fabric mediums to inspire coziness.
On the blue shoes I used the cuffs of the sleeves for the ribbed effect. And hand-embroidered pink birds from acrylic felt (I'm no purist) on the yellow ones.
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Interesting. I had no idea what felting wool is, so I googled. Hmmm, an interesting technique.
Posted by: Mishkazena | November 10, 2007 11:12 PM
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So cute!
Posted by: alina | November 11, 2007 12:12 AM
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I used to felt my llamas wool. It's so much faster than knitting or crocheting, but does tend to be a bit messier.
Posted by: funke | November 11, 2007 08:59 AM
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Those are really adorable. I wonder how hard it would be to make bigger ones for a preschooler? Did you do all the sewing by hand?
Posted by: cloudscome | November 11, 2007 02:22 PM
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Where can I buy a pair, too cute!!! :)
Posted by: Dawn | November 11, 2007 09:44 PM
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Would you be willing to share the pattern for the slippers? I'd love to make some as well.
Posted by: Jessica | November 12, 2007 06:00 AM