Patons Classic Wool
Learn to Felt Instructions
Important to know before felting:
• It is important to record all the measurements and
changes before and after felting. You will be able to
either adjust or repeat the method to produce reliable
and consistent results.
• Always test a sample. Different colored yarns may felt
differently. Some colors have to undergo the felting
more than once in order to achieve the desired result.
• As yarn will be going into very hot water, colorfastness
can be affected. Again, testing a sample will give
you an indication of how the color will be affected in
very hot water.
• Any knitting that has been properly felted will have a
distinct texture. The knitted piece becomes very dense
and matted. This will be one of the key criteria for determining
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Felting:
• Put knitted pieces in top-loading washing machine. Using low
water level, run a Hot/Cold cycle for 5-15 min. Put in a pair of
jeans or large towel (in non-interfering color) for extra agitation.
• Add 2 tablespoons of baking soda for a small load. After one
cycle, check for size. Repeat as necessary.
• Run through the rinse and spin cycle.
• Lay felted piece on a dry towel, away from heat or sunlight.
• Shape piece to correct measurements.
• Allow to dry thoroughly. Do not use a clothes dryer.
• If an edge ripples, baste a thread through the edge and gather
in. Remove the thread after the felting is dry.
Based on our calculations:
• After felting, the sample is approx 85% of the width and
75% of the length of the knitted sample before felting.
Aftercare:
• You have spent a lot of time and care completing this Needle
Case through its knitting and felting stages. A little thought to its
aftercare will ensure that you will have this beautiful felted
Needle Case for many years to come.
• After you have put it through the felting process, you may
think that it has gone through the most vigorous and tortured
wash that knitted yarn could ever endure. Now you assume that
you can throw that felted item into the hot wash cycle along
with your sheets. Do not do it! Treat your newly felted item with
caution and care in order to avoid further distortion or shrinkage.
• Felted handknitting can always be improved by brushing.
• Even a slight pressing will give a smoother appearance to felted
fabric. Always press lightly using a steam iron and a damp
cloth. Never press down on the fabric but hold the iron just
above the fabric.
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Felted Knitting Needle Case
MEASUREMENTS
Approx 12 ins [30.5 cm] wide x 15 ins [38 cm] long.
MATERIALS: Patons Classic Merino Wool (100 g/3.5 oz)
00224 (Grey Mix)
or 00225 (Dk Grey Mix) |
3 balls
3 balls |
Size 5 mm (U.S. 8) knitting needles, or size needed to obtain
tension. Embroidery floss. Beads. 5/8 inch [1.5 cm] ribbon 24
ins [61 cm] long.
TENSION
19 sts and 25 rows = 4 ins [10 cm] in stocking st.
INSTRUCTIONS
Needle Case
Cast on 82 sts.
Proceed in stocking st (knit one row, purl the next row) until
work from beg measures 36 ins [91.5 cm], ending with RS facing
for next row. Cast off.
Piece for Flower Motifs
Cast on 35 sts.
Proceed in stocking st until work from beg measures 7 ins [18
cm]. Cast off.
FINISHING
Felt all pieces. Felted “Needle Case” should measure approx 14
ins [35.5 cm] wide x 27 ins [68.5 cm] long.
Felted “Piece for Flower Motifs” should measure approx 6 ins
[15 cm] wide x 5¼ ins [13 cm] long.
Cut Needle Case 25 ins [63.5 cm] long x 12 ins [30.5 cm] wide.
Fold up bottom 10 ins [25.5 cm] to form a pocket. With embroidery
floss, blanket st along sides and top of Case, working
through both thicknesses where necessary.
Mark center of pocket. With embroidery floss, sew through both
thicknesses from bottom to top of pocket along center line. Rep
stitching 2 ins [5 cm] apart on both sides to form slots for knitting
needles.
Trace and cut 2 Big and 1 Small Flower Motifs.
Sew Flower Motifs in position. Decorate with beads as shown in
picture.
Fold Needle Case in half lengthwise. Wrap ribbon around Case
and tie as shown in picture. Tack ribbon to Case if desired.
Enlarge diagram 300%
to make actual size
Flower Motifs.
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