Can I save my wool?

[pamster]

Another learning opportunity has arisen: I have put two layers of Merino wool fibre on either side of a resist and wet them down with soapy water but not felted them at all. Luckily I realised the resist was wrong before I added any more layers. The wool is still damp, can I still use it in another project? How can I salvage this? Any ideas would be much appreciated.

[wolgelukkig]

Yes you can. Take both layers off the resist, dry them with towels as much as possible, let it dry completely and use it later as prefelt in another project as a complete piece or cut it in pieces as decoration. That is why I never throw felted pieces and little leftovers away. I always use them in other projects. When felted completely you can still use it when you do some needlefelting.

[Shepherdess]

After they are dry you could recard them again too. or you could just continue on and make something with the resist shape you have a nd start again with a new resist for the original idea.

[pamster]

Apr 18, 2018 22:18:00 GMT wolgelukkig said:

Yes you can. Take both layers off the resist, dry them with towels as much as possible, let it dry completely and use it later as prefelt in another project as a complete piece or cut it in pieces as decoration. That is why I never throw felted pieces and little leftovers away. I always use them in other projects. When felted completely you can still use it when you do some needlefelting.

Thanks for that, I seem to be collecting quite a stash of things to use in other projects because they aren't quite right

[pamster]

Apr 19, 2018 16:03:55 GMT Shepherdess said:

After they are dry you could recard them again too. or you could just continue on and make something with the resist shape you have a nd start again with a new resist for the original idea.

Thanks, I haven't done any carding yet so perhaps that's the next lesson