Knit Felted Purses to Increase Your Funds

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If you know how to knit you can create gorgeous wool felted purses. Or if you have always wanted to learn how to knit, take a class or ask a friend how-to knit so you can create wool felted purses.

To knit the wool felted purses you will want to buy purse patterns. You can find them online and at places that sell items to sew such as JoAnne Fabrics, Super Wal-Mart, etc. Try to buy the patterns when they are on sale to help you save money.

You will also need to purchase the wool yarn. The yarn can also be purchased online, sewing stores, craft stores and discount stores. Try to shop around so you get the best price as the wool yarn adds up to quite a bit since you knit the purses larger than their actual size. Most skeins of yarn that you will use are around $18.00 each. The large purses take two to three skeins.

Once you find the purse patterns and yarn that you like, get knitting! To make knit felted purses you will knit large purses. You will see that most of the purses are huge, almost like an afghan instead of a purse size.

After you have completed the knitted part of the wool felted purse, you will put it in water in your washing machine on the lowest setting with as little amount of water as the washing machine takes. Turn on the washing machine and let it agitate the purse.

Let the purse dry. This process will take a few days as wool is quite thick. As soon as the purse is dry you can sew on buttons, an inside pocket for women’s change, and a second pocket for a cell phone. You can even make your purse fancier by adding on special designs like in the purses above. Use the wool yarn to create your designs, person’s name, etc. with a large needle and let your imagination take over.

People will enjoy their one-of-a-kind purse. My sister-in-law creates these purses and I have three and counting. This could be a very profitable relaxing job for you. For more information, please visit: http://www.preparednessmentor.com/.