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2012 Review
It’s hard to believe it’s almost a year since we posted about our plans for 2012! Looking back over what I’d hoped to achieve I didn’t expect to have done many of them, as the year panned out a lot … Continue reading
Posted in Year End Round Up
Tagged Banana fibre, bird house, bird pod, felt, review, silk paper, Suffolk, wet felt
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Even more Natural Wools and Fibres
Earlier this year, I made a piece of felt intending to make a notebook cover out of it. The base is natural grey Merino and on the top there is: crimped viscose; black viscose top; banana fibre; hemp; soybean fibre … Continue reading
Posted in natural wools, Other Fibers, Wet Felting
Tagged Banana fibre, black bamboo top, black viscose top, cortaderia, cotton gauze, crimped viscose, egyptian cotton, flax, hemp, ingeo, merino, milk protein fibre, pampas grass, ramie, silk top, soybean fibre, soybean top, tumbleweed, white bamboo top
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Lots of ‘other’ fibres
Although a lot of the speciality fibre tops seem to look very similar at first, especially the white ones, they all have their own unique qualities. It’s interesting to try the different fibres on different types of wool to find … Continue reading
Posted in natural wools, Other Fibers, Wet Felting
Tagged Banana fibre, corriedale, Finnish, flax, hemp, ingeo, linen, milk, milk protein, ramie, soybean
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Grey Wools and Banana Fibre
Sometimes, the wool and fibres I’m using don’t felt the way I expect them to. This was the case recently when I tried banana fibre with grey Suffolk wool tops. We often say there’s no bad wool, just the right … Continue reading
Posted in Experiments, Other Fibers, Wet Felting, Wool
Tagged Banana fibre, bird pods, Gotland fleece, raw wool, Suffolk, wet felting, Wool locks
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