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Step 2Felting your sweater
Wash your sweater in hot water in your washing machine with detergent and a couple pairs of jeans to help agitate it. The hot water, detergent and agitation will cause the fibers in the sweater to bond and lock into each other. If your washer has an option for you to adjust the water level, then put it in the lowest level possible. If your washer is plain like mine, it doesn't really matter.
Once the washing is complete, you will notice that not only has the sweater shrunk, but the fibers of the sweater has matted together and that the sweater appears more fuzzy. If the fibers still don't look bonded and matted, you may have to wash your sweater again so that you can get a fairly tight fabric, and your sweater has shrunken considerably. Once you've felted your sweater, you will be able to cut into it without any fraying or unraveling.
Compare the 2 flowers below. One is more felted than the other.
If your sweater is not felting, then your sweater is probably the wrong kind of fiber, or you have a "washable" wool.
Once the washing is complete, you will notice that not only has the sweater shrunk, but the fibers of the sweater has matted together and that the sweater appears more fuzzy. If the fibers still don't look bonded and matted, you may have to wash your sweater again so that you can get a fairly tight fabric, and your sweater has shrunken considerably. Once you've felted your sweater, you will be able to cut into it without any fraying or unraveling.
Compare the 2 flowers below. One is more felted than the other.
If your sweater is not felting, then your sweater is probably the wrong kind of fiber, or you have a "washable" wool.
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