How Do You Make A Felted Wool Table Runner?
This felted wool table runner is a great way to recycle those old wool sweaters that have seen better days. It doesn’t matter if they are stained, have moth holes or been accidentally shrunk, because you will be working around those imperfections. As a matter of fact, the mistake you made in shrinking a sweater is exactly what you will be do on purpose to felt your wool. Once you have prepared your felted wool, you will be able to construct this easy wool felted table runner to decorate your table in rustic style. Wash each of the wool sweaters in hot water and dry in the dryer. This process will shrink your sweaters and felt the fibers together, creating one solid piece of fabric instead of yarn stitches. Wash and dry the sweaters separately so that fiber colors do not run between the sweaters. Cut the felted wool sweaters apart at the seams. Most sweaters have a seam running up the sleeves, cut away the seam and you have a nice piece of felted wool. Remove any ribbing, collar or cuff
