Felted Wool
#4
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Join Date: Apr 2017
Location: Gilbert, AZ
Posts: 985
Felting is very easy. I wash in hot water in washing machine with a small amount of detergent, then dry in hot dryer. Most items shrink considerably. Now you can cut your felt with no fraying. Occasionally it takes 2 washes.
#5
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Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Posts: 1,012
I have a top loader, but one without an agitator. I cannot felt in it the way I used to in my old washer. Evidently the agitation is a big part of the process. The last project I did had to be felted in a pot on the stove using a potato masher to agitate. I won't be doing that again. Maybe I should have just put it into the dryer and dried it until it was the correct size. It was a hat, and I was afraid it would shrink too much.
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