knitting patterns UNCUT: How to Felt your knitting by hand — In a Bucket EXTENDED VERSION

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Learn how to felt your knit projects by hand if you lack a top loading washing machine. This demonstration of hand felting 100% wool knit oven mitts takes place in a bucket while protecting the skin of your hands. The uncut extended version of this tutorial contains all of my commentary as I worked to felt the oven mitts. All of the essential information is contained in the shorter version. For free knitting patterns and knitting commentary, visit www.chemknits.com WARNING When felting oven mitts as is shown in the video, you want to make sure that the resulting fabric is really tight as to protect the hand of the user. Do not attempt to touch something hot when the fabric is wet.