Cloche Hat Tutorial | My Magic Mom. February 23, 2011 I made a second hat in order to do this tutorial. I made the gray hat from a wool blazer and the second hat (shown above), I fashioned from a pair of wool pants. Felting Wool To make the hat, you first have to felt the wool. Felting is easy. When you take it out of the dryer, it will look like it may fit a 3 year old! Cutting and Sewing the Hat Now that you have your felted wool, it’s time to cut out some pattern pieces. Cloche Hat Pattern Open the pattern and print the pieces. Cut 6 hat pieces and 1 brim piece from your felted wool. Take 2 of the triangular hat pieces and place them with right sides together. Take a 3rd triangular piece and stitch it to the other two so you have half of the hat completed. Repeat the process with the other three triangular pieces so now you have two halves of the hat. Figure out what you want you to be the front of the hat and pin the brim along the bottom edge. Stitch the brim using a 1/4 inch seam allowance.
Finishing the Hat. Alaska Crafter: Felted Sweater Socks Tutorial. Today marked the first launch of a Q&A style column I'm calling I'll-Ask-A-Crafter (get it, Alaska Crafter : I'll-Ask-A Crafter - yes, I know I'm a dork). And the first two questions I answered were about sweater socks and crocheting boyfriends- what fun! In the article I explain how to make these socks- super-quick felted footwear for lounging around the house. I originally posted about these socks over at the Craft Addicts page.
Then I wanted to make a second pair and make them long enough for tucking into Xtra-tufs, so I modified the design a bit, and now have a new tutorial featuring the socks pictured below. So, check out the tutorial after the jump or go here for the shorter version! Tutorial: From Sweater Sleeves to Socks For these socks I used a 50% wool, 50% acryclic sweater. Tools: sweater, scissors, sewing machine with thread. pins Start with a cozy sweater you find. Pull the arms onto your legs like socks and figure out how long you want your socks to be. SewUseful Recycled Sweater Flower Pin / Brooch. How to Felt Sweaters. June 23rd, 2008 Email 168 users recommend A whole lot of felted sweaters, ready for crafting!
Read the label when you shop for thrift-store sweaters. Only animal fibers will felt. Photos by Diane Gilleland Some sweaters are thin and drapey after felting, and some are very thick. The sweater on the left is not felted. This is a great time to find sweaters in your local thrift store - lots of people are putting away their winter clothing and getting rid of some pieces. It's quite easy to felt a sweater, really - just run it through your washer with hot water and soap, and then through your dryer. Protect your washer! By the way, it's best to do your felting in a top-loading washer. Be sure to protect your dryer, too - clean the lint trap frequently. Begin with animal fibers. How do I know it's felted? - Did the sweater shrink significantly? - Can I still see the texture of the knitted stitches? It's not an exact science.
The web is full of project ideas for felted sweaters. Felt Your Sweater!: A Felted Wool Tutorial. Wherever you might normally stand on the felt controversy, I think that we can all get behind the claim that felted wool? Is awesome. Felted wool has all the benefits of wool for crafting–it’s sturdy, can be shaped, holds a dimensional structure well, is durable, and has an appealing texture–and has the eco-friendly attributes of being natural and second-hand. As part of my green crafting manifesto, I do not buy new things, nor do I intentionally buy products exploitative of the world’s creatures (please, don’t ask me about glue!)
, and yet when I buy a wool sweater from the Goodwill Outlet Store, I don’t have to worry about whether or not the wool has an organic certification, or about the high price of organic wool. I just think, “Yay, recycling!” And yet, the wool sweater you take home from the thrift store requires some work before it becomes that versatile wool felt. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Now that you’re finished, make cupcakes! About the Author. Refashioning Sweaters - Part 1. If you haven’t already noticed, I am passionate about wool and it’s amazing ability to transform into beautiful and versatile fabrics. Whether it’s felted (fibers bonded together creating an unconstructed fabric) or fulled (washing/shrinking/matting a constructed fabric such as a knit or woven) the result is an extremely versatile fabric. It can be steamed and shaped into infinite forms. It’s soft and takes color beautifully. It’s a very forgiving medium that has so many creative applications.
I’d like to write a bit about how to select the best pre-loved sweaters and how to full them for repurposing. 1) Selection: Whether digging through your closet or a thrift store, look first for 100% wool sweaters. Think about what you might want to make out of the sweater. If you’re unlucky, you’ll buy a sweater with high hopes of felty fuzzy goodness that doesn’t change a bit in the washer….what’s up with that? 2) Fulling: Wash the sweater(s) in the washing machine on the hot cycle with detergent. ★ Fun SWEATER Crafts! How to Make New Things From Old Sweaters | Recycling | Fashion | Sewing ★ Sweaters are a wardrobe staple in most countries, but once they are outgrown, are accidentally shrunk, go out of fashion or get a hole in, they are often thrown out.
This is particularly a problem with today's disposable fashion culture, but there are soooo many ways you can re-use a sweater that after you've read this page, you'll never throw one out again! I am a knitter but my favorite thing about sweaters is that they provide a great piece of knitted fabric without me putting in the hours to knit it - after all, you can't just go out and buy a yard of knitted material at a fabric store. And also you will find some sweaters that just have really fantastic patterns like fair isle or Christmas designs, as well as interesting textures like bobbles, cables and ribbing that you can't find ready-made elsewhere.
So I like to make good use of these attributes by making them a feature when the sweater is revamped. Pomander Tutorial. I’ve got a little treat for you today…a tutorial for making a felted wool pomander! (Remember these little rosettes? I’ve been staring at them trying to envision them in a project. I was thinking how cute they would look all bunched up close together.) I’ve used felted wool sweater scraps, but I think it would also look nice with wool craft felt and other fabrics.
Coupla’ things to mention here. A note about my process: I tutorialize on the fly…that is, I photograph new projects as I make them for the very first time…just in case they turn out! For example, take the styrofoam ball. Oh yeah, and one more tip to add to the tutorial. Whaddya think, are you going to try it? This work by Betz White is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License.
I Heart Fake Food Tutorials. Resweater. Number 19. Felted Fox Bag I have this thing about foxes: I find them awfully cute and have been meditating about how I could make a fox inspired bag. So this is the result of hours drawing cute fox pictures and finding photos on Google. This is another free pattern for a felted crochet bag, – again with Plötulopi yarn from Istex, which felts really great. Materials Yarn Istex Plötulopi, 100% wool unspun, 100g-3,53 ounces/300m-328 yards. 2 skeins in heather (brown), 1 skein in white and 1 skein in dark brown. You can also use leftover yarn from your stash that felts well for the white and dark brown colour. Hook 8mm US: L Tapestry needle and sewing needle Sewing thread in heather 1 Snap Button 2 Enamel pearls in black Glue Finished size Width 27 cm/10½ inches, height 18cm/7inches after felting.
Skill Level Beginner Gauge 10cm x 10cm, 4inch x 4inch = 8,5 stitches x 5 rows Pattern The bag is worked with 2 strands of yarn held together. Front Panel Chain 20 with heather coloured yarn. Back Panel Row 24 As row 23. Ears. YouTube. Felting Videos | Needle Felting Videos | Needle Felting Kit | Needle Felting Wool | Needle Felting Instructions. LIVING FELT Felting Supplies And Needle Felting Supplies.