Author Archives: shepherdessann

Going Batty

Posted on February 15, 2019

Last week you saw Jan post about the spin in Wheels on Fire. LINK It was lots of fun and I bought a lovely batt from  Judy Kavanagh etsy.com/ca/shop/JudyKavanagh I loved the colours and it made me think of a wild landscape. … Continue reading →

Posted in Fairs and Shows, Inspiration, Spinning, Surface Design, Uncategorized, Wet Felting, Wool | Tagged , , | 8 Comments

Silk Yarn Dying

Posted on January 30, 2019

This week I decided to do some yarn dyeing. I bought some ends of cones someone brought in to the guild. They are perfect for me as I don’t need large amounts of any yarn. I couldn’t find my niddy noddy so I just wrapped … Continue reading →

Posted in Design, Dyeing, Silk, Uncategorized | Tagged , , , | 11 Comments

Little Pot is Finished

Posted on January 22, 2019

As promised here is the finished pot. It did work, as if there was any doubt.  All the problems I had were to do with the size of the pot and me. The first problem is that I cut the whole … Continue reading →

Posted in Design, Experiments, resists, Silk, Uncategorized, Wet Felting | Tagged , , , | 16 Comments

Another pot started

Posted on January 14, 2019

In my last post  I talked about making a pot within a pot (https://feltingandfiberstudio.com/2019/01/06/pots-within-pots/) and Lindsey reminded me of another way of doing so I thought I would give  it a try. She shared a couple of pictures here, about half way … Continue reading →

Posted in 3D, Design, resists, Uncategorized, Wet Felting | Tagged , , , , | 10 Comments

Pots within pots

Posted on January 6, 2019

Just lately on Facebook everyone seems to be doing pots within pots so I thought I would give it a try. The first post I did was just a simple round ball type pot. This is the first side. I … Continue reading →

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A Scribble Tree

Posted on December 29, 2018

Last week in Ruth’s post  Batik Post  she had a scribble tree. I have always liked them so Ruth suggested I make some. Ok them what to make. then I remembered these felt pieces I made a long time ago, I … Continue reading →

Posted in Challenges, Design, embroidery, Experiments, felt art, Fiber Preparation, Needle Felting, Prefelt, Spinning, Surface Design | Tagged , , , , , | 11 Comments

Ruth’s Holiday Card

Posted on December 21, 2018

It’s holiday time again and we ran a holiday card exchange with members from the Felting and Fiber Studio Forum again this year. People signed up a little over a month ago. I ran the names through a random name generator gave … Continue reading →

Posted in Challenges, Design, embroidery, felt art, Needle Felting, Prefelt, Uncategorized, Wet Felting | Tagged , , , , | 21 Comments