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It's your soap and washcloth all in one. Made with 100%
Merino or Alpaca wool roving and handcrafted soap bars. Wool has natural
anti-fungal properties and will retain its freshness. As you lather the
soap, the wool remains tight around the soap making the bar last longer. The
felt shrinks along with the soap as you use it, and the casing can be reused
by slitting along the edge and inserting a new bar of soap.
Trim any sharp edges from your soap pieces so that the corners are smooth.
Select your color choices of wool roving a pull off a portion of the wool,
enough to wrap around the soap in one direction. Wrap more wool roving
around the soap in the opposite direction and then place the covered soap
into the bottom foot-part of your panty hose. (we cut the panty hose off at
the knee). Wet the panty hose under warm/hot running water and drip some
liquid soap over the piece (this will start the felting action).
Start to rub the soap (on all sides) on your washboard or sushi mat. The
liquid soap along with the stocking and washboard will create friction which
allows the wool to felt. Keep rubbing the soap and rinsing in between. After
a few minutes, remove the soap from the stocking and check the felting so
far.
At this time you can add additional wool to make it thicker or add different
colors if you want. Put the soap back into the stocking and repeat until the
wool is matted down on the soap. Rinse in cool water and blot with a towel.
Let the soap dry on a rack overnight. Use the next day.
When in use, we recommend using a slotted soap dish which allows air flow
and will help the soap dry on all sides. Check out our video below and see
us making our felted soaps.
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