Soap Felting - How to Felt a Bar of Soap

Tips for Felting Soap

Felting Soap

David Fisher

• Use a good bar of soap that has good lather. If you're making it from scratch, up the coconut or palm kernel oil a bit.
• Don't use a soap that has any flower petals or seeds or other additives in it - it won't hurt anything, they just won't make it through the felt - they'll be left behind.
• For that matter, if you're going to be felting the soap, you don't even have to worry about color at all.
• I'm told by my weaving friend, that Merino Wool works best for felting - but you can basically use any wool roving- or even wool/silk blends. Experiment!
• It will take some experimentation to find the right amount of wool to use to make the thickness of felt that you like.
• Using very hot water seems to speed things along.

• Let's Get Started Making a Felted Bar of Soap
• Soap Felting - Wrap the Wool Around the Soap
• Begin to Wet the Bar
• The Wet Cat Step
• Wool Shrinking - Soap Lathering
• Start Really Rubbing
• Check the Felting Process
• Blot - Let it Dry - Use It!
• Tips for Felting Soap