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Nuno Felt Experiments for the Studio Challenge
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
Posted in Challenges, Nuno Felting, Uncategorized
Tagged felt, felting, merino wool, nuno, nuno felt, nuno felting, polyester, silk, Studio challenge
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Finished Cuffs
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
Posted in Design, Nuno Felting, Prefelt, Uncategorized, Wet Felting
Tagged felt jewelry, felting, merino, nuno felt, Silk throwsters waste, wet felting, wrist cuffs
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Felt Cuffs in Progress
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
Posted in Design, Nuno Felting, Prefelt, Wet Felting, Wool
Tagged felt, felting, nuno felt, prefelt, silk, Silk throwsters waste, wet felting
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Nuno Challenge Experiment One
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
Posted in Challenges, Dyeing, Experiments, Nuno Felting, Uncategorized
Tagged challenge, dyeing, felting, nuno, nuno felt, nuno felting, second quarter challenge, silk, texture
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Classes at the Conference
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
Posted in Design, Needle Felting, Nuno Felting, Teaching, Wet Felting
Tagged felt, felting, fiber, fibre, nuno, nuno felt, nuno felting, silk, teaching, wet felting
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Sewing and Experimenting
I’ve been trying to continue with the things I learned during Ruth’s challenge for getting 5 minutes of fibre time into each day. I don’t always manage that and often end up with one or two days where I have … Continue reading
Posted in Experiments, Other Fibers, Stitching, Wet Felting
Tagged acrylic, camera case, nuno felt, purses, ring pouch, stitching, synthetic fabrics, synthetic fibres
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Dyeing for Class
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
Posted in Dyeing, Nuno Felting
Tagged acid dyes, dyeing, fiber reactive dyes, nuno felt, scrunch dyeing, silk
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Pink!
On my last post I showed you a sneaky peek of the ripples and ruffles of the nuno felted piece I made for Ann’s challenge. Well, here’s the finished piece in full: Here it is from another angle: It’s kind … Continue reading
Posted in Challenges
Tagged merino, nuno, nuno felt, pink, ripples, ruffles, synthetic fabrics, synthetic nuno, texture
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Coppery Bronze Felt
I hadn’t handmade any new felt for a few months until this week. I knew I’d have a spare couple of days for doing layouts and felting, so I went through my supplies and got a few things together. I … Continue reading
Posted in Nuno Felting, Other Fibers, Wet Felting
Tagged art yarns, merino, nuno felt, organza, silk, Silk throwsters waste, synthetic scarf, texture
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Synthetic Fibres and Fabrics
A couple of felt pieces I chose to make into things for etsy recently were both made using nylon fibres. This first piece has crimped nylon fibre which I dyed myself, blended with merino tops. The felt had a really … Continue reading
Posted in Other Fibers, Stitching, Wet Felting
Tagged camera case, etsy, felt case, gadget case, glasses case, nuno felt, nylon, rainbow, synthetic fibres, synthetic nuno, trilobal nylon
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