Soap Crafts ~ Felted Soap

[Jama]

Felted Soap

I subscribe to online newsletters from different craft groups. Had ran across felted soap awhile back. Plus one of the members on an another goat board talked about it. Peaked my interest, looked easy enough so I had to give it a whirl. After reading a bit about felted soap, this is the site I used as my reference.



http://www.mielkesfarm.com/felt_soap.htm

Takes a while to download.



I made one. Not as easy as it looks, but I tried it, since I had the fiber and the soaps. Have to say I like the feel of the mohair and the way it exfoliates, not as course as a loofah. And contrary to what you might think, it did not have an odor.



From my one attempt, I had a very hard time getting the roving to make a tight fit. I could have worked it too much. I tried putting it in the toe of a nylon hose like one site suggested, when I went to take it out, it pulled the mohair away from the soap. So won?t try that again.



If I have more spare time I will try to make a few more up. May get easier with each attempt, who knows. Questioning using dyed fiber, not too keen on the idea of the dye on my skin, though they look so pretty.



Here are some photos of other felted soap. I should be so lucky to ever do so well.



http://www.flickr.com/photos/macsoapy/tags/feltedsoap/

takes a bit of time to download photos here also.

[fritzie]

boy that sounds like a hell of alot of work. i will let you make them & buy them from you
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Fritzie



Emerald Knoll Farm

http://freewebs.com/emeraldknollfarm

[rgiles]

I've tried using these before, and really like them.



I'm not sure how to make any of it, but I really like it. So like Fritzie, I'll leave the making to you
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FoxDog Farm

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