Remember those slippers I knitted? I promised to show you the transformation after felting them, so get ready to have some serious "slipper envy". ;o)
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| The pattern to make these cozy slippers is (available here) and they are my all-time favourites. |
Here's some before (felting) and after pictures for comparison. Amazing, right?
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| From giant woolen floppy "clown" footwear to a cozy, compact felted clog. A change of 6 inches in length for the men's pair and over 4 inches in length for the ladies pair! |
The process of felting them down to the finished sizes was accomplished using our top loading washing machine (which allows for me to check on the progress throughout the duration of about an hour of agitation in hot, slightly soapy water). I tossed a couple of pairs of clean jeans into the washing machine along with the slippers (which I had placed inside cotton pillowcases that were knotted closed) to aid in agitating the wool. I checked the slippers about every 15 minutes to keep track of how far along they were in the felting. This becomes more critical as you near the desired finish size (don't want to shrink the wool too much smaller than you want for the intended wearer ;o).
I love the double layer of felted wool for the soles of the slippers and on my last pair, I experimented with adding a leather sole to make the wool last longer (because I basically live in my slippers when I'm around home ;o). I'm thinking I'll do the same with this new pair for me and for the first time for my hubby's. So good to have new cozy slippers for the rest of our winter!
I'm linking up my latest finish with Amanda Jean and friends over at Crazy Mom Quilts for Finish it up Friday!
That's magic, surely? How wonderful Katherine! I have learned something new today!!!!
ReplyDeleteAwesome, they are just cool!
ReplyDeleteThat is amazing! I've never seen comparison photos like this so thank you!
ReplyDeleteQuite fascinating! With an awesome finished product. Thanks for sharing this process.
ReplyDeleteThey look like great slippets! Love the colours
ReplyDeleteWow! They are amazing! Really great transformation :) Jola
ReplyDeleteHi Katherine! Wow, these look the best slippers ever! Just amazing how much they change with the felting! I have done only wet felting with wool and needle felting but now I must try this. Lucky me I have special wool yarn for this. Thank you for showing. Happy New Year! x Teje
ReplyDeleteBeautiful! Love felted wool!!
ReplyDeleteThat is just awesome! I can't believe that they are the same slipper before and after washing they look so different!
ReplyDeleteThese are wonderful! If only I could knit! Felted wool has such a homey, yet elegant, quality to it
ReplyDeleteWow... These are Fantastic.... I can't be without wool slippers ... They are a must... Might have to try this someday...
ReplyDeleteHAHA I love Patchwork and Play's comment - it definitely looks like magic to me too - WOW that is one awesome transformation (per pair, lol)! I'm curious - if you have to check frequently so it doesn't shrink too much - just how much WILL it shrink if you leave it - enough to shrink it to baby size ... or elf size ... or ??? Did you have to take one slipper of each design out of the pillowcase and measure it against a shoe or something, to be able to judge if it had shrunk enough? I just can't get over the difference - they look like pieces of art!
ReplyDeleteI love the colours you chose!
ReplyDeleteWow - tolle Filzschuhe - wo gibt es die Anleitung noch? Der Link ist leider nicht mehr aktuell ... liebe Grüße Rita
ReplyDeleteThank you, Rita! The link is now updated (Nov. 13, 2023). Happy knitting!
DeleteDo you know of a similar pattern in crochet? I don't knit and my dog chewed one of my slippers that looked just like this. I loved these slippers! Comfy summer and winter!
ReplyDeleteComfy slippers are a must, so I mourn the loss of your favourite ones with you. :o) A quick search for felted crochet slipper patterns lead me to a couple of appealing choices similar to the ones I knitted (although I've not tried either of these, but they look good). Here's the link to a free one.... https://amysastitchatatime.blogspot.com/2016/02/basic-felted-crocheted-slippers-free.html#google_vignette Here's the link to the second one: https://www.valleyyarn.com/fiber-trends-crocheted-felt-slippers.html
DeleteGood luck with your slipper making!