Mitten ornaments made out of felt are really easy to make. Especially during Christmas time you can hang them on your Christmas tree. First of all make the shape of a mitten on a piece of paper. Then cut it out. Make use of this pattern to cut the top layer of mitten from the felt of wool. Select the design that you want to make out of that mitten, then cut out shapes that are solid from the different colours of wool felt. Put the mitten on the top of the felting brush and arrange the pieces of felt. Use the tools of felting and take the instructions of the manufacturer. Continue adding and layering the pieces of felt on one another till the design is complete. Cut the piece of cuff and try and reach the desired thinckness. Tack the cuff to the top of the mitten with the help of felting needle tool. Place the felting brush on the top of the mitten and save the two layers together.To finish the sewing of mitten use felted balls to the right corner of the cuff using making some embroidery and a large cross-stitch. Add a hanging loop to make it look fancy.
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In order to bring the product in the right shape, we keep it in the sun light to dry it up, hence, drying of the felt is done in a complete natural way. No machines are used to heat up for the drying purpose. After the process in which the product is made wet, sunlight is used to dry it up quickly. After drying up depending upon what design needs to be given to the final product little bit of sewing and gluing is done to the product to give it the correct design. Most of the felt products that are made are made by poor or the disadvantaged people, who have little money and these item are traded in the fairs and are hence, called trade items. Therefore, buying these felt products or items can turn out to be a great support to these poor people and can help them in a lot of ways. Different kinds of products that are made by felt are bedsheets, bags, shoes, felt accessories, purses, necklaces, scarves, hat and other craft items. They look beautiful once they are made.