A Slipper Debacle!
Friday, February 9th, 2007Tags: In Progress, Slippers, Socks
Here is slipper #1, before felting.
Modelled against my foot:
Slippers after “felting”:
AUGH!
I must have followed the directions wrong, or my washer wasn’t vigorous enough. It had better not be acrylic… 
Oh yeah, and check out these socks!
Hehe, I just bought a pair of socks like that this past weekend. Oh no … the slipper doesn’t look right does it? You don’t have the label? Do the match test on what’s leftover to determine if it’s acrylic. Or it might even be superwash wool and therefore … never felt!
Comment by Rhonda the StitchingnutFebruary 9, 2007 @ 11:30 am
What yarn did you use? If the wool still has lots of lanolin in it prepared for the felting after 5-6 trips through the washer.
Comment by TeresaFebruary 9, 2007 @ 7:25 pm
run it through the washer a time or 2 more. with a dash of laundry soap and an old towel or jeans on the hottest water setting you’ve got with a minimum water capacity. If the stitch definition doesn’t start disappearing, you will know that the felting is not to be….
Comment by CarolFebruary 9, 2007 @ 9:21 pm
Just find someone with giant feet! Love the socks!
Comment by CarolFebruary 9, 2007 @ 10:23 pm
Sadly, every time I wash it costs me $1.75. Maybe I can just happen to be by when the beau is doing his laundry… He’s got free laundry in his basement, and I am jealous.
Comment by EveFebruary 10, 2007 @ 11:45 am
Yikes! What yarn was that??
LOVE the sheep socks.
Comment by ChrisFebruary 12, 2007 @ 4:40 pm
I don’t know if you have a Kitchen Aid, but my friend and I found that the dough-hook in the kitchen aid works well for felting small objects like socks and swatches.
Comment by WhichyFebruary 14, 2007 @ 8:14 am