Felting Types

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Felting Fiber

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Making felt has evolved into a fun, creative process—quick and easy, too. All you need is a bit of wool, warm water, wool-safe soap, and some towels, and you're ready to start making cloth in one of the fastest, free form ways you can imagine.

A free ebook from Interweave provides the instructions and some projects to get you started with creating felted fiber. 

Show and Tell - March

Jeni V. is nearly finished with the toe-up socks she started with a friend,
Laura B. brought two gorgeous scarves that she spent countless hours
weaving, Nancy S. displayed her embroidery project started at the
January Guild meeting program, lead by Vicky B. 

Dana H. has been busy knitting slippers with liners as well as wool
moccasins. All the slippers have been felted.

Sandy W. has been experimenting with a drum carder with Briana F.
Sandy showed the group bag after bag of the soft, blended fiber.
Sandy also spun some of the batts into colorful yarn. The green skein
in the bottom left corner was plied from her wrist with the Andean
plying technique.

Linda W. admires the items that Dawn H. brought for the Guild display
at the Riverton Library. Many of the items were made from past Guild
classes - basketry, tatting, embroidery with mirrors to name a few.

Cinde P. brought two sweaters to show the members. She spun the wool
into yarn, dyed the red wool at the October 2016 Fiber Fest, and knit the
two garments. Cinde also had scarves and cowls, but she was too quick
for the photographer to capture them.

Colleen J. brought a crochet sampler scarf she's making and a pair
of knit socks. 

Mary H. has been busy making dresses for her granddaughter. The Easter
dress has a matching hat and under pants. The little sundresses are reversible.

How to Felt Crochet

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Why should knitters have all the fun felting items? Crochet items can also be felted. Interweave has a free ebook that explains the process and includes four free patterns for experimenting with felting crochet.

The link to the free ebook can be found on this Interweave post.

Show and Tell - January

close-up of the button made by Sali A. 

Show and Tell at the January meeting was packed with a wonderful variety of beautiful items. Our members have been busy and productive. Well done, ladies! This is a picture heavy post.

Whenever possible, the pattern links are given.

Briana F. knit a hat for her fiancé, Patrick

New member, Carrie J. shared a knit hat with "smocking" and a pair
 of mittens and liner knit as one piece, end to end , for double-thick wooly warmth.
The mitten pattern is called Karen

Cinde P. shared a white cowl with fringe, a sweater that she is not happy
with how it looks when worn, a market bag, and light-weight cowl.

Dana H. is knitting a hot pad cover

Dawna H. knit boot cuffs, a Christmas stocking, a linen stitch scarf,
and a mini stocking 

Other projects Dawna H. shared were a vest with lovely drape,
a beret/tam, some tin-can lid ornaments, and a mini stocking she
made for friend Christmas gifts

Jeni V. knit and wore My Friend Virginia capelet and shared a headband,
a knit and felted bubble bag with a long handle, and a cabled cowl

Julie W. knit a lacy diamond scarf, a Baltic Summer shawl/scarf, and is currently
working on a poinsettia shawl/scarf

Laura B. purchased the kit for her hand-knit and felted bag. She created an adjustable
i-cord handle for the bag. Laura spun the yarn and knit it into a lovely vest. 

Mary H. shared an auto trash bag that she made in class taught by Jeni V.
She showed the members an electronic tablet case she made out of
cork cloth. The cloth is made with a thin layer of real cork. Ask Mary for details.

Nancy S. wore the hand-knit shawl with a beaded bind off
The shawl's pattern was Sweet Little Nothing Shawl

Rachel B. is knitting a baby blanket.

Sali A. spun the thick and thin yarn for the coat that she crocheted.
Sali brought many cowls and scarves and a dog coat that she crocheted.

Sam G. designed and crocheted this sweet little doll

Sandy W. shared the baby booties she knit, the Year of Stitches project -
improvised embroidered design, a baby hat and mittens, and a knit and
felted bubble bag with a long cross body strap.

Sue O. brought some hot pads made with a Crohook, a crochet hook with
a hook on both ends. It creates a Tunsian crochet stitch with two colors
of yarn. Sue used a pattern she saw on this Guild blog post to make a
durable hot pad. Sue has been crocheting ditty bags with handles
 for a 2018 convention. She was asked to make 100 bags,
and she has 93 already made. 

Vicky B. knit a Sheep headband and a Project Peace Cowl. She also
presented the program at the January meeting on embroidery stitches.
Hopefully some of the Guild members will participate in the Year of
Stitches project.

Cinde P. brought a gift she received from a friend.
The bag is made from a zippered money bag.
Hopefully, Cinde will be able to have her friend present
a program on how to make the bag at a future Guild meeting.

Felting Sweaters

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Yesterday's post used felted sweaters to make cozy mittens.

Felting old sweaters for the mittens is easy and explained on this Stumbles and Stitches Felt Week post.

Go through the closet or storage bins and find sweaters (past their prime) to felt and let your imagination and creativity loose.

Sweater Mittens

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Turn an old, felted sweater into some cozy mittens for the cold weather that will be here in a few months.

A complete photo tutorial can be found on this Make and Do Crew's post.

March Show and Tell

Jeni V. is working on a Brickless shawl - a class recently
 taught by Vicky B. in Lander

Brenda H. shows her finished Brickless shawl started in Vicky B.'s class

Brenda H. is knitting washcloths with Scrubbie yarn

Colleen J. recently finished knitting a shawl and
shows the members how it will be worn.

Colleen J. finished a knit baby sweater

Colleen J. is using batts of wool to make chair
pads that are two layers thick. 

Katheryn E. also took the Brickless shawl class and proudly displays her
finished shawl. 

Sandy W. is spinning on a Turtle (Turkish) spindle.
She like the portability of the spindle. 

Sandy shows the members some yarn she recently spun and plied

Brianna F. started knitting a lace shawl. 

Cinde P. brought a knit poncho and cowl (lower right)  to show the members

Sali A. finished knitting a Ruana wrap

Cinde P. talks about a "new" knitting stitch she tried.

Cinde P. also finished two eternity scarves/cowls

Jeni V. displays a scarf she recently knit - a free pattern on Ravelry
Gallatin Scarf by Kris Basta