Thank you for your video Sara. I found out that there are two terms for different things, fulling and felting...I appreciate your fine and clear explanation. I have a beautiful Alpaca sweater that is too small for me now and so I'm going to make some socks for winter (and then apply leather/suede soles> I've done it in the past, (but i couldn't remember the exact instructions) using the sleeves as perfect tall socks. I hope this project goes as well as the last one. Thanks again
I just found your video as I prepared to shrink a sweater for felting. The sweater I found at our local goodwill was 100% Fine Merino Wool - marked as dry clean only. However after two attempts it has not shrunk! Have you ever used merino wool to felt - does it act differently than wool? Thinking maybe it was not true merino!
Goodwill is a second hand shop right? The previous owner probably washed it with normal clothes in warm cycles and maybe chucked it in the dryer too so it's already shrunk. Most people (myslef incl) dont bother drycleaning clothes marked "dry clean" because it's overly fussy. clothes aren't fine china, i just chuck em in the machine with the other fluffies on delicate.
Hi Gail, I strongly suspect that the sweater that wouldnt shrink was made using the latest technology which has invented a way to make 100 % merino sweaters suitable to go in a washing machine . They are brilliant and dont shrink.
Both of these replies could be right. Some of the new merino products have a ton of chemicals added to prevent shrinkage. Or, its been shrunk as far as it will go by someone before you. I do not do this to make felt for crafting, I intentionally buy my sweaters way too big and then full it by hand in a bucket. It makesthem way more durable.. Even once the elbows wear all the way through, they do not unravel if properly fulled. It also blocks wind very well, and if there is enough lanolin (easy to add more) they will actually shed rain to a surprising degree.
Thank you for your video Sara. I found out that there are two terms for different things, fulling and felting...I appreciate your fine and clear explanation. I have a beautiful Alpaca sweater that is too small for me now and so I'm going to make some socks for winter (and then apply leather/suede soles> I've done it in the past, (but i couldn't remember the exact instructions) using the sleeves as perfect tall socks. I hope this project goes as well as the last one. Thanks again
Great concise information, thx!!!!
Does it need to be 100% wool? I’m thinking yes?
Great information!!
I just found your video as I prepared to shrink a sweater for felting. The sweater I found at our local goodwill was 100% Fine Merino Wool - marked as dry clean only. However after two attempts it has not shrunk! Have you ever used merino wool to felt - does it act differently than wool? Thinking maybe it was not true merino!
Goodwill is a second hand shop right?
The previous owner probably washed it with normal clothes in warm cycles and maybe chucked it in the dryer too so it's already shrunk.
Most people (myslef incl) dont bother drycleaning clothes marked "dry clean" because it's overly fussy.
clothes aren't fine china, i just chuck em in the machine with the other fluffies on delicate.
Hi Gail, I strongly suspect that the sweater that wouldnt shrink was made using the latest technology which has invented a way to make 100 % merino sweaters suitable to go in a washing machine . They are brilliant and dont shrink.
Both of these replies could be right. Some of the new merino products have a ton of chemicals added to prevent shrinkage. Or, its been shrunk as far as it will go by someone before you.
I do not do this to make felt for crafting, I intentionally buy my sweaters way too big and then full it by hand in a bucket. It makesthem way more durable.. Even once the elbows wear all the way through, they do not unravel if properly fulled. It also blocks wind very well, and if there is enough lanolin (easy to add more) they will actually shed rain to a surprising degree.
@@tbrew8222wow, you should be making a video!