What a bummer

[Kymberlina]

Alright, so I decided yesterday that I would try my hand at this felting business. I thought AJ's wrist bag would be a good canidate for a first attempt. So I worked one up with a K hook using some wool yarn I had around lying around. Once I was done I went online to read up more about felting before I actually took the plunge and put it in the washer. During my research I came across a little ditty of information stating that superwash wool is pretreated for the washing machine and should not be used for felting. Be it my luck, I just spent most of the day working up this dang bag in...Superwash Wool! I guess I could still use the bag but it's alittle too big and would probably stretch if I put stuff in it. I could probably still try to felt it, but I have a feeling that it would be a lost cause. I guess I'll have to make up another one using some cotton yarn. I just wish I did more thorough research before actually making it. Oh well! Thanks for letting me vent.

[PJ]

Oh, that stinks!

 

I'm glad you vented though; I didn't know that and probably would've gone through the same thing at some point.

[noricum]

Don't use cotton yarn... that doesn't felt either.

[deneen]

I would try it anyway and run it through a few times.

[Kymberlina]

Andrea, I wasn't going to felt it with the cotton. I'm just gonna give up on the felting for now until I can get some wool that will felt.

[RebeccaVelasquez]

super wash wool absolutely will NOT felt. been there, tried that....

you may remember a while back about the red beaded yarn i spun?

didn't realize the roving was superwas until i RUINED the project entirely. all that work- UGH!! i know it says this stuff is washable... but it pills rather easily, of course i suppose that could also be the result of rather loosely spun yarn because i had intended on a tight fulling from the very beginning..... sigh.

i'm sorry it's not going to work out for you

do you not feel it's froggable? also, lining it will stop any stretching

it may not be a complete loss

[smyz64]

Boy, I'm glad I saw this before running out and buying wool yarn for a pattern I just spent $19 on!

[DesertCrocheter]

I'm about to start my first fulling project. You need 100% wool, right? I hope soo--I bid on some lovely 100% wool on ebay--something like 5 lbs of it! It's a lovely color even if it doesn't full, but that was what I was hoping to use it for.

 

TIA for any tips,

 

Patty

[Julie]

100% wool, definitely. But even 100% wool can be superwash wool. Check to be sure before you start!

[noricum]

Andrea, I wasn't going to felt it with the cotton. I'm just gonna give up on the felting for now until I can get some wool that will felt.

Oops, okay, I misread.