How to felt?

How-to Questions
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Hi!

I’m new to this site and I love it !!! :heart: :heart: :heart:

It’s so complete (I didn’t know so many techniques existed to cast on). I knit well but I realize that I still can learn stuff. I read all the post in “What’cha’knitting?” - many beautiful projects.

This is where I found out that people knit and felt. I love the bags and I want to knit a bag for halloween for my kids to put the candies in.

But I don’t know how to felt and I did a simple search but I didn’t get the step by step method and what type of wool you need …

Please be so kind to tell me where I can get a felt 101 explanation.

Thanks

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Here is a good article to get you started. The most important thing is that you use 100% wool yarn (animal fibers) no cottons, synthetics, or even a wool/synthetic blend, also nothing labeled ‘superwash’.

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look what I found … exactly what I wanted … the pattern of a “trick-or-treat halloween felted bag”

Here is the link http://cache.lionbrand.com/patterns/klw-trickOrTreatBag.html?noImages=

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thanks knitqueen for the information

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This one is also VERY cute. It is labeled as intermediate, I don’t know if you’re at that level or not but it would be just perfect for trick or treating.

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WOW !!! it’s very nice. I think i’m gonna make this one to hold the candies that I’m giving away to the children.

Thank you!

too little time, too many things to knit…

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The nice thing with felted knits is that they’re almost always done on large needles so the knitting part can go quite quickly. Good luck!!