To Felt Or Not To Felt

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Holly Arato MD — Mon, 09 May 2011 15:26:00 GMT

Sandi;

This may be way too late as I noticed the date on the blog was 2007 however I still think that my suggestion has merit.

We have indoor cats and outdoor barn cats (who actually have to work for a living!)

Our indoor cats love their felted cat beds. This was my solution to their sleeping on any felted item that they could get to.

I crochet the cats beds. Very easily by starting at the base center and circling my way out with single crochet until the diameter is 30-40% larger than I want it. (To account for shrinking during felting) Then I stay at that number of sticthes and single crochet up as far as I want to say 4-5 inches. If I am feelingin a decorative mood I may crochet a shelled edge on top which looks lovely when felted. Into the washing machine and then onto the soapstone slab in front of the woodstove and the cats are in them before they are even dry! Holly Arato MD

re: To Felt Or Not To Felt

Holly Arato MD — Mon, 09 May 2011 15:24:49 GMT

Sandi;

This may be way too late as I noticed the date on the blog was 2007 however I still think that my suggestion has merit.

We have indoor cats and outdoor barn cats (who actually have to work for a living!)

Our indoor cats love their felted cat beds. This was my solution to their sleeping on any felted item that they could get to.

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Martha Russell Hade — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 09:23:42 GMT

KD - you are a woman after my own heart! i love to knit and felt, and can't wait for my creations to come out of the wash - always a surprise. Now, if I could only write down what I'm doing so they'd come out the 2nd time around similiar!

AND, I adore cats, as much as they adore everything I'm doing - knitting, quilting, cooking, sleeping, reading...I rescue them, have 11! They just make me laugh, everything they do. The floral felted bag you're toting is beautiful! Do you have the pattern to share!

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Biedebach — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 15:36:25 GMT

Hi - Where can I locate the pattern for this fabulous floral felted bag ?

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markazo — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 14:04:08 GMT

i am looking for a crocheted cell phone pattern that was in a magazine a few years ago. you knit it then felt it. It was like a little purse. can't find the pattern, does anyone have one. It had a crocheted handle on it that buttoned on the side.

thanks

marlene

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CharleneL — Wed, 07 May 2008 12:13:17 GMT

Where can I get the pattern for the beautiful floral felted bag? Charlene

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CharleneL — Wed, 07 May 2008 12:12:16 GMT

If you cannot felt in a front loader, why not go to the laundramat? They have top loaders. Charlene

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arimaria — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 05:03:04 GMT

HI, does anyone know if patons inca felts? I guess i will have to knit a sample and give it a go. BTW I have a front loader and I have used it it to felt. iput it on a small cycle turn the temp right up and turn the spin OFF

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AnnJ — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 00:44:19 GMT

I'm wodering the same as Alice E.. I now have a front loading washing machine, and still want to felt. How do i do it? In the dryer maybe? Risky.

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AliceE — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 22:28:43 GMT

Hi felters! I want to know if it's just impossible to felt in a front loader, I'm having no success! What is the deal?!

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MargieK — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 01:15:00 GMT

Hi, Not sure where to post this question. I like felting, but wonder how you clean a felted project? The clogs especially. Sweaty feet, floor dirt..how do you wash them? Hand wash?
Do you wash them or just make new ones if they get too dirty to wear?
Margie

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LesleyP — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 21:28:26 GMT

I agree with her about felting. However, I have a different reason. I tried felting and I don't like it at the moment. Lesley

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IrmaP — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 16:01:20 GMT

I became so enamored of felting bags that I had to sell them during the Christmas holiday season last year. I had the fun of making them, then the gift of extra income to buy more yarn! Truly a win-win situation!! Go for it, you won't regret it. Knitpicker