Help - what kind of soap for felting?

[GreebosWhiskers]

We were at an eco thing at the weekend & 2.6yo dd got all upset 'cos I didn't get away from our nappy stall in time for her to make a felt flower (luckily the nice lady on the stall gave her one from their display).

I have the wool rovings (they've been waiting on me trying out my drop spindle for about 6 months now) so promised dd & I would make our own flowers this week but actually I don't have a clue what kind of soap we should use. Can anyone help?

[GreebosWhiskers]

bump

[lucykate]

i use a special one called turbo filtzer but try something like ariel liquid, washing up liquid may bubble up too much

[Gingermonkey]

is there no end to your talents, LK? You can felt too. I think I love you and am going to put you on my list of wonderful hero types (it's the doll that's done it y'know!)

[lucykate]

i'm not very good at it though, i have loads of wet felting roving from the place i used to work and have for weeks been attempting to make felted balls to use as heads on finger puppets. i finally got the technique right and made about 10, but ds has nibbled on the 4 best ones and bitten chunks out of them.

pesky kids, always getting in the way of art

[Gingermonkey]

pesky kids indeed! Oh, I ordered Katy!!!!! Watch this space!!!