How to Felt a Cashmere Sweater With Boiling Water
- 1). Fill a large pot with water. The pot needs to be big enough to hold your sweater as well as enough water to completely cover it.
- 2). Bring the water to boil. While you are waiting for the water to reach a boil, put another bowl of ice water next to the pot with boiling water. It should also be large enough to contain your item, the water and the ice without overflowing.
- 3). Soak the cashmere sweater in the ice water.
- 4). Wring it out so that it is wet but not dripping.
- 5). Put the sweater in the boiling water for a few minutes.
- 6). Wring it out. Put on gloves before you start to wring out the item to avoid burning your hands.
- 7). Rub the cashmere between your hands quickly. This will cause the cashmere to become fuzzy, and the stitches will lose definition.
- 8). Repeat steps 3 through 7 until the item is felted as you would like.
- 9). Block your felted cashmere. To block an item, put it on a body form that you have purchased, or leave it in a dry place while it dries. Either way, the position it dries in is the position it will stay in. Put the item near a fan to speed up the drying process.
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