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How to Felt Crochet Items by Hand, and Get It Right! - Part 2

In this part of this 'how-to' I will be sharing with you my experience of the different phases your crochet item will go through when you are felting/fulling it and what to look out for. In the previous part I covered the materials, type of stitches, and other dos and don'ts. If you missed that, here is a link to Part 1.

How to felt crochet

Phase #1 - Stretchy, doughy
In this 'how-to' I started the process with boiling hot water and a few drops of dish washing liquid. I use what I think is a potato masher and press on the piece and stir it around a little. As the water was too hot to get in with my hands I just left it for a bit.


How to Felt Crochet Items by Hand, and Get It Right! - Part 1

There are many knit felting tutorials out there that just don't seem to work with crochet. After several failures, chapped hands and many wasted hours, I finally got it right! So here are my tips for getting your crochet item to felt.

Felted crochet