[Nfb-krafters-korner] [Bulk] Re: felting
Denise Shaible
denise.shaible at att.net
Sun Nov 6 05:13:10 UTC 2011
Well, I like this idea but I really wanted to make my own. thanks Joyce for
giving me the idea about putting in a lining. I'm really trying to stay
away from 100% wool. that's why I asked about wool blends or using smaller
needles with regular yarn. It seems that there's no way around using wool.
I'll keep this idea of using an old sweater on the back burner for now.
thanks again.
Regards,
Denise
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Denise
I am a bit confused as you asked about purse making and felting. That is
why I explained how and what you do to felt things.
Now here is the easiest way to make a felted bag...
Go to the second hand type stores or tag sales, whatever. purchase
yourself a 100% wool sweater[guy's sweaters are great for this][dark colors]
and
toss it in your washing machine with jeans and then in the dryer. Sweaters
that have cables or patterns of stitches or colors work great. Now you
have a shrunk up sweater that is felted. This is where you use your
creativity. You want to cut this across the chest under the arm pit.. Now
you
have a tube shape. I am giving you directions to make a type of tote bag.
You want to sew right sides together that tube from side seam to side
seam.[that is of course if the sweater had side seams from waist band to
arm pit.
Once you get that seamed that is now the bottom of your bag. You can sew
it straight across or put corners to make the bottom rectangle or whatever
you want. The ribbed band becomes the top of the bag. It is a finished
edge so you can use a sleeve to make a handle or shoulder handle. You can
purchase leather type handles in Joann's or purchase by the yard finished
usually 1 inch wide or a little wider what they use for handles and it
comes
in colors. You can get nice large button and cord to close up this bag or
use some felted fabric from a sleeve and just baste a piece thru the top
area and use it as a draw string.
So there you go. You don't have to spend hours knitting and then felting.
You might even find one of those old sweaters in the house hopefully if
it doesn't have too many moth holes in it.
You can cut it up and make lots of sell phone bags. You can sew this by
machine, by hand with thread or yarn.
Ok there is a project for you.
Let me know what you did with this information.
Terry K. I hope you don't throw it on the fire to go up in smoke.
Joyce Kane
_www.KraftersKorner.org_ (http://www.krafterskorner.org/)
Blindhands at AOL.com
In a message dated 11/4/2011 4:06:13 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
denise.shaible at att.net writes:
Thanks for the information. I was hoping I wouldn't have to use 100%
wool.
Is there a wool blend that would work? Would using smaller needles create
the felting effect so that I don't have to use wool? Just wondering.
Thanks again.
Regards,
Denise
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From: Ohio Gardener
Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2011 6:47 PM
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Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] felting
Joyce,
I'd join the class if it was knitted on the KK, but I'm not ready to try
knitting needles again yet.
Ohio
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Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] felting
For felting you begin with a yarn that is 100% wool that gives you basic
washing instructions that say wash by hand in cold water and lie flat to
dry. Then you can hold other types of yarn along with this when you knit
or
crochet. You will actually create your project larger then needed as it
will shrink in size when you felt it. Don't worry about using fiber along
with the wool that will not felt. As Linda said it creates interesting
feeling fibers. As far as bags or purses or cell phone pouches they use
felting
a lot for these projects as the wool yarn does become a tighter weave due
to the felting. Think of a wool winter coat. The wool fiber is woven
tightly together to keep you warm and so the wind does not blow thru it.
Well
likewise when you felt a purse it tightens up the weave, it causes the
fiber to feel thicker so for a purse it makes it stronger and small
objects
will not work their way thru the weave.
I had taken a class a few years back and did a felted bag at a yarn shop in
town. We did use different types of yarn to be knitted along with our
100% wool. I used some fuzzy stuff, some other 100% wool dyed yarns and
some
lacey type of yarn. After I felted it it was such a unique tactle feeling
bag.
I have said maybe I would teach a felting class, but I have not done that
yet. So maybe if folks are interested I will do a class the beginning of
the year.
Let me know who might like to do it. The tough part is I don't have a
yarn shop in town any more so I don't know exact names of yarns to refer
you
to
trying out. I am sure we could find something up at Web's that we could
order if you can't find anything locally.
Joyce Kane
_www.KraftersKorner.org_ (http://www.krafterskorner.org/)
Blindhands at AOL.com
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