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Food & crafts => Crafts => Topic started by: HappyHippy on January 26, 2013, 11:39:21 am
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I've been
playing trying out new ideas ;)
Still got to perfect the felting, but for a first go I'm quite happy :thumbsup:
Have ordered some white merino tops, I think they'll look better being a bit lighter :thinking:
Will keep you all posted :excited:
Karen
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Very pretty :thumbsup:
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They are lovely, unusual too :thumbsup:
And if they are anything like the little piggy soaps Santa must have got from you for the boys, they will be lovely to use :thumbsup: ( but you won't be able to play The Three Little Pigs story in the bath ;D )
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Very nice :excited:
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Is that hand made soap wrapped in felt HH? They look great but not quite sure what I'm looking at.
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Is that hand made soap wrapped in felt HH? They look great but not quite sure what I'm looking at.
Yes, kinda Goosepimple :) The fibres are felted onto the soap, instead of being felted, then wrapped round it.
It doesn't need to be handmade soap though - it'll work with any soap ;)
The idea behind them is that as the soaps shrink, the felt does too and at the end you'll be left with a ball of nice smelling felt. They'll also be less slippy and easier to hold onto in the bath too :thumbsup:
And if they are anything like the little piggy soaps Santa must have got from you for the boys, they will be lovely to use :thumbsup: ( but you won't be able to play The Three Little Pigs story in the bath ;D )
Ah, so that's who Santa was buying them for then ;) Glad you like them :thumbsup:
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Clever idea.
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Hi HH,
They look great!
I'd be interested in how you did them, I'm going to take some fleeces into my children's Pre-School and they're going to make them for Mother's Day, only I haven't made any yet.... Still onto the to do list! :innocent:
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Sort of a flannel and soap in one..they are lovely
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I get the same sort of thing when i drop the soap and it gets covered in dog hairs !
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I get the same sort of thing when i drop the soap and it gets covered in dog hairs !
Nice! ;)
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I llove them! What a great idea, was it something you thought of or is it an established thing to do?
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Great idea HH, hand made soap tends to splodge everywhere after a bit, so pressumably this keeps it as an intact blob? They look fab - what are you going to do with the nice smelling blob at the end - pop them in your underwear drawer to make your undies smell nice? :D
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I'd love to have thought of this idea, but sadly no - I saw it on the web ;)
Here's the link http://www.mielkesfarm.com/felt_soap.htm (http://www.mielkesfarm.com/felt_soap.htm)
Any bar of soap can be felted, so any of you who have fibre (I believe merino felts best for this, but will be trying other fibres too) can do it - super easy :thumbsup:
what are you going to do with the nice smelling blob at the end - pop them in your underwear drawer to make your undies smell nice? :D
You could do that, I'm hoping to use them to make little figures or decorations of some sort - the theory is that there won't be any soap left at the end only felt. But I'll have to see how it goes :innocent:
I get the same sort of thing when i drop the soap and it gets covered in dog hairs !
You'll need to send me your address again Russ, I'll send you a slightly softer version to try :-*
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Go for merino to begin with as it is the easiest to felt. But coarser wool gives a better "scrub"soap :innocent:
Again carded wool is easier than tops. I thought all soaps could felt but I was at a market one day and a woman swore blind she hadn't been able to felt on soap. Now had she used Superwash wool? or maybe glycerine soap or something? I don't know
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I would really like to buy some of those...
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I would really like to buy some of those...
Thank you Greenerlife :thumbsup:
I'm just perfecting my felting technique and trialing a few bars before they're available for sale ;)
But I'll keep you updated :wave: I'll hopefully be able to offer a 'matching' service so you can choose your soap and choose the colours of the felt too (if, like me, you like everything co-ordinated :innocent:)
Karen
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I would really like to buy some of those...
I'll hopefully be able to offer a 'matching' service so you can choose your soap and choose the colours of the felt too (if, like me, you like everything co-ordinated :innocent: )
Karen
Was hoping you would offer a matching service! ;D Nothing worse than blue soap in a green bathroom!
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Absolutely :roflanim: