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Summary: Avoiding lumpy felt bracelets can be difficult. Learn how to work the felt bracelet to even out the material with tips from a felting expert in this free craft video.
Laura Artates began working with fiber arts at 5 years old when She learned to knit Norwegian style while living in South Africa with her family. Laura takes her background in the...read more
"At this point we have passed the pinch test all the way around our bracelet. I've worked all the way around; I've got a good solid skin on here. But the inside of the felt is really squishy; it moves around, you can feel it sliding around in there. So, we're going to have to work the center, essentially, to get it to really tighten up. So, I'm going to use my bumpy tray as one of my surfaces to work against. So I can really rub it on the surface. This is the part where you're allowed to rub it a little bit. I'm going to try and not work too much flat, or I'm going to end up with a flat profile on my bracelet. And I really want it to be a nice round, even cord all the way around. So, I'm going to do it this way, I'm going to rub it on the sides, all the way around. And I can even take it in my hand and just wad it up and kind of do this way. Kind of lets me work the whole thing all at once. And I'm really doing a lot of cross rubbing on all of this. And I've got a little bit too much soap here too, at this point, so I may take a break here and go rinse some of the soap out. And come back and keep on filling until I can get a nice hard surface."
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