How to make felt.

Step by step guide on how to do felting.

Equipment:

• Untreated natural died wool.
• A plastic tray.
• Bowl of boiling soapy water.
• Bubble rap.
• Friction proof mat.

How to make it.First take the untreated natural wool and gently take thin bits out and place them length ways in a tray. After you have done the bottom layer proceed to the next layer, do exactly the same thing but when you place the wool down width ways.
once you have done 3 or 4 layers you can then get your hot soapy water and pour it into the tray with your wool. Make sure all of the wool is wet, then get your bubble reap, place it on top of your wet wool and gently massage the bubble rap and the wool together.
After a while the wool should have moulded together, so when you pick it up it shouldn’t fall apart, if so get you friction proof mat and take your moulded together wool place it on the mat, get the bubble rap and start to massage again.
Soon the wool should start to get harder and you shouldn’t be able to pull them apart. Once you have done this, ring it out and set it down to dry for an hour.