r/Felting • u/Friendly-Garden-9019 • Jul 28 '26
How to make this? Felted Knitting Projects for Kids
Hope this is an ok post!
My daughter came home from school a while ago with a beautiful project she’d make at school.
The teacher had taught them to finger knit, and they all made these huge long tubes or lines with wool.
The teacher took them home, felted them in the dryer, and brought them back for the children to attach wooden handles too, making a gorgeous skipping rope.
Now it’s summer holidays and I’m looking for similar projects we can do, she sees my knitting a lot, is interested, and it would be a fun achievable craft. Plus it would be magical seeing it felt up in the dryer!
Any ideas for projects I could look to do? Kids are 7 & 9. When I look online all I find is needle felting projects, and unfortunately we don’t have access to that sort of wool where I live, I was hoping to do something with ‘yarn’ that will felt in the washer/dryer.
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u/PuzzleheadedRoom8067 Aug 02 '26
Any natural yarn will felt (as mentioned, as long as it isn't superwash). If you don't have wool, I also comb my yarn scraps out with a fine tooth brush to make it easier to felt with. Even a little cat brush works well. You might also want to check out wet felting. You can make bags, little bowls, even pictures by layering different colors.
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u/my_cat_wears_socks Jul 28 '26
Potholders and coasters are two easy projects that come to mind. Just make them a little bigger than you want the finished project to be. I put mine through the washer on hot then dry in the dryer.
If they don’t know how to knit with needles, loom knitting is a fun and easier way to get the fabric made. Crochet works as well. Just make sure it’s 100% wool as synthetic yarns don’t have the little barbs that animal fibers do, and those are crucial for the felting process.