Felt a bag or pouch - PEP BB textile.straw.felt.pouch

This is a badge bit (BB) that is part of the PEP curriculum.  Completing this BB is part of getting the straw badge in textiles.

In this project, you will felt or full a bag or pouch. This can be done by either wet felting or by fulling a knit pouch. When one felts a wool knit object, it is technically called "fulling," though it's easier to find patterns searching for "felted knit bag pattern."

Here's a tutorial on How To Make a Seemless Wet-Felt Purse.


This wet-felted bag uses a ball for it's form: How to Wet Felt a Shoulder Bag on a Ball


This wet-felted bag uses bubble wrap for a form: How to Make a Wet-Felted Spiral Bag


13 Patterns for Felted Knit Purses



You can also find your favorite knit pouch or purse pattern, and increase the needle size up by at least 2 needle sizes. Knit according to the pattern and then felt down.

When making a pouch like like this, it helps to felt it partway (usually about 10 minutes) in the washer on hot.  Make sure to weave a non felting yarn through the drawstring holes, so they don't felt shut! Then finish felting it in the sink. To make it felt more fully, use only hot water until the end. This melds the fibres better together. The hot water loosens the fibres so they tangle together better. Cold water constricts them. So if you use too much cold water, it will felt more quickly, but with more of the knitting stitches visible, and potentially some holes.



When drying it, to get the fluted hour-glass type shape, fill the bag with marbles, and mold the top to the shape you want.


Badge bit requirements:
- must have a handle or drawstring
- must be at least 5 inches tall
- must be felted or fulled

To document your completion of the BB, provide proof of the following as pics or video (less than two minutes):
-  two progress pictures of you pouch
-  the finished pouch