How to Felt Acrylic Yarn

[Piper0110]

This came through on a few mailing lists I'm on. Thought I'd pass it on for a good laugh.

 

How To Felt with Acrylic Yarn

by Gail

 

List of Materials Needed:

 

1. Some acrylic yarn. Make sure it doesn't have any natural fiber

content in it whatsoever. That would be bad.

2. An oversized stock pot. The one you attempted to use to Brine your

turkey before you accidentally killed all your relatives will serve you

well here. Plus, it'll hide the evidence.

3. A blow torch.

4. An oven. Preferrably one that you don't plan on using much in the

future.

5. A welding sheild.

6. Some tongs.

7. Some leather gloves. Not the nice ones - the heat shielding kind.

 

Step 1:

 

Knit something out of that acrylic. Make it bigger than you want the

final results to be.

 

Step 2:

 

Drinking some alcohol is probably a good idea here.

 

Step 3:

 

Turn on the oven as high as it will go. Throw your knitted acrylic

garment into the oversized stock pot, and stick that in the oven. It is

a matter of great debate on whether or not you should add water - water

will probably slow the felting process, but may keep the yarn from

melting to the bottom of the pot. Maybe you should add some canola oil

or something.

 

Step 4:

 

Open a window. Take the batteries out of the fire alarm.

 

Step 5:

 

Check on your garment. If all is going well, it will become soft and

melty. With the gloves and tongs, coax it into the shape you want. You

may also want to stir it around to make sure that it isn't sticking.

 

Step 6:

 

Once your garment has shrunk down and appears to be the correct shape,

remove the stockpot from the oven. Throw a bunch of water into it. You

might want to put on the welders shield now. Then, with the tongs,

remove the item from the pot, and arrange it charmingly. You should no

longer be able to see individual stitches. You may find that your

garment is a bit inflexible - that is to be expected.

 

Step 7:

 

Once your garment has cooled, you can use the blow torch and tongs to

make any last minute adjustments, such as creating holes in your

slippers for the feet.

 

Step 8:

 

Enjoy your fabulous felted acrylic garment! Tune in next week where Gail

explains how to use flexible rods to keep your stockinette from curling!

[HollyM]

Hahahhaa!!!!!

I saw the subject and groaned, thinking it was going to be an actual question.

 

I love it

 

Holly

[Woven N Spun]

same here, Holly.

 

 

 

Hahahhaa!!!!!

I saw the subject and groaned, thinking it was going to be an actual question.

 

I love it

 

Holly

[Yarn Duck]

So funny! I saw this topic and was going to explain how there is no way to felt acrylic but I must say this method would probably work. Another way to accomplish the same thing would be to take the finished crocheted acrylic piece and set it on a hot stove eye. (Not saying I know this from experience but... )

[Deb]

I love the part where you *should probably add alcohol*!!!

 

Very funny. Thanks for sharing this!

[Julie]

I know just the person to read this - and no, there has been no acrylic felting attempts made (that I know of)!

[faithpa76]

[Katchkan]

:sofunny:eek I have never felted but feel sure I could do it now. :sofunny

Oh and I can dye that any color I want too, Right?

 

 

 

 

[CatsCradleCreations]

Here's another way to felt acrylic:

 

1. Get some 100% acrylic yarn (make sure that's what the label and the yarn manufacturer's website say it is!) and make sure your cats' claws are very sharp.

 

2. Place the yarn in a plastic bag with at least half a pound of catnip~~the fresher the better.

 

3. Crochet whatever you like while fending off your catnip-crazed cats.

 

4. Lock yourself away from your cats and finish your piece while your cats howl outside the door.

 

5. Making sure you don't weave in your ends, finish off.

 

6. Open your door just enough to throw your catnip-laced garment out and close it FAST!

 

7. Let your cats play with ONLY this piece until it's about the size you want it. This could take about a month, so plan accordingly.

 

8. Pick out as much of the cat hair as possible before giving this sweater away. Don't mention your felting process because you KNOW this person is allergic to cats...

 

Next week: Washing items in the toilet before giving them away.

[Brie]

Both of those are hilarious, but I gotta say I like Melissa's way better. So mean!

[noricum]

That's hilarious! (Although I think the alcohol is likely the first step...)