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| msdoolittle |
Posted - Dec 19 2010 : 6:47:34 PM
I just finished my first attempts at felting using a thrift store sweater. I have a front loading washing machine, so felting is a bit more difficult for me :0) I finished felting by hand with one of my old washboards. I made 2 pair of slippers, a purse and a cat toy. Not bad for a 3.99 sweater!
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| Beverley |
Posted - Dec 20 2010 : 9:44:51 PM
Since you are felting the sweater I just throw them into the dryer too. they may shrink a bit more, but you really can't hurt it...heheheehe
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| msdoolittle |
Posted - Dec 20 2010 : 9:41:16 PM
Lol! I can't typically wear wool...I find it faaaar too itchy, so I've never accidentally shrunk a sweater. It was amazing how much this sweater shrunk, though. I measured it before and after.
Beverley, I want to make some mittens, too. They are sooo cute. I got a really big mohair/angora hot pink sweater that I can't wait to shrink and cut up! Maybe some mittens??? lol.
I was surprised at how much you can create out of a single man's sweater. Granted, it was a biiiig sweater beforehand. I am making my DH some slippers (size 13) out of the sleeves. I will post pics on my blog sometime. they are taking forever to dry, so it will be a while.
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| Beverley |
Posted - Dec 20 2010 : 6:35:52 PM
cool!!! I love to felt whether it is from stuff I knit or from sweaters I buy. you can make so many things. mittens are so warm from a felted sweater. the warmest ever!!!! keep having fun!!!!
Folks will know how large your soul is by the way you treat a dog....Charles F. Doran
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| graciegreeneyes |
Posted - Dec 19 2010 : 7:54:11 PM
Wow - that's some mileage out of one sweater! I have only felted stuff that I have specifically knitted for that purpose, oh and I guess a couple of sweaters inadvertently when I was first learning to do laundry.
Amy Grace
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