I'm looking to make a set of felt boot liners and wondered if anyone could offer a little guidance?
As far as I can tell there two main approaches: regular flat felt cut and sewn into shape or seamless, presumably created around a form of some kind.
I could produce the seamed kind with little difficulty but suspect seamless may suit my needs better.
One technique I've found is to use a flat cardboard template (resist) and wrap the ends of the wool from one side round to other and process the same as a regular flat sheet of felt. This effectively creates a 'pitta-bread' like structure once the card is extracted. This technique clearly works but it looks like it will need a fair amount of trial and error to get something that fits comfortably.
Deep down I think my man-brain wants to over-engineer things but the accuracy of creating a liner around a 3D form appeals to me. I can create a last easily enough, taking account of multiple sock layers and 'wiggle' room. Does anyone have any experience creating felt in this way?
As far as I can tell there two main approaches: regular flat felt cut and sewn into shape or seamless, presumably created around a form of some kind.
I could produce the seamed kind with little difficulty but suspect seamless may suit my needs better.
One technique I've found is to use a flat cardboard template (resist) and wrap the ends of the wool from one side round to other and process the same as a regular flat sheet of felt. This effectively creates a 'pitta-bread' like structure once the card is extracted. This technique clearly works but it looks like it will need a fair amount of trial and error to get something that fits comfortably.
Deep down I think my man-brain wants to over-engineer things but the accuracy of creating a liner around a 3D form appeals to me. I can create a last easily enough, taking account of multiple sock layers and 'wiggle' room. Does anyone have any experience creating felt in this way?
