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   Here is my "before" wool sweater. Not felted yet.

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   The first step was to cut off a part of the sweater that was not going to be felted. This was a first for me to not felt a whole sweater as I have only done projects that were either all felted or all non felted.
   
   




3. 

   

   After one washing of the top part you can see how much it shrank. But I wanted it a bit more sturdy so back for another wash and dry.
   
   

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   And here are the two parts, the felted one even smaller and thicker.




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   Now I took the non felted parts at the side seams.
   
   

6. 

   

   I then cut the felted section to make the body of the bag.
   
   

7. 

   

   I then sewed the non felted sections to the felted body section of the bag.

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   I then sewed up the bag along the bottom edge. To gather the ends I used a matching ribbon on a large needle and went in and out along the ribbed ends.
   
   

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   And here you have it:
   
   

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