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| It was a great experience learning how to make felt slippers.It was a lengthy process and we had to be very patient. First of all we drew around our feet on a plastic sheet to create our feet's template. |
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| We drew an outline around the foot template and then cut it out. |
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| We cut the wool into small chunks by pulling it out gently and then we covered the foot template with three layers of wool. |
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| We wet the base layer by spraying it with a mixture of water and washing up liquid. |
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| We transfered our design to the top of our slippers and sprayed it again. |
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| It was quite tricky to transfer our design onto the slippers, so we had to be very careful. |
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| We had to tap the wet wool with our fingers all the time in order to felt it and make it strong. |
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| When the slipper was felted we made a cut where the foot was to go. |
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| We also had to felt the opening and make it very strong. |
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| We gently removed the plastic template from inside the slipper. |
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| We tried the slipper on for size and continued tapping and felting whilst still on our foot. |
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| We had great fun designing and making our felt slippers. Shown here are some of our finished slippers. Aren't they great? |
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