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Online instructions can also be printed out at home. | A few more home made samples. Great for using up merino scraps. | Cornish seaside theme I made fluffy batt in ocean colours and added merino tops in gold for the sand and turquoise for that special Cornish light. |
Online instructions can also be printed out at home.
A few more home made samples. Great for using up merino scraps.
Cornish seaside theme
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The Kit contains The kit contains bar of soap, fluffy wool batting for the base layers, coloured wool rovings for design | You will need Bowl or jug, warm water, Old pop sock or netting from tangerines or satsumas, | The batting in this picture is the purple wool, The rovings are the differnet coloured wool fibres. |
The Kit contains
You will need Bowl or jug, warm water,
The batting in this picture is the purple wool,
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Take the fluffy batting and wrap one layer around the soap bar tightly.Take the fluffy batting and wrap one layer around the soap bar tightly. | Wrap the soap in first layer of batting Take the fluffy batting and wrap one layer around the soap bar tightly. | Second layer of battingNow wrap a second layer of the fluffy batting around the soap at 90 degrees to the first layer. Again, tightly. |
Take the fluffy batting and wrap one layer around the soap bar tightly.
Take the fluffy batting and wrap one layer around the soap bar tightly.
Wrap the soap in first layer of batting
Second layer of batting
Now wrap a second layer of the fluffy batting around the soap at 90 degrees to the first layer. Again, tightly.
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Totally cover the soap in 2 good layersTotally cover the soap so no edges appear through the wool batting. The layers should be at least half an inch or 2 cms thick to cover properly. | Add the design using the rovingsNow add very thin layers of the coloured wool rovings and start to make your own design. Adding very thin layers is advised. | Thin strips of rovings are best for design |
Totally cover the soap in 2 good layers
Totally cover the soap so no edges appear through the wool batting. The layers should be at least half an inch or 2 cms thick to cover properly.
Add the design using the rovings
Now add very thin layers of the coloured wool rovings and start to make your own design. Adding very thin layers is advised.
Thin strips of rovings are best for design
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Place woolly soap inside nettingAt this point, you can carefully place the wool covered soap inside an old pop sock or satsuma netting to hold the design in place as you go on to dampen the project. | Place soap in bowl of warm waterFill a bowl with warm water and gently dampen the wool covered soap to make it stick together. | Keep rolling the soap to felt itKeep smoothing and squeezing the wetted woolly soap to make sure it has totally absorbed water. It will become soapy (surprise!). Continue to roll the soap in your hands and encourage it to felt by massaging it more firmly for about 10 to 15 minutes. Dunk it in warm water every so often. |
Place woolly soap inside netting
At this point, you can carefully place the wool covered soap inside an old pop sock or satsuma netting to hold the design in place as you go on to dampen the project.
Place soap in bowl of warm water
Fill a bowl with warm water and gently dampen the wool covered soap to make it stick together.
Keep rolling the soap to felt it
Keep smoothing and squeezing the wetted woolly soap to make sure it has totally absorbed water.
It will become soapy (surprise!). Continue to roll the soap in your hands and encourage it to felt by massaging it more firmly for about 10 to 15 minutes. Dunk it in warm water every so often.
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Some soaps made by a student | Leave it to dryCheck to see it has felted by scratching your finger across the felt. The fibres should not move around. Remove it from the pop sock or net and lay it flat on a cloth or towel to dry overnight. Add a few drops of your favourite essential oils to the wool to make it fragrant. Now tie a piece of ribbon or jute string around it and give it to a friend. | Make felted soaps in different colours to give as gifts |
Some soaps made by a student
Leave it to dry
Check to see it has felted by scratching your finger across the felt. The fibres should not move around.
Remove it from the pop sock or net and lay it flat on a cloth or towel to dry overnight.
Add a few drops of your favourite essential oils to the wool to make it fragrant.
Now tie a piece of ribbon or jute string around it and give it to a friend.
Make felted soaps in different colours to give as gifts
Benefits of Felted Soaps
Felted soap is:
- Anti-microbial – the bar will resist bacteria
- Non-slip – the wool felting will prevent the soap from slipping from the hands
- Renewable and sustainable – sheep and alpacas will keep producing more wool
- Hypoallergenic – you shouldn’t be allergic to a felted soap bar
- Functional – no need for a washcloth or loofah
- Wonderfully full of lather
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