One of my favorite things to do with raw fiber is to felt soap. Not only is it a fun activity for both kids and adults but you get a usable product that everyone can enjoy. Felted soap also makes great stocking stuffers or toppers for gifts.
I’ve taken photos of the felting process with instructions along the way. Should you have any questions or would like to purchase raw fiber to felt your own soap send me an email or visit our Farm Store.
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- Supplies: Fiber, Soap, Ziploc baggie, Brush, Hot Water, Shoe tray
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- Bottom row of fiber is what you see on your finished soap.
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- Make sure your 2nd row of fiber lays in the opposite direction than your first.
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- Your last row of fiber can be any color since it is not usually seen. Using a rounded soap vs. a rectangle is best for beginners so the corners of the soap don’t poke through the fiber.
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- Roll your soap up in the fiber
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- Pour HOT water on your soap.
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- Give baby pats on your soap to help the fibers start to felt. DO NOT RUB! Don’t be afraid to pick up your bundle of soap and pat it in your hand for better control.
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- Once your patted soap holds shape put it in a ziploc bag.
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- Now you can start to rub your soap. Go nuts! Great for kids to do too.
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- After 15 min it should look like this. Run your soap bar under HOT then COLD water to help shrink the fibers further. Squeeze extra water out and lay out to dry.
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- Tada! You have pretty soaps for you or to give as gifts!
Some tips for your finished soap:
Should your soap get too dry and not suds up any more run it under warm water and place the wet soap in a Ziploc bag and run in your hands until the suds start flowing again.
If you’ve finished your bar and the soap is all gone the felted part is still usable! With the soap missing the felt now has a pocket in the center where the bar of soap used to be. You can cut one of the ends off and use the felted pouch to house jewelry, cell phones, change or whatever else you can think of!
Happy felting!
As always check out other fiber projects at Alpaca Farm Girl’s Fiber Arts Fridays!
Wow that was amazing. this is a good gift idea for holidays. i gotta make lots of these ^_^. Thanks a lot for the tip.
Thanks so much for posting this! I am an owner of 9 suri alpacas and have a school group visiting our farm! i needed a fast, fun and cheap project to showcase alpaca fiber! it’s fantastic!
Your instructions and images were a great help. My first bar of soap dried overnight and is now ready to use. It’s a beautiful creation!
I have been considering making felted soap, but tonight I decided to take the plunge. It was so easy, thanks for your pictures and information! My soap is drying now and looks awesome!
Very nice article in how to make felt soap, the steps and the procedures are very easy, even the kids can do this .
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Thank you so much for such a great idea. I just made the felted soap yesterday and it was fun and easy! I can’t wait to do more.