life in 553

Felting, more accurately called fulling, to distinguish it from “needle felting”, fascinates me! Today I dumbed my first 100% wool swatch into a basin full of hot water with biological detergent. Then I swirled, kneaded, squeezed, agitated and abused the swatch for a good 3 minutes. I got this hairy mess, I guess it would have been more solid if I continued abusing it for a while longer. Also, I’m suppose to be using washing up liquid but I was too lazy to go to the kitchen. Hand felting is very therapeutic indeed.