Step 1: Soaking wool roving in vinegar and water<\/p>\n
Step 2: Vinegar water is drained and dye is applied to the roving<\/p>\n Step 3:\u00a0 Wool is baked in a 350 degree oven for 45 minutes, then thoroughly rinsed and hung to dry.\u00a0 I was able to speed up the drying process using the sweater rack attachment for my dryer.\u00a0 I did 3 “colorways,” using different intensities of dye to get a range of colors.<\/p>\n Step 3a:\u00a0 Cuddle with lazy cat while batches of wool are baking.<\/p>\n Step 4:\u00a0 I took over our large dining room table to layout my felting supplies.\u00a0 I put a plastic drop cloth over the table, then a 5′ x 8′ rug pad, followed by a layer of silk organza and a layer of grey prefelt fabric.\u00a0 The rug pad helps agitate the fibers when rolling, which causes the multiple fabric layers to bind together.<\/p>\n Step 5: Tufts of roving are pulled of an placed on top of the prefelt, creating cloud-like shapes<\/p>\n Step 6: 2 hours later…<\/p>\n Step 7: A layer of netting is carefully placed over the roving to help keep everything in place.\u00a0 The entire piece is then liberally sprayed with warm soapy water and another piece of netting is rubbed in circles over the surface of the piece to being binding the fibers together.<\/p>\n Step 8: One the fibers have begun to felt, the entire piece (including the rug pad) is wrapped around a heavy cardboard tube and then rolled back and forth on the table for 10 minutes or so.\u00a0 The piece is then unrolled and rerolled in the opposite direction.\u00a0 The rolling continues to encourage the multiple layers to felt together.\u00a0 Once the felting process has started, the piece is removed from the tube and the rug pad, then rolled back up with the layers separated by the netting and tied.\u00a0 The roll is then placed in the washing machine on the gentle cycle.<\/p>\n Step 9: The fabric was unrolled, rerolled and run through the wash cycle 3 times to achieve sufficient felting.<\/p>\n Step 10: Find your kitten playing in your felting supplies<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 2. Problems<\/p>\n 3. Successes<\/p>\n 4. Schedule?<\/p>\n 5. Next Week?<\/p>\n 1. What did you do? Lots!\u00a0 Settle in for an in-depth picture tour of felt creation… Step 1: Soaking wool roving in vinegar and water Step 2: Vinegar water is drained and dye is applied to the roving Step 3:\u00a0 … Continue reading ![\"\"](\"http:\/\/blogs.discovery.wisc.edu\/wearablecomputing-13\/files\/2013\/12\/FeltSoak.jpg\")
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