Wool Sweater Pants (Soakers)

I needed some bigger soakers, and knitting was taking too long.

We all piled in the car and headed to GoodWill; a nice wool sweater for $1.99 (Shetland wool) that, now as a knitter, I feel almost guilty felting and using as a diaper cover. When looking for a good sweater to felt, I find that men's are the best since they're bigger and usually thicker. The thinner wool sweaters usually shrink up to nothing when you felt them.

Decided not to shrink this one as much, so it would stay stretchy. I'll just wash it gentle/cold when I wash in the machine.  (I posted Instructions for Felted Wool Thrift Store Soakers a while back)

And I couldn't resist using the cables for something, so the middle part of the sweater became soaker shorts. They are actually enormous, so I'll add elastic to the top and legs to make sort-of bloomers.

I didn't lanolize these and they are working fine for us, even overnight.

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