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Posted by Jackie on Sun Oct 22, 2006 3:16 AM Post subject: Re: OT - sorta maybe
How well would this work to create felted mittens? How hard is the felted fabric to cut and sew? Thanks -- Jackie
Olwyn Mary wrote: [quote:1c8e3f5e8b]hesira wrote: I have a question for you and anyone else who may care to answer. I
have several cashmere sweaters that have seen better days. Could I felt the entire sweater and then cut the fabric and
make it into something? How exactly do you go about that? Would I have to stuff the wet felted thing so the fronts and
backs didn't stick together? Has anyone felted cashmere before? TIA Hesira Sure you can. In fact, I just got home
from the church rummage sale with a bag full of assorted sweaters, some cashmere, some lambswool, some just "100%
wool". I toss them into the washer, hot wash, cold rinse, el cheapo harsh detergent, then into the dryer on hot.
I do sort them into darks and lights, because you never know what will bleed color. I had one burgundy sweater which,
after a few washings, became a lovely pale pink. I keep on washing and drying until they have shrunk as much as they
are going to, and discharged all the dye they are going to, then just use them as yard goods. One year I made
mother/daughter vests for dd and dgd, just cut out the pattern in dark shades, then cut out flowers in pale colors and
sewed them on. The handbags I make are always popular with the recipients, and last year I made felt slippers for ds
and dsil which were also well received. Go ahead and play!! Olwyn Mary in New Orleans -- Posted via a free Usenet
account from http://www.teranews.com[/quote:1c8e3f5e8b]
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Posted by Olwyn Mary on Sat Oct 21, 2006 10:40 PM Post subject: Re: OT - sorta maybe
hesira wrote: [quote:d31839ca87]I have a question for you and anyone else who may care to answer. I have several
cashmere sweaters that have seen better days. Could I felt the entire sweater and then cut the fabric and make it into
something? How exactly do you go about that? Would I have to stuff the wet felted thing so the fronts and backs didn't
stick together? Has anyone felted cashmere before? TIA Hesira [/quote:d31839ca87] Sure you can. In fact, I just got
home from the church rummage sale with a bag full of assorted sweaters, some cashmere, some lambswool, some just
"100% wool". I toss them into the washer, hot wash, cold rinse, el cheapo harsh detergent, then into the
dryer on hot. I do sort them into darks and lights, because you never know what will bleed color. I had one burgundy
sweater which, after a few washings, became a lovely pale pink. I keep on washing and drying until they have shrunk
as much as they are going to, and discharged all the dye they are going to, then just use them as yard goods. One year
I made mother/daughter vests for dd and dgd, just cut out the pattern in dark shades, then cut out flowers in pale
colors and sewed them on. The handbags I make are always popular with the recipients, and last year I made felt
slippers for ds and dsil which were also well received. Go ahead and play!! Olwyn Mary in New Orleans -- Posted via
a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com
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Posted by hesira on Sat Oct 21, 2006 3:27 AM Post subject: Re: OT - sorta maybe
Hi Shelagh, Great haul! The handbag sounds lovely. I have a question for you and anyone else who may care to answer.
I have several cashmere sweaters that have seen better days. Could I felt the entire sweater and then cut the fabric
and make it into something? How exactly do you go about that? Would I have to stuff the wet felted thing so the fronts
and backs didn't stick together? Has anyone felted cashmere before? TIA Hesira Shillelagh wrote:
[quote:a228ddb89a]Hi gang Just got back from the city and shopping at my favourite "boutique".... Value
Village. I found a fabulous navy pure wool London Fog winter coat for $40. Just like new, and happily - a petite -
which means not having to shorten it.(gotta love that) I also found 3 wool sweaters which I intend to felt and make
into something. One sweater which is a soft grey with pearls all over it will become an evening bag. The other two -
I'll have to wait for the felted fabric to speak to me and tell me what they want to become. I'll keep you posted with
pictures (grin). Shelagh[/quote:a228ddb89a]
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Posted by Shillelagh on Wed Nov 08, 2006 5:11 PM Post subject: Re: Stitches East 2006
"DA" <noone@nowhere.com> wrote in message news:keCdnQLsrqRiUszYnZ2dnUVZ_ridnZ2d@giganews.com...
[quote:00ee82d40c]Did anyone else attend Stitches this year? Of the 15 that I have attended, this one was the best. So
much great yarn, it was hard to resist temptation. 10 hanks of hand dyed cashmere, two hanks of hand dyed angora, enough
Prism Wild Stuff for two sweaters and a couple of bags of Berroco yarns managed to follow me home, along with a stack of
books and patterns. It is nice to see what fellow knitters are doing. DA [/quote:00ee82d40c] Oh drool........... I'd
really like to go to a Stitches West, just because it's somewhere warm. Your purchases sound wonderful and I wish you
many days of feeling them up, and then knitting them (laugh). As an aside - the weather here today stinks. It's grey,
dreary and rainy, everything is brown and ugly, and it's getting to me. I think I'm going to go back to bed and pull
the covers over my head. But on the bright side - one of my knitting groups is meeting tonight in a book store, so I'm
really looking forward to it pulling me out of my purple funk (smile). Shelagh
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Posted by DA on Wed Nov 08, 2006 1:39 PM Post subject: Stitches East 2006
Did anyone else attend Stitches this year? Of the 15 that I have attended, this one was the best. So much great yarn,
it was hard to resist temptation. 10 hanks of hand dyed cashmere, two hanks of hand dyed angora, enough Prism Wild
Stuff for two sweaters and a couple of bags of Berroco yarns managed to follow me home, along with a stack of books and
patterns. It is nice to see what fellow knitters are doing. DA -- Never say die. I've tried, and it doesn't actually
make people die.
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