Personally, I am planning on felting three sweaters this weekend...Yes on purpose. How am I going to do it? Follow along with my oh-so-scientific experiment.
Felting a Wool Sweater: A Highly Scientific Experiment
Question: What will happen to a wool sweater if placed in the washing machine on a VERY hot cycle, then dried in the dryer on high-heat?
Hypothesis: I hypothesize that the fibres of said sweater will mat together, and the sweater will become felt.
Method/Testing:
-Place sweater in washing machine
-Turn machine onto HOT cycle
-Run sweater through washer
-Place sweater in dryer
-Turn dryer on HOT
-Leave it for 60 minutes
-Remove sweater from dryer
-Admire newly felted sweater
-If not felted to satisfaction, repeat once or twice.
Outcome:FELT!
THAT, my friends, is how easy it really is to felt a sweater.
Now that you've successfully felted your sweater, what the devil are you going to do with it? This is the fun part.
Felted Mittens at Martha Stewart

Cashmere Hot Water Bottle Cover using this concept as a guideline.

Finally, since our Furbaby is growing like a weed, I am going to make him a felted sweater à la, this one from Craft Stylish:

I can't wait to get started...come on, weekend!
1 comment:
Hi Alanna! Thanks for leaving a comment on my blog! I will be checking yours as well. :o) Your little dog is VERY cute, might I add!
~Traci
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