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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 Wet Felting, Needle Felting, Nuno Felting, Design, Teaching
Tagged felting, wet felting, fibre, fiber, felt, silk, nuno felt, nuno, nuno felting, teaching
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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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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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Giveaway—Beyond Nuno PDF e-book
As a big Thank You for all the support I’ve had since I started felting and blogging, I’m giving away a copy of my new PDF e-book called Beyond Nuno. It’s all about using different fabrics in wet felting, why … Continue reading
Posted in Giveaways, Nuno Felting, Tutorials, Wet Felting
Tagged Beyond Nuno, cheesecloth, cotton gauze, e-book, fabrics, felting e-book, felting fabrics, giveaway, nuno felting, organza, silk, wet felting
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looking back at 2012
Back in January I picked a worked for the year, Breath. I think I managed to do that more or less. Stopping to think about what I want to do. I tried some new felting things and learned to use a … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized, Year End Round Up
Tagged felting, free motion machine stitching, needle felting, nuno felt, silk, stitching, wet felting, wool, year end
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My Project for the 4th Quarter Felting Challenge
I decided not to wait until the last min to do my challenge piece this time. The forth quarter challenge is weather. http://feltingandfiberstudio.com/2012/10/25/weather-challenge/ This piece I did on a piece of black silk chiffon. It’ s meant to be framed. I was … Continue reading
Posted in Challenges, Design, Experiments, Nuno Felting, Uncategorized, Wet Felting
Tagged felt, felting, fibre, merino, merino wool, natural fibres, nature, nuno felt, nuno felting, projects, silk, snow, wet felting, winter, winter challenge, wool
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Exhibition and Sale
The guild I belong to, the Ottawa Valley Weavers and Spinners Guild, had its annual exhibition and sale this last weekend. I had a booth selling scarves and wraps and flowers and cuffs and hats etc. The guild does a … Continue reading
Posted in Fairs and Shows, Felted Hats, Needle Felting, Nuno Felting, Other Fibers, Uncategorized, Wet Felting, Wool
Tagged booth design, cat fur, community, display, drop spindle, drop spindles, felt, felting, fiber, fibre, fibres, needle felting, nostepinne, nuno felt, nuno felting, other fibres, Ottawa Vally Weavers and Spinners guild. Demo, OVWSG, shows, silk, spinners guild, spinning, stitching, weaving, wet felting, wool
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Changing the Design of a Nuno Felt Shrug
In the spring I made some shrug jackets using a pattern I saw in a book about making simple garments with your weaving. I don’t weave but I can felt a rectangle instead of weaving it. You would think that I … Continue reading
Posted in Design, Experiments, Nuno Felting, Repurpose, Tutorials, Uncategorized, Wet Felting
Tagged abstract, design, dyeing, felt, felting, fiber, fibre, how to, jacket, merino, merino wool, nuno felt, nuno felting, product lines, shrug, shrug jacket, silk, stitching, wet felting, wool
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Giveaway Winner
Thanks a lot to everyone who entered the Bits and Pieces Giveaway this week, it was really nice to see all the great comments The lucky winner is ….. Congratulations, Isabell Please can you leave a comment on … Continue reading
Posted in Challenges, Giveaways
Tagged challenge, cloud, giveaway, silk, weather, winner
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Making Felted Soap
I have a show coming up soon and I am almost out of felted soap. They are always popular at Christmas time. Here you can see some of my bins of small amounts of different colours, the pieces of nylon … Continue reading
Posted in Design, Fairs and Shows, Other Fibers, Tutorials, Uncategorized, Wet Felting, Wool
Tagged felt, felted soap, felting, fiber, fibre, fibres, how to, merino, merino wool, nylon, silk, silk hanky, texture, tutorial, wet felting, wool
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