At the October meeting this month Carol shared with us her techniques in using power tools to assist with felting.

The first step in the process is to lay out the wool that is too be felted in this case a solid colored roving which is spread out evenly.

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Then a light top coating of  decorative fleece was spread over the solid colored fleece to provide variety in the material.

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The wool was then covered with a window screen material and lightly sprayed with water mixed with soap.

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After spraying the fleece with water a electric sander is used to felt the material.  Don’t have the fleece soaking wet just lightly sprayed,  and be sure to plug into a grounded plug and wear rubber soled shoes while doing this technique.  PS –  LWSG holds no responsibility if you electrocute yourself.

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This technique felts the material together quite quickly.  For more information on felting with electric tools and felting in general contact Carol Funnel for a listing of classes that she is teaching.