Mindless wet felting; playing with wool to create Spring blooms!
No real ‘method’ to my felting madness. Grab a wisp of this and that hand dyed wool roving, layering as you ‘stack’ colors. The more layers/wool, the thicker your finished piece.
If you’d like additional texture, add little pieces of scrap yarn or wool snippets to the mix, before felting. Working over the kitchen sink or dishpan, rub a little (hand made) soap onto your hands (or directly onto the wool). Alternate hot & cold water and a little rubbing action/elbow grease. An old vintage wash board works well and suits my purpose!
Blot with towel and air dry. Once dry, embellish with a few beads, buttons or embroidery stitches. Add a pin-back and viola!! Sweet blooms!!
Oh, happy day!
Lovely site, I want to make felt soap.
Hi Pauline! Thank you! Felt making is magical and wonderful… and really no tools required! Felting soap is very nice and a fun project! Have fun!!