This year’s theme is ‘Personal Items’ so the third quarter challenge calls to all felters, spinners, weavers, stitchers, knitters, crocheters and mixed media fibre artists to think ahead.
With apologies to our forum friends in the southern hemisphere who are looking forward to spring, we need to think about the coming cooler months.
All the shops have their summer sales now so that they can clear the way for the new autumn/winter stock that will be on sale by the beginning of August.
So the challenge is to make something that will keep you warm!
Here are a few ideas to get you thinking:
Josie (forum member) is knitting a lap quilt…
…Arlene (adventures in felt) has just made her first pair of mittens…
…and last year Judith (koffipot) showed her woven scarf on the forum…
…and if you’d like to make a hat but don’t know how, then Teri Berry is running an online class via the Felting and Fiber Forum. The class will run in July / August and registration opens on 2 July 2020. The price for this four-week course is £50 GBP (approx. $66 US, $85 Canadian, €56, $88 AUD, $97 NZ) and the number of places will be limited to 30 students.
The first felting tutorial will be posted on 16 July 2020 with another tutorial posted in each of the following 2 weeks. The class forum will remain open for you to share your work and ask questions until 27 Aug 2020.
Here are a couple of her hats…
So get your thinking hat on. What can you make, in your favourite medium, to help keep you warm this autumn/winter?
Please post your photos on the Felting and Fiber Forum in the studio challenges section.