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Felt is technically a non-woven fiber, that will not unravel when cut. Essentially, this project is controlled sweater shrinking. My favorite materials to create something new with: wool sweaters. Instead the process of transforming something knit into felt is called fulling.

March is UpCraft! It’s a very popular method, and many people will knit projects and then full them.

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UpCraft is our version of upcycling, or, making something new out of something old. It’s easy to relate to the felt making process because most of us witnessed the sadness of a shrunken wool sweater that accidentally found its way into the wash. But, if you are like me, and way to lazy, or busy, to knit something, it’s simple and fun to create useful, warm, cozy felt by upcycling something that has long since lost its usefulness. It’s very rewarding to create something new and wonderful out of an old sweater, and one of the best way to do this is to turn the sweater into felt. Because yarn is spun, and then the sweater is knitted, this is not traditional feltmaking. month!

Original post by Brookelynn

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