Wool felt can be used for applique.
How to felt wool in washing machine. When completely finished place in mesh laundry bag. Once you have your boiled wool item the size you want it - future washes should just be a regular wool wash or a rub through by hand to avoid further shrinkage. If you knit with different sized needles or knit more.
Put in your project to be felted and an old pair of jeans or a couple old bath towels for abrasive action. Heres how I do it in my front load washer. Now that we have that out of the way lets talk about how to feltboil wool.
Sarah White Fill your receptacle of choice with enough hot water to comfortably cover your soon-to-be-felted item as you swish it. Use the right tension and the correct needle size for felting. This treatment prevents the fibers from locking together and felting.
If your machine has an option to drain the machine without spinning use that but a gentle spin shouldnt be a problem. When the piece. Run a short cycle with hot water and a cold water rinse.
A teaspoon should suffice. 100 pure wool is better than. And a new FREE pattern exclusive for newsletters subscribers is coming soon using boiled wool.
Wash item then shake out and lay flat to dry. Its SALE time on Craftsy. Small pieces can be pre-washed by hand.