Author Archives: shepherdessann

Nuno Felt Experiments for the Studio Challenge

Posted on June 18, 2013

Every quarter on the forum we do a challenge.   http://feltandfiberstudio.proboards.com/thread/622/second-quarter-challenge  I thought I better get on with it myself before the challenge runs out. I challenged people to try nuno felting or to try it on something they hadn’t before. I … Continue reading →

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Finished Cuffs

Posted on June 14, 2013

This week has been a snatch a little felting here and there week. The cuffs dried out twice before they where ready to have the marbles added. I use elastics for doing braids in horse manes and tales to put … Continue reading →

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Felt Cuffs in Progress

Posted on June 8, 2013

This week I am working on a few cuffs. These will have bubbles in them so they have to start out really long as when I put the marbles in them to get the bubbles they shrink fast. These are … Continue reading →

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Around the Web

Posted on June 2, 2013

Lorraine Roy Art Textiles Ann Wood’s Toadstools Celebrity Face Dresses by Erin Pearce Father’s Day Ideas from Rosie Pink Principally Felt Ribbon and Scrim Experiment Fiona’s Red Textures Ruth’s Umbrella Felting Sandy’s Needle Felted Flower     Frauke Felt’s Dyeing … Continue reading →

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Nuno Challenge Experiment One

Posted on May 27, 2013

The second quarter challenge over on the http://feltandfiberstudio.proboards.com/ is mine but I have yet to start. Today I started. Months ago I made a shrug jacket and then died it blue. It would not stop bleeding. I rinsed it for days. … Continue reading →

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Felted Flowers

Posted on May 22, 2013

It has been busy around here as we are starting at a new Farmers’ market this weekend and we have been getting ready. This was difficult because they hadn’t sent us any thing about being accepted until a few days … Continue reading →

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OHS Conference

Posted on May 14, 2013

Here are some more pictures from the Ontario Handweavers and Spinners Conference. It was a really nice venue with tons of good food and really nice rooms this is the courtyard where there where two magnolia trees in full bloom and … Continue reading →

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Classes at the Conference

Posted on May 7, 2013

This last weekend I was teaching at the Ontario Handweavers and Spinners biannual conference. Here are pictures of the Nuno felting class. There where only 3 people in this class. It was a preconference class. The full conference started that evening with … Continue reading →

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Dyeing for Class

Posted on April 29, 2013

This weekend and next I am teaching nuno felt scarves. I had to dye silk for bases and wool so there would be a good variety to work with. For the scarves I used the scrunch method in mason jars. … Continue reading →

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Future Felting

Posted on April 23, 2013

Future felting comes from lambs. Here are some of this years lambs outside enjoying the spring sunshine. Most of our lambs were born in the winter so they are not tiny anymore but they are very cute non the less. … Continue reading →

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