I was excited to give it a try. My son's teacher at the Kimberton Waldorf School, who is super crafty, gave me some tips. I had some old sweaters I wanted to put to good use and I was pleasantly surprised. Simple instructions: Take your sweaters and wash them in super hot water a couple of times (she even adds boiling water as they soak to speed process, but I didn't) and then put them in dryer. Do two cycles of both and presto, your wool will felt! I was a little disappointed that my nice cable knit lost its cables as I didn't expect that outcome. However, I was happy with a Christmas ornament I made and I saved two arms from one sweater to make some wool longies (one of these days when I can find the time along with that cowl I have been wanting to knit!).
Here is the result of my first experiment. I found the hand-hewn buttons at the Waldorf Holiday Festival.
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