Wet Felting Tutorial: Make a Wet Felted Mobile Phone Case
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- Опубликовано: 30 окт 2020
- Welcome to this step-by-step guide to making a wet felted mobile phone case using a resist. Natasha guides you through the whole process, from the equipment and materials you need to how to use a resist in wet felting and how to complete your felted phone case. You're in the right place if you want to learn a more modern style of felting, with clear instructions, the simplest methods and techniques and high quality results.
Here is a quick run-down of the equipment and materials you'll need to follow along with this video tutorial:
2 Templates (made from a piece or pieces of flexible packing foam, plastic, lino or cardboard, selotaped together and covered in clingfilm if necessary): STARTING SIZE TEMPLATE 24cm (h) x 11.5cm (w) x 2cm (d); and FINISHED SIZE TEMPLATE 16.5cm (h) x 7.5cm (w) x 1.8cm (d);
Wet Felting Equipment: bubble wrap 40 x 40cm piece, spray bottle, washing up liquid, net 40 x 40cm piece, warm water, tea towels, scissors, extra soap (eg olive soap) if necessary;
Wet Felting Materials: Merino wool fibre tops/roving x c25gm/1oz minimum in 3-5 colours, c1.5m (60”) each of 3-5 high wool content yarns.
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The rolling diagonally to bring corners and edges in was new to me and I’d never thought of making a resist with several layers stuck together so thank you for that. Very informative with lots of little tips along the way. Fab!
Thanks so much for watching and commenting, I’m glad you found it useful!
Brilliant teacher - went on basket on a ball course with Natasha. Highly recommend
Thank you so much for watching Lynne and your lovely comments!
One of the best wet felting tutorials I have seen to date. Thank you so very much ❤️
Thank you so much for watching and commenting, I’m pleased to hear you enjoyed it!
Thank you for a very excellent tutorial.... best i have seen. New to wet felting ... many thanks 😊
Thank you so much for your lovely comments, I’m glad you enjoyed the tutorial! If you’re new to wet felting you might enjoy my book Wet Felting, which covers pretty much everything you need to know to get started in wet felting. It’s on Amazon or my Folksy shop if you’d like to take a look! Thank you for watching and commenting!😁
That tip about flared edges is brilliant, as is the whole video. Really useful tips. Thanks
Thanks so much Liz, I’m so pleased you enjoyed it and found it helpful!😁
We need more of you please 💕
Aww that’s such a lovely thing to say, thanks so much Lisa (and hopefully you’ll be pleased to know I’ve got more in the pipeline!)😘
@@NatashaSmartTextiles yes I am really pleased to read this, great news 💕
Thank you for your clear concise instructions- no extraneous chatter. I really enjoyed watching it and am now going out to do my own, using alpaca fibre.
Thanks so much for watching and commenting Ruth, I’m so pleased you enjoyed the tutorial! 😁
Just one thing… I find when I wrap the yarn it seems to stretch in the first instance relative to the phone pocket and that becomes tricky to manipulate . Should I be wrapping more tightly? Fortunately I’m only working with carding end bits before doing the real thing, so my clunky results don’t matter.
I bought your book btw ☺️
@@ruthh2443 Hi Ruth, as a general guideline I’d avoid wrapping the yarn too tightly because then the fibre has a slightly trickier job of bonding with it. The felting process prefers a bit of slackness to help the bonding, which is why organic yarns lines are good. I would expect the fibre and yarns to go a bit slack around the sides of the template once you start rubbing, but if you rub/compact them back into the sides then that will sort that out as they will soon firm up. I’m not sure if I’ve quite answered your question, let me know (and if you can share a photo of the issue with me then that would definitely help)!😁
@@ruthh2443 Aww thanks so much, I hope you enjoy it!🤞😁
I’ve watched a lot of tutorials and yours are by far the best. Love your work too! Can’t wait for your next video.
Hi Sheryl, thanks so much for your lovely feedback, I’m really pleased to hear you enjoyed the tutorial! Thanks again for taking the time to comment, and Happy Felting to you!😁
Very beautiful design, i don't have much roving, mostly wool yarn, but I do have alpaca fleece to play with!
Thank you for watching and commenting! And yes you can definitely use alpaca too!
Thank you ever so much! Excellent!
Thank you for watching and your lovely comments!
Excellent tutorial! Thank you Natasha! Very clear instructions and step by step visual! Very happy!
Hi Isabelle, thanks so much for your comments, I’m really glad you enjoyed the tutorial. Good luck with making your own version!😁
Forget that. after I posted my question, it showed up!
Sorry, I was too quick to reply to you too!🤣 Thanks for watching!😁
Many thanks, so very informative. Very well explained.
Thank you for watching and your kind comments Sue, I really appreciate it!
Really great tutorial!
Thanks so much, glad you enjoyed it!😁
Thank you so much! An absolutely lovely video. I appreciate you sharing your knowledge!
Thanks so much for your lovely feedback, I’m so pleased you enjoyed it! You might like to know I’ve just released another tutorial on my channel, it’s a bigger resist project to make a flap clutch purse using different fibre and embellishments, here’s the link: ruclips.net/video/UsTlfnyaIzo/видео.html
Hope you enjoy this one too!😉
Lovely tutorial and thanks so much for sharing Natasha :)
You’re welcome! Thanks so much for the feedback, so glad you enjoyed it!😁
Thank you for sharing. I learned a lot. I love the purses in the back ground. Do you think you will do a video on how to make those as well? Thank you for the video and your time. Very sweet of you to make this and share it with people like us that don't know what we're doing but want to learn 😆
Hiya, thanks so much for your lovely feedback, it’s great to know that you enjoyed watching this tutorial! I’m planning an online course to make the bags (it’s quite a big job and a bit too much for a short tutorial), but I’m hoping to have this ready for early next year. I’ll post all the details here once it’s ready. Thanks so much again for your interest!😁
fabulous tutorial, thanks for sharing your knowledge
Hi, thanks so much for your lovely comments, so glad you enjoyed it! And if you have any ideas for future wet felting tutorials you’d like to see, do let me know!😁
It is so beautiful 👍👍👍
Thank you so much!😁
Really enjoyed this tutorial - so many useful tips, and very inspiring..
Thank you so much for your feedback Penny, I’m so pleased you enjoyed it!😁
This was a great tutorial, you were very patient in sharing each detail and explained the technique in a way that even beginners can learn easily.
Thanks so much for your kind feedback, I’m really glad you enjoyed it!😁
Thank you. I’ve done a lot of crafting but wet wool felting is totally new to me. Thank you so much for your excellent tutorial.
excellent tutorial, Natasha, thanks so much. could you use this technique for a larger shoulder bag (having one end open) rather than having four sides closed in and having to cut at the end?
Thanks Linda, I’m so pleased you enjoyed it! And yes you could definitely use this technique for a larger bag. I generally always try and create any open edge or edges as early as possible during felting (rather than cut them open at prefelt stage or later) because I think it creates a firmer and more organic edge which is more integrated with the rest of the felt.
You’ll notice though that I didn’t do that in my curly lock clutch purse tutorial, which was because I was creating a flap and had lots of yarns and locks to deal with! So it depends on the scenario of course! But it would definitely work for your idea of a big bag, good luck with it and Happy Felting!😁
Hola felicidades qué buen tutorial me encanta como explicas y se ve muy atractivo pero porfavor podrías colocar subtítulos en español para entender mejor
Muchas gracias
Hi Jenniffer, thank you for your lovely comments - and for letting me know that you would appreciate subtitles in Spanish. I will definitely look into that and how I can make videos better for non-English speakers.
Hello. RUclips has Captions and auto translate in the lenguaje you need it Look just up to the right (cc and then in the wheel look for the lenguaje
Such an interesting tutorial. Thank you Natasha 🤗👏🌻. I have a couple of questions though.
Once you have completed the phone case is the material water proof? Or does it require some sort of waterproof spray application? Also if anything should be spilt on the case eg: soda, wine, food how would you clean the case? I know lots of what-if's 🤷.
Hi Helen, thanks so much for your comments, I’m glad you enjoyed the tutorial!
Re your questions, felt is waterproof to an extent (eg if you held it under a running tap it would initially repel the water, but once you started squeezing then it would start soaking it up). So for something like a felt bag, going out in a bit of drizzle shouldn’t be a problem! (Otherwise there would be a lot of soaked sheep out there…!). So I don’t think there would be any need to add any kind of waterproofing product to finished felt. In fact you don’t need to worry really about waterproofing or how to clean it - as it was born of water, you can hand wash it no problem (you just wouldn’t want to agitate it too much in the process because then you will shrink it further). Treat it exactly as you would a wool jumper, so a delicate hand wash would be fine, then just reshape it to dry. The only thing you’d need to think about is if you’ve added something like a leather clasp, as you wouldn’t want to wash that as it would ruin it. So you’d remove that first. Overall felt is pretty hardy, it’s not going to break and it doesn’t mind water, so I think you can take it out and enjoy a glass of wine without fear! Hope that answers your questions, thanks again!😁
Hi thanks again for the video. I have another question: how many inches over the edge do you lay down the wool again?
Hi there, so you’d want to lay the wool fibre to extend over the edges at least as much as the depth of the template (ie 2cm/1”) to ensure you cover the edges, plus a little more. So perhaps aim for 1-1.5”. Remember you can always add a bit more fibre on the edges at the end of the layout stage (before you start all the rubbing) if it feels a bit thin on the edges too. Happy Felting!😁
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Hey I don't know if you know the answer, but if I am making boots, I was thinking I could follow the same technique as in this video, because its also wet felting (but with boots). I am just wondering should I do 2 layers at a time and then wet felt, or can I do 4 layers and then wet felt. But wet felt I mean wet the wool with soap and water and rub over netting till wool is more firm. I feel like I need 4 layers of wool for the boots (on each side) because thats how many layers they use in the wet felting barett tutorial. I know a barett is NOT a pair of boots, but again same wet felting method, so I decided to use the same method.
Hi there! I’ve never made boots or slippers (I must add those to my ‘to do’ list!), but yes in principle you can make any shaped felt with a resist in the same way as the mobile phone case.
With the layers, I’d agree that you’ll want more than 2, so definitely 3 or 4 depending on how thick they are. There are different ways of felting many layers. Some felters do a complete layer (ie put fibre on both sides of the resist) then wet it down, then do a second complete layer etc til all the fibre is added. Then start the soapy rubbing etc. But you could also do all 4 layers on one side, wet it down and turn it over, then do all 4 layers on the other side. I don’t think it makes much difference functionally really. But it might make a difference colour-wise, eg if you’re using a different colour for the inside and outside. If you want to keep the right colours inside and outside then creating the complete layers both sides one at a time would avoid the inner and outer layers mixing (hope that makes sense). The only other thing to take into account is fibre, you’ll want a coarser, hardier fibre than Merino for making boots. Good luck!
Thanks for very good simple explanation. Ihave been trying to make a small tissue case with a flap without success so will have ago with a block resist instead of a flat one. Do you get your wrapping embellishments balls of wool from a site? Will explore your other videos. Thanks again
Hi Deborah, thanks so much for your comments, glad you enjoyed the video! Yes you can get depth into your felt using a flat resist, by how you shape it when you remove the resist, but obviously it’s easier if you create the felt with some depth to start with. So yes, try building a resist with a bit of depth (if you haven’t got any packaging foam I’ve used things like a cardboard box wrapped with cling film/shrink wrap) and see if that works! You might also like to have a look at my new book (‘Wet Felting’ by Natasha Smart) as I have chapters there dedicated to flat felting/felting with a flat resist/felting with a 3D resist so you might find that helpful too! Happy Felting!😁
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Just received your book, it is an amazing book very excited to follow through some of the projects
Thanks for telling me about it
@@deborahfoat2864 Aww thanks so much for purchasing my book Deborah, and for your lovely feedback! I’m so pleased you’re enjoying it, and hopefully it will help give you lots of ideas and tips for your future felting. If you do make any projects from it, do tag me in on any photos on social media as I’d love to see! 🥰
Couple of qstns: if the case ever got dirty, how to care for it? Were the embellishment yarns also wool? Is there a direct shrinkage ratio that you use to compute finished size - something that helps you scale up large enough to begin with that gives you the finished size you want? Thanks 😊
Hi, thanks for watching and for your questions!
So no need to worry about getting felt dirty, it was created with soap and water so you can use soapy water again to clean it! It just needs to be a gentle hand wash without too much agitation so it doesn’t shrink further.
And yes I tend to stick to high content wool yarns as they are more likely to felt in successfully with the wool fibre (as they have their own ability to felt).
Re the shrinkage, I don’t think there’s space to cover that here! But I think you might like my new book Wet Felting which has a whole section on calculating shrinkage (I also talk a lot about yarns too). You can find it on Amazon or signed copies in my Folksy shop.
Thanks again and Happy Felting!
Hi Natasha,
I did your felt bag before I did this one - yes, I know I should have probably done the smaller item first!! - and I noticed some fairly significant differences even though both follow the resist method so was wondering why.
Firstly you use only two layers here rather than three for the bag. Is this just because it is a smaller item?
Secondly, you didn’t wet down until you’d laid out both layers rather than after each layer
And lastly you did hardly any rolling here whereas there was quite a bit for the bag
This seemed far less work than the bag yet you still produced a solid piece of felt. Would the same processes work for a bag or would it be too thin
Love your colour choices by the way
Hi Jacqui, thanks so much for your feedback and comments, I’m so pleased you’ve been enjoying the tutorials! And you’ve asked some great questions here, so I’ll try to answer them:
- Overall, the thing about felting is that it’s good to have a collection of techniques that you can deploy (like rubbing, rolling, throwing) to suit different scenarios. Because every project is a bit different, depending on the fibres you use, size, even your own technique as a felter. So 2 different felters might have slightly different results, and there are different ways of achieving the same result. So ultimately what you’re asking is whether you can adapt techniques to different projects - and the answer is yes! But what I’ve tried to do with these tutorials is show you what I think is the easiest way of achieving the most successful result!
- I didn’t roll the felt in the mobile phone case tutorial because I was using a thick template (I wanted extra depth) which wouldn’t roll. So instead I rubbed the felt more and threw it with the template inside. Whereas with the bag tutorial I used a thin flexible template I could roll. So these were different techniques for each project, to achieve the same result of felting the fibres together.
- The other big difference in the 2 projects was the fibre. The phone case used merino tops, which is a finer fibre. So I just laid one layer each side and it was fine enough to achieve an even layer overall and not be too lumpy. Whereas the bag project used thicker Finnwool batt fibre. So to ensure a more even thickness of fibre I laid the batt out in 2 layers each side (to get more evenness than if I’d just laid out one thick layer). In both projects I wet the fibre as soon as I’d laid it out before moving to the next side, as doing this help keeps the fibre in place.
- Weighing the fibre is useful because then you know you’re using exactly half each side. The bag project used double the amount of wool fibre than the phone case, and the template was double the size! So it’s having the right amount of fibre which ensures the finished felt isn’t too thin, it’s not about the felting process.
I hope that helps answer your questions, thanks again for watching!😁
Once you have created a merino wool felting, can you cut shapes from it without it fraying from the cut edge? Thankyou. ☺️
Hi, thanks for your comment! Yes absolutely, the beauty of using felt in other projects is that it has a non-woven structure which doesn’t fray if you cut it. If it isn’t completely felted then the edge could be a bit fluffy when cut, so just make sure you felt it very well and it should be fine. Happy Felting!😁
Thanks for making this video. I just don't get one part. How do you give a closing flap to the case?
Hi there, thanks so much for watching! For this particular tutorial I added a leather clasp afterwards so it doesn’t have an actual flap. But if I was going to add one, the way I’d do it would be by adding eg 6cm to the length of the starting size template and using another c5-7g of fibre. Lay out the fibre exactly as in the tutorial (to within 1-2 cm of the top of the new longer template) and do everything the same until it comes to just after taking the felt off the template (ie just before the fulling/throwing stage). Then I’d cut away a c6cm long rectangle from the top edge on just the front side of the felt/case, this would leave the back side the full length which would create a flap which could fold over to the front. Rub the cut edges a bit to felt them slightly, then carry on with the rest of the tutorial. I hope that makes sense, perhaps I need to do another tutorial for this?!🤣 ps Are you on Instagram? If you look at my account I posted a speeded up video to make a purse and you can see me do something similar there (ie cut away the top of the front side to create a flap). That might help explain it better! Let me know how you get on!
@@NatashaSmartTextiles OH so you would felt essentially as one whole thing just as in your video above, and then just cut off some of the front part of the case, so that you are left with the back flap! Right'?
@@mar8014 Hiya, yes that’s exactly right! So that’s why you’d want to add some length to your template size if you wanted a phone or glasses case with flap (the flap is, in effect, an extra piece of felt you’re adding on). But if you used the template the size in the tutorial, you could make a small cute purse/pouch instead! Good luck making it!🤞
Lovely tutorial thank you. I found it interesting that you say to put the bubble wrap ‘bubbles down’ which seems to contradict instructions I have found elsewhere. Is there any reason for your choice, please?
Hi, thank you for watching! I genuinely don’t think it makes any difference which way up you put the bubble wrap! Some felters I think prefer the project next to the bubbles as the bubbles hold extra water next to the project. I prefer the smooth side next to the project on the basis that it disrupts the project less. But I honestly don’t think it matters!
@@NatashaSmartTextiles Thank you for your prompt reply and explanation. To be honest and as a total beginner to wet felting, it concerned me when I saw all the dimples on the felt when they form the butter on the felt sandwich! I shall follow your method because it’s the one that really seems sensible to me. Thank you again. 🥰
@@maryblencoweYou’re welcome! If you’re looking for more info you might like my book Wet Felting which has loads of detail, tips and projects. If you’re a beginner I think you’ll find it particularly helpful to get you felting successfully! It’s on Amazon!😁
@@NatashaSmartTextiles Thank you. As Christmas has just gone and my birthday isn’t until September, I already have this earmarked for Mother’s Day (if I can wait that long! 🤣).
Is it possible to use a pool noodle to felt a cylindrical shape as for a mug cozy?
Hi Gwenn, yes you definitely could, but remember you need to size up your initial starting size template by around 25%. I’m assuming that the circumference of the pool noodle is probably around the size you want the finished mug cosy to be - so if that’s the case you’d need to find a much bigger tube to start with. So you might be better off creating a flat resist from some thin foam or similar that’s the 25% bigger size to put your fibre around and then felting/shrinking the felt down to the size of the pool noodle to fit your mug. The pool noodle would make a great finishing resist that you can use to shape the finished felt and leave to dry. Depending how thick you make the felt it will then keep its shape pretty well.
I hope that answers your question and makes sense!! Thanks for watching! 😁
Thank you for your reply..I love watching your informative videos, and your work with wet felting is extraordinarily awesome, I’m new at felting but I’ve ordered your book so I can learn to wet felt some projects. 🌺
I cannot find the "discription down below, Tools, etc. Where can I fins that information?
Hiya, if you click the little down arrow to the right of the main video title it will bring up the description page! Good luck!😁
Donde se consigue ese material
Hola, ¿te refieres a la fibra de los tops de lana Merino? Debería poder encontrarlo fácilmente en línea, ¡pruebe Living Felt en Texas, que ofrece una gran variedad! ¡Espero que ayude!
como se llama este material , y con q lo pega?
Hello, this is wet felting. The materials used are Merino wool fibre tops/roving and mohair wool knitting yarns. (Look at the information below the video for all the details of materials and equipment you need). I hope that helps answer your question, thank you for watching!😁
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