Felt Me Up : Hand Felted Soap New video tutorial below and soap felting kits available here ! Because sometime is is easier to watch the whole process. Or continue for the photo tutorial... After last week's how to make castile soap post that required chemicals that command respect, we have a gentle craft post this week, felting soap. This one is kid friendly and lots of fun, not to mention another cracking idea for frugal holiday gifts. You won't need many supplies, just a bar of soap and some wool or alpaca fibre. Add a bit of water and elbow grease and you'll end up with a beautiful felted soap. You won't need a wash cloth or a body scrubby to gently ex-foliate and you won't be prone to dropping the soap. First the soap. Use any kind you like including a cheap bar from the grocery store. Rectangular with rounded edges is the easiest shape to start on, but in this tutorial I used a small round hotel soap. Free is good. Choosing wool is trickier. The first time I tried felting I used some yarn I thought was 100% wool, but since it wouldn't felt, it probably isn't. After trying to felt a soap with it, I found how to Test Your Yarn for Felting . The yarn failed the test, so I bought a ball at the Warehouse (NZ's closest Walmart equivalent) for $3.99 that had a sticker that said "Felt me." If you use yarn,