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the trouble with felting

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7:45 am
March 21, 2010


stevietaylor319

NC

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My children and I have tried two projects with felting.  They were a little purse and a felted soap on a rope.  But when we do it the layeres of felting really don't "felt" together.  We have tried adding more water and spendiing more time rubbing the wool roving during the projects but it just isn't happening.  Do we need more soap or a psecific type of soap (we used liquid dish detegent). Any tips from felters on what we might be doing wrong?  Here's one of the projects we worked on if it helps you see what we were trying to do:

http://thelittletravelers.type…..-soap.html

Thanks for any help!

Stevie

8:44 am
March 21, 2010


CindyP

Hart, MI

Admin

posts 7628

Well, I have never felted, but the felted soap on a rope is on my to-learn list!

This is a link to a series of videos that's in my bookmarks.  It goes through step by step precisely.  Roving in opposite directions in the layers, hot water, soap (she just uses the soap itself or dishsoap), light friction, then increased friction is all it seems to be.

http://www.ehow.com/videos-on_…..oap.html  (step#2 doesn't seem to work)

 

 

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7:57 pm
March 22, 2010


LauraP

Mighty Chicken

posts 110

Some types of wool felt better than others.  The problem could be with the wool and not your technique.


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