Yes indeed! It definitely requires more efforts with wet felt as we need to start from scratch. It will take at least 30 minutes just to make a piece of A4 paper-size of wool fabric. It starts from laying out the raw wool fibres evenly (minimum 4-6 layers), then wet felt with hot soapy water, then lots of rubbing in circular motion, & then rolling & rolling & rolling...BUT you know the material is natural & handmade from the beginning till the end. I truly enjoy the process of creation. As for commercial felt, they are not really made of wool. The one I use for the FELTasticFlower was made of recycle bottles! Well, it's still eco-friendly, but just doesn't feel the same :) Thanks Rachel~
Hey Ceci, will wet felt take longer/ more effort than cOmmercial wool!?
ReplyDeleteKeep it up, each of them is just so adorable. ;)
Rachel
Yes indeed! It definitely requires more efforts with wet felt as we need to start from scratch. It will take at least 30 minutes just to make a piece of A4 paper-size of wool fabric. It starts from laying out the raw wool fibres evenly (minimum 4-6 layers), then wet felt with hot soapy water, then lots of rubbing in circular motion, & then rolling & rolling & rolling...BUT you know the material is natural & handmade from the beginning till the end. I truly enjoy the process of creation.
ReplyDeleteAs for commercial felt, they are not really made of wool. The one I use for the FELTasticFlower was made of recycle bottles! Well, it's still eco-friendly, but just doesn't feel the same :) Thanks Rachel~