Wet-Felted Winter Boot Tutorial - Full Length, Thorough, DIY Resist, Wool Boots

Looking to Jump to a Certain Step? Here's the timing breakdown:

0:00 - 8:10 - creating the template/resist
8:10 - 10:50 - laying out towels, setting up, sorting wool batts
10:50 - 22:00 - laying out First Full Layer of wool on both sides (took me 19 minutes)
22:00 - 28:48 - laying out Second Full Layer of wool on both sides (took me around 25 minutes)
28:48 - 34:00 - laying out Third Full Layer of wool on both sides (took me around 21 minutes)
34:00 - 36:30 - laying out partial Fourth Layer of wool on both sides (took me around 10 minutes)
36:30 - 40:00 - first phase of gentle agitation (active felting) on both sides
40:00 - 45:50 - second phase, rougher agitation on both sides, but still leaving resist flat (this phase and prior, gentler phase: 26 minutes on first side, 17 minutes on second side)
45:50 - 54:40 - third phase, rough agitation while manipulating felt by folding, rolling, etc. (28 minutes)
54:40 - 56:25 - cutting the felt off the resist
56:25 - 1:02:40 - felting down one boot to finished size (took me around 22 minutes)
1:02:40 - 1:07:25 - felting down second boot to finished size (took me around 15 minutes)
1:07:25 - 1:08:30 - last brief session felting down both boots
1:08:30 - 1:10:00 - discussing finishing steps
1:10:00 - 1:11:08 - maintenance and normal use information, credits

Total Raw Video time before speeding sections up: 3 hours, 22 minutes. Took 5 hours 30 minutes when you factor in food, bathroom, stretch breaks.

This is my second pair of felted wool boots, and I document the process from start to finish. This video is long because it shows the whole process. I didn't want to skip or gloss over steps that you might be unfamiliar with, and I didn't want to just post photos - because I've found when teaching people to felt that seeing the hand movements involved can make a big difference. Hopefully you'll agree, and will find this video helpful. I did, however, 'speed up' repetitive steps after showing them the first time - that way you can get a sense for some of the hidden time that goes into making felted boots that you don't see in other guides, and can still see the motions and techniques used without watching a 4-hour video.

There are other methods out there, and many other tools that can be used. I felt without bubble wrap, without special tables, without special tools. If you can learn to felt the way I do, you'll find yourself capable in any situation and able to felt even more quickly if you Do happen to have access to faster methods or tools.

Please share in the comments - have you felted for the first time after watching this video? How did it go? If you're an experienced felter, was there anything that was new to you? If you're sharing critiques, please make them constructive so I know how to change or improve for future how-to videos. Thanks! :)

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(I haven't weighed the boots yet, and they're all packed up ready to fly to Montana with me in the morning, so I'll post a weight for you once I've got the boots near a scale again.)

Видео Wet-Felted Winter Boot Tutorial - Full Length, Thorough, DIY Resist, Wool Boots канала Feral Forest - Alaska