Burning crafting question

[colliemommie]

I have a wool sweater I want to make into a laptop bag. So, do I cut it apart, use yarn to sew the pieces together, and then felt it, or do I felt first, then sew?

The downside of felting last is that there's no way to 100% guarantee the finished size. It might not be a laptop bag. But stitching with wool yarn and then felting means it will meld together and be pretty darn untearable.

The downside of felting first is having to sew felt.

Comments

[colliemommie.livejournal.com]

You were one of the two ljers I was really hoping would weigh in. I think I will sew, then felt. I'm worried about it being too weak in the seams otherwise...people do tend to stuff bags like that as much as possible.