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Felting(fulling) in a front-loading washer?
Can it be done? I just got new front-loading washer and dryer (DH was feeling generous after Christmas bonus or just tired of me saying that the old washer got stuck on spin again for the 1000th time!) And I love this machine - it's got so many settings, I actually read the instruction book! Donna In S. Indiana (who's doing taxes when she really wants to knit!) |
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Felting(fulling) in a front-loading washer?
"Gerald & Donna McIntosh" wrote in
: Can it be done? I just got new front-loading washer and dryer it can, depending on a few things. can you stop your front loader & open the door during the cycle? if not, you won't have much control over the felting when it occurs. it takes longer in a front loader & wastes more water. you'll need clean tennis balls, or those spiky dryer balls if you can find some to add agitation. i've been considering a high efficiency front loader because they're easier on the clothes, but i would keep my top loader for felting & washing the filthy rag rugs & goat/llama blankets (tip: don't wash halters in the washer if you mind it getting scratched up g). lee |
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Felting(fulling) in a front-loading washer?
I've been fulling recycled sweaters in the front loader for several
months. Some things felt easily, some things are more resistant. If you are working with materials you KNOW will full easily, you will probably have no problem. I did use 2 pairs of jeans per load, and sometimes a tennis ball. OTOH, I mistakenly thought my Enid sweater was superwash, and put it in the already-gentle front loader on the cold, delicate cycle, and that thing shrank small enough to fit a 3 year old. Oh, well. I never was really happy with it in the first place. Hesira On Jan 27, 7:24*am, "Gerald & Donna McIntosh" wrote: Can it be done? *I just got new front-loading washer and dryer (DH was feeling generous after Christmas bonus or just tired of me saying that the old washer got stuck on spin again for the 1000th time!) *And I love this machine - it's got so many settings, I actually read the instruction book! Donna In S. Indiana (who's doing taxes when she really wants to knit!) |
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Felting(fulling) in a front-loading washer?
On 27 Jan, 14:24, "Gerald & Donna McIntosh"
wrote: Can it be done? *I just got new front-loading washer and dryer I just throw my items to be felted in with the regular 60 C load (i.e. towels) and let'er rock and roll. :-) Then I mangle them; I found that this really makes a difference in producing a nice, smooth felted finish on the items. Erin |
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Felting(fulling) in a front-loading washer?
"Gerald & Donna McIntosh" wrote in message ... Can it be done? I just got new front-loading washer and dryer (DH was feeling generous after Christmas bonus or just tired of me saying that the old washer got stuck on spin again for the 1000th time!) And I love this machine - it's got so many settings, I actually read the instruction book! Donna In S. Indiana (who's doing taxes when she really wants to knit!) Yes it can. In UK almost all of us have front loading machines and we felt and full happily. Mary |
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Erin wrote: On 27 Jan, 14:24, "Gerald & Donna McIntosh" wrote: Can it be done? *I just got new front-loading washer and dryer I just throw my items to be felted in with the regular 60 C load (i.e. towels) and let'er rock and roll. :-) Then I mangle them; I found that this really makes a difference in producing a nice, smooth felted finish on the items. grin Since mangle has more than one meaning, I got an unplanned giggle out of that. I assume you mean the "iron firmly" meaning. Ironing does make a big difference even when you aren't felting. I've read that silk lace shawls are supposed to be ironed after they are blocked. =Tamar |
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On 28 Jan, 02:58, (Richard Eney) wrote:
grin Since mangle has more than one meaning, I got an unplanned giggle out of that. *I assume you mean the "iron firmly" meaning. Ironing does make a big difference even when you aren't felting. I've read that silk lace shawls are supposed to be ironed after they are blocked. I meant in the sense of running through the mangle several times, turning the piece of felt each time (i.e. top edge, then bottom edge, then one side, then the other). Erin |
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Felting(fulling) in a front-loading washer?
We have a "Meile" front loader - and it is careful not to subject loads to
sudden temperature shocks. Thus, I use the "hot" cotton setting for fulling items knit out of ordinary wool. With other items such as towels or jeans added to the load, the result is nice fuzzy items with about 2% shrinkage. I use Percil laundry detergent the first time I wash yarns that retain spinning oil, and hair conditioner in the final rinse. Using the wool cycle w/ shampoo there is essentially no shrinkage. Our Meile washer does not felt. Our Meile dryer felts without mercy. Five minutes in the dryer means shrinkage. No appeals. No do overs. Swatch and try. Swatch and try. Aaron "Mary Fisher" wrote in message t... "Gerald & Donna McIntosh" wrote in message ... Can it be done? I just got new front-loading washer and dryer (DH was feeling generous after Christmas bonus or just tired of me saying that the old washer got stuck on spin again for the 1000th time!) And I love this machine - it's got so many settings, I actually read the instruction book! Donna In S. Indiana (who's doing taxes when she really wants to knit!) Yes it can. In UK almost all of us have front loading machines and we felt and full happily. Mary |
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Okay, I'll bite...what is a mangle?
I've been doing some research on felting in front-loaders and so far I haven't seen any methods I'm 100% comfortable with. My washer doesn't allow me to open the door in the middle of the cycle so I'm a little nervous about having so little control over it. Then again, I'm making slippers which are pretty small and I know small items take longer to felt. I probably shouldn't put them into the sanitary cycle (2 1/2 hours in 140 degree water!) though LauraJ "Erin" wrote in message ... On 28 Jan, 02:58, (Richard Eney) wrote: grin Since mangle has more than one meaning, I got an unplanned giggle out of that. I assume you mean the "iron firmly" meaning. Ironing does make a big difference even when you aren't felting. I've read that silk lace shawls are supposed to be ironed after they are blocked. I meant in the sense of running through the mangle several times, turning the piece of felt each time (i.e. top edge, then bottom edge, then one side, then the other). Erin |
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Felting(fulling) in a front-loading washer?
"Laura J" wrote in message news:Yxqnj.248$9g.57@trndny07... Okay, I'll bite...what is a mangle? I've been doing some research on felting in front-loaders and so far I haven't seen any methods I'm 100% comfortable with. My washer doesn't allow me to open the door in the middle of the cycle so I'm a little nervous about having so little control over it. Then again, I'm making slippers which are pretty small and I know small items take longer to felt. I probably shouldn't put them into the sanitary cycle (2 1/2 hours in 140 degree water!) though LauraJ A sanitary cycle? What do you wash in that??? I'm not sure that I want to know though ... Mary |
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