Curious about felting..

[daydreamer]

Do ya do it on teh rinse cycle?

[daydreamer]

I tried felting for the first time today. After an hour and a half of continual rinse and agitate cycles, the knitted bag pieces were still that, knitted bag pieces. I put them in with hot water and just a wee bit of soap. And I had heavy pants in their to help increase agitation. :thinking:

But......after a very long 90 minutes, I gave up. So now I have a sewed up bag that looks really raggedy and a strap that looks worn. They didn't felt all the way, but they look worn and old.

[knitqueen]

Are you certain that you used 100% wool, and not a superwash wool or wool blend with acrylic??

[daydreamer]

Um, what is superwash wool? ????????????

I used Red Heart Super Saver, since I've got a huge stash. I'd thrown away the labels, but from what I read, it didn't say super wash.

[MaryS]

I'm sorry daydreamer, :crying: but Red Heart Yarns are acrylic and won't felt.

For good wool to felt with, try Knitpicks Wool of the Andes.

There's a link to that site through the forum, and if you order through here it helps Amy out.

Felting won't work if the yarn isn't wool (or other animal fiber). :(

Mary

[MaryS]

Oh, and superwash wool is wool that's been treated to make it machine washable. It's great for socks! It also won't felt - but it also can be machine washed without turning into the incredible shrinking yarn

Mary

[daydreamer]

Ugh. That's a bummer. :crying: Any ideas on how to turn the worn-out looking bag pieces and strap into something else that actually loooks nice?

[knitqueen]

Are you still able to unravel it and just knit something else???

[daydreamer]

I'll try.