As sun poured in through the windows, I decided now was the time to get out our wet felting kits and get soapy! I know there are lots of tutorials on the internet about how to wet felt (there’s a lovely one here) but I decided to take the easy option and buy some kits at the same place I buy my wood roving. We’re really lucky here in Ottawa to have a diverse range of businesses and Wabi Sabi is one of my favourites. They sell beautiful wool, wool roving and all the supplies you could need. They also have some very cute kits, easy to pull out and know you have everything you need.
The process was really easy, wrap soap bar in lovely roving, wrap supplied piece of yarn around that to help hold it in place, then dip in a bowl of warm water. After that the instructions recommended using a ziploc bag to felt the soap in. I found this worked really well and helped prevent the soap whizzing off and frustrating small people. Mummy got involved helping with this part as it took about 10 minutes of rubbing to felt the soap which is a long time to little peeps.
The finished pebble of wool is so tactile I know there will be a lot more hand washing going on around here! The soap in the kit was more perfumed than I would usually buy so I’d definitely reserve it for hands only, but what could be more fun than lathering up with soft wool? Lovely. Now that we’ve worked through the process once I’d be confident doing it again and am thinking these would be great Christmas gifts that the boys could make themselves. Plus it’s an excuse to indulge my soap fetish an opportunity to purchase locally made products. Ahem.
What favourite wooly projects have you tried recently?
Emmalina and Her Unfeasibly Large Bonnet 