Felting Instructions
1) Place your finished felted item in a lingerie bag. You can get these at your favorite discount store. These are the nylon mesh bags that usually have a drawstring closure. Felt separate pieces separately. For example: if you have a purse and a purse handle that need to be felted, felt them in separate bags. This will prevent any parts from adhering to each other. You want to felt items in a bags vs alone to keep any loose parts from wrapping themselves into washer parts. **I have felted successfully using both a top load and a front load washer, although I’ve had customers who have had different felting experiences with front load washers, including having to run their item thru the cycle twice & limited felting.
2) Set your washer cycle to ‘normal’ (NOT delicate/knits/etc) and HOT water. The felting process requires both heat and agitation.
3) Start your washer. My suggestion is to check on the felting progress every 10-15 minutes or so. The felting process is not always even; meaning: there may be a 15 minute session where limited felting occurs, and another 15 minute session where LOTS of felting occurs. With felting, what you see is what you get, so you are looking for the appearance, size, and density that you want. The longer you felt the smaller and more dense your project will be.
4) I elect to take my project out after some minimal spinning has occurred; I like to have the machine use the spin cycle to remove some of the water. Once you remove your item, shape it while drying. You can shape a bag, for example, by placing it over a similarly shaped plastic container, or place a shoebox in a plastic grocery bag and use that. Shape the item as you want it to be shaped when complete.
5) Let the project air-dry.
Ta-Da! Felting completed!
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