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Make an Easy No-Knit Felted Purse

comments (2) June 13th, 2008     

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Tina_Hilton Tina Hilton, contributor
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This sweet little purse could be used as an evening bag or as a cool makeup kit.
This is what wool roving looks like. It comes in a wide range of colors and can usually be found in any craft-supply store or yarn shop.
Be sure to always use your handy little needle-felting tool in a straight up and down motion: using it at an angle can cause the needle to break.
This sweet little purse could be used as an evening bag or as a cool makeup kit.

This sweet little purse could be used as an evening bag or as a cool makeup kit.

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Step 7: Lay out a long piece of plastic wrap, and place your purse in the middle. Begin the felting process by thoroughly wetting the purse with the spray bottle full of water. Use lots of water: fully saturate both sides. The water-soluble stabilizer will look transparent at this point.

Step 8: Now put another long piece of plastic wrap over the top of the soaked purse. Press down, smoothing out the air and evenly distributing the water. Start at one end and carefully roll the piece like a jelly roll.


As you roll the water out of your purse, water will squirt out of the sides, so make sure you are in a water-friendly location.

Step 9: Once the purse has been rolled, place the pantyhose leg over it, and tie a loose knot at the end.


This is what your rolled purse with pantyhose covering will look like.

 

Step 10: Throw it in the dryer for 10 minutes. Check the progress of the felting by taking off the hose and unrolling the purse slightly for a peek. If you are satisfied with the way the fibers are felting, the project is finished. If the fibers are not melded enough, try another 5 to 6 minutes, and check again.

Step 11: When you are satisfied, unwrap it, and lay it flat in the sink. Pour boiling water over it to completely dissolve the stabilizer. I used a stock pot full of water (6 to 8 cups). Let it cool a bit, press out the water. Then put it in a towel, and press out some more.

Step 12: Place the purse back on the foam block to dry in shape. It could take a day or two to dry thoroughly.

I love this project because it’s fun, fast, and you can get out all of your aggressions with the repeated needle punching. It’s really fun project to do with friends, so plan an EZ No Knit Purse party soon! I'll post pictures of the bags we all made at the party I hosted.

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MrsG2003 writes: This is a great way to make a felted purse!! I have been trying different methods over the last 6 months and this technique gave me the best results.

So far I have made three purses using this method. You can see my work on flikr.com - under appalpacaas

Louise
Posted: 10:31 pm on November 17th
JCockrum writes: Tina,
This is great thanks for the step-by-step. I'm going to try this this winter.

Have you ever knit an item then attached the roving to a finished piece (before felting the entire bag? I'm trying to come up with an item (bag) that I knit then attach a variety of colors maybe wrapped around one side and around the back ... just to kick my work up a notch.

Judy (check out my felted items.)
www.3knittingsisters.com
Posted: 1:41 pm on September 30th
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