lately Ash has been squeezing into last year's pair to do her slip-slide-spin dance moves and you know it's kind of cramping her style. plus, it's getting chilly around here and when you have no carpet in your house, like us, you need some good slippers. so yesterday evening i did a little research and decided to combine this idea from Martha plus this pattern (pattern II) i found for free. i was pretty excited to try it out. see, i was given a new sewing machine for my birthday (it's so quiet and smooth) and luckily i still had an old yellow ocher (my favorite color) sweater that i accidentally felted and could never part with (the perfect material to work with) and what do you know? my idea actually worked, Ash digs the slippers, i finally got to use my felted sweater, and this new sewing machine is awesome. while i could be better rested, i couldn't be more pleased. ding! (sparkle).
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These are so cool. This is definitely a project I will want to take advantage of when Ollie is ready to slip and slide on the kitchen floor. And can I ask, how does one "felt a sweater"?
hey Ash, here is a paraphrased version of the How To Felt Wool instruction from Martha Stewart:
When wool is washed and dried, it is transformed:The fibers pull together to produce the soft, thick fabric we call felt. This is unintentional, of course. But you can shrink a sweater on purpose -- one that's old, with holes or stains, perhaps -- turning it into a medium that's wonderful for crafting. This is comforting news. After all, who doesn't have a few woolen sweaters that, though no longer worn, are too dear to part with? Gather these, or buy sweaters from a thrift shop, and use them to create cozy felt mittens, stuffed animals, and other keepsakes and gifts.
To begin, machine-wash a woolen garment in hot water, and toss it in a dryer set to a high temperature. (You may need to wash and dry it more than once. If you can snip the fabric with scissors and it doesn't fray, it's felted.) Then it's a matter of cutting out shapes and stitching pieces together.
http://www.marthastewart.com/article/one-of-a-kind-woolen-gifts
Those are much cuter then the ones they sell at our farmers market. And peeps pay big bucks for those too.
Beauty! Love it. My friend Kel is so talented.
You are truly amazing Kel, I must say. You could just about whip up anything you wanted couldn't ya? :) That's swell, you got a new machine. Yeah!
Wow, these are so adorable!
I agree with all posters to date. Very cute. I'll let you know how my attempt for the Halloween costume goes.
and those are cute tiny little feeties too.
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