Hi this is Sophie, I wanted to blog for my mom today. Here is how to make a wet felted scarf with yarn laid in it:
We started with handpainted merino roving and handspun yarn that I spun with my mom.
First you draft some roving. Drafting is when you pull gently on the roving. Lay down a thin, uneven batt. Our batt was 72″x10″.
Now lay down some loosely spun yarn.
Now lay down another layer of roving over the yarn. Then lay down a nylon screen.
Squirt hot water on your batt .
Put melted olive oil soap on your hands. Rub the batt under the screen until wet and soapy all over, take off the screen .
Then roll the batt up in bubble wrap, then roll it up in a towel and roll some more .
Then unroll it, and check on it .
Now that it is completely felted, full it as shown above. Lay down a towel before fulling. Fulling is when you throw your piece down from a high distance to finish the shrinkage . Our final piece was 47″x 7″.
Rinse out the soap and hang to dry.
YOU’RE DONE!
Hello Sophie!
Your tutorial is well-written and easy to understand–thank you. Your scarf turned out great, I love those shades of blue.
Beautiful! Those are some of my favorite colors. I love the idea of combining handspun yarn with roving
Hi Sophie! What a great use for your handspun yarn! The scarf is awesome!
fantastic tutorial, well done, the scarf looks lovely.
Well done, Sophie! Very good tutorial and the scarf is perfect! Monika
Sophie, I am very impressed. Congratulations from Potato.
I ve done something like this before and I find the results always so amazing. I ve done some pieces which now hang in my living room. Love them!
Love the colors you worked with!
Excellent tutorial, Sophie! Lovely colors, lovely yarn, and lovely scarf. Well done!
Hi Sophie. I’m really interested in learning felting. Thanks for your lovely pics and clear instructions.
thanks for the comments I agree I also did all the photographing.