Having read about and admired a knitting pattern for felted slippers, aptly titled
French Press Felted Slippers, I decided to give it a try. This pattern is one of the cutest examples of felted footwear I've seen and I had to try it. I used wool that I reclaimed by raveling a sweater I purchased at the Salvation Army. A huge sweater. Size XL and a tunic style to boot. I have a gigantor ziploc bag full of skeins of wool from this sweater, and for these slippers I used only a small percentage. But, my felted slipper career is still just getting started...
Anyway, this is what the felted slippers look like
before felting:
They look like something Sasquatch could wear.
But, after throwing them in the washing machine in a zippered pillowcase with some towels and hot water and detergent, and agitating for about 18 minutes, they came out looking like this:
Or this:
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2 comments:
Hello. Very clever, indeed, and very nicely constructed and felted.
I have a group photo of fibrecrafting friends wearing their oversized beanies. They look comical in the photo, as the beanies (before felting) came right down to their shoulders, obscuring their heads.
Everything was set to right once the felting process was finished; beanies sat prettily on heads, and smiley faces posed for the camera.
ahh, so cute.
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