Heart-FELT Slippers: Intro to Felting

Wool is already incredible in so many ways; it is warm, water resistant, highly insulating, and durable. But it has one more amazing capability: felting.

Felting is every garment-knitter’s worst nightmare! Under the right circumstances, however, it can create a highly durable, structured, and functional fabric. Come join us for a few sessions to learn that it’s easier than it seems!

Together, we’ll felt some gauge swatches, knit a pair of slippers, and then felt them! You’ll learn how felting works including how to choose the right yarn, how to predict the size of your finished object, and how to actually felt your project.

Objectives:

• Learn how to felt a gauge swatch
• Knit slippers 
• Felt slippers
• Education on felting and superwash/NSW wool

Prerequisites:  Pattern-dependent. This class is not a learn-to-knit class, it is a learn-to-felt class. Students should already be confident in the skills required by their chosen pattern. There will be assistance available from the instructor if necessary.

Materials Required: 

• Pattern
• Gauge swatch or 2 (bring to 1st session)
• NSW (non-superwash) yarn in the proper weight
• All supplies called for by the pattern

Pattern: Here are some options!

• Vinterblomst Slippers
• Sailor Slippers
• Felted Clogs (will require soles)
• Women’s Felted Slippers
• Wool Felted Slippers

When: 11/28, 12/5, and 12/19 (Saturdays) 1:30-3:30

• 11/28 - Instruction + Felting gauge swatches
• 12/5 - Help Session + KAL time
• 12/19 - Felting Party!!!