Soap felting!

Look what I bought myself this Christmas!

A jar of wonderfully soft blue fluffy stuff and some beautiful smelling soap.

It's a kit to felt soap from sfeltaccessories on ETSY

So the instructions looked pretty easy to follow.

I laid out the fluff in strands and then wrapped it around the soap. I did this a few times to make layers.

Then I had to wrap it in a nylon net.

I had to rub it really hard under running hot water until the fluff didn't move anymore. Then it was time to unwrap. So exciting!

I got addicted after that!

It was lovely to use and lasted much longer than usual. The boys thought the colour was cool and the novelty of it actually got them using soap! It was easier for them to use as it wasn't slippery.

As we used it the soap the wool shrunk too and kept a tight fit around the soap. Apparently if we cut a slit in the finished pouch and fill it with lavender we could use it with a few drops of essential oil in a drawer.

In addition as wool is naturally antibacterial , breathable and odour resistant it will not hold germs. I'm hooked.

sfeltaccessories also sell other kits.
This one is for a bracelet or necklace.

If you can't be bothered with all that here's a few links to shops with felted soap.

The Rainbow Room (UK)

Vincent Palo (US)

 

Sapling Naturals (US)

Ode to Autumn by John Keats

Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness!
Close bosom-friend of the maturing sun;
Conspiring with him how to load and bless
With fruit the vines that round the thatch-eaves run;
To bend with apples the mossed cottage-trees,
And fill all fruit with ripeness to the core;
To swell the gourd, and plump the hazel shells
With a sweet kernel; to set budding more,
And still more, later flowers for the bees,
Until they think warm days will never cease,
For Summer has o'erbrimmed their clammy cells

Yesterday the sun was shining and we decided to brave the last of the season's wasps and collect the last apples. The boys loved clinbing the scaffold to reach the high branches.

We've sent lots of apples to school today for the harvest festival.

I've also collected enough to fill my old freezer. Later in the year, perhaps at half term  I will locate the apple press and make some juice. A time consuming but fun job the boys enjoy.

I've also stewed a ton of apples to make pie fillings for the winter.

Sad to see the last of the raspberries today too. We ate those with lots of cream and broken pavlova.

On an apple theme I have found these great products. Perfect for harvest fun.

2 Apple Harvest Melting Tarts by Country Home Scent ETSY

Warm Apple Harvest Handmade Soap by Lotions and potions  ETSY

Apple Locket necklace - locket and leaf necklace - handmade by The Magpie's Daughter ETSY