Does anyone here felt?

[hivesofactivity]

I've been knitting for ages, but I'm a relatively new felter.  Also, my felting is the rather slapdash bung-it-in-the-washing-machine-a-few-times-when-I'm-doing-a-hot-wash variety, which to my utter shock is working out quite well.

At the moment, I am knitting and felting personalised pencil cases for kids at my kidlet's school.  It's a bit of a suprise: a tough little boy I didn't know  spotted me knitting in the playground, approached me and asked me to 'knit him something', I did him a pencil case with his name knitted into it, and word spread....  It's been a good way of using up old bits of stash, and they are so easy to do.  My only problem has been trying to work out if the unlabelled yarn in my stash is all wool or not, so that it will felt properly.

So - any other knitters who felt their finished projects?

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[starfish]

I love felting, although I haven't made more than a few bags so far. Every once in a while the urge hits me to stop making socks and knit something BIG. *g*

Re: your stash -- you might try spit-felting (ew, right?) the ends of two strands to see if it takes -- just fray them a bit, get them wet (you don't actually have to use spit, warm water will do) and then overlap them and spin them between your finger and thumb -- the friction should felt the ends together if it's wool. (Great method for joining yarn if you don't want a knot, also.)

Also, I would love to see a picture of the project, if you can manage it!