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Busy Busy
Hi folks I am a day late without even knowing it. Things around here have been busy. Saturdays are Farmers Market for us and that means Fridays are baking days; bread, butter tarts, lemon tarts, gingerbread cake, rhubarb cake, chocolate … Continue reading
Cat Cave Class Part 2
Here are the finished caves. Lynda’s sea monster needed a little needle felting to reinforce the eyestalks so they would stand up properly. Her little dog was not impressed with the cave so It will be Lynda’s companion holding her roving next … Continue reading
Posted in 3D, Classes, Design, Wet Felting
Tagged cat cave, Cat Cave Class, wet felted cat cave
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Cat Cave Class part 1
I taught a Cat cave class a while back. It was great fun but it very nearly didn’t happen. There was a delay in the wool I had ordered getting here in time. But between my personal stash and our … Continue reading
Posted in Classes, natural wools, Uncategorized, Wet Felting
Tagged cat cave, Cat Cave Class, wet felted cat cave
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Spinning mostly
I haven’t been felting much lately, other than teaching, but I have been doing some spinning. I borrowed a friends blending board to try making some fancy rolags to spin from. I used 2 shades of orange, a purple wool, some silk … Continue reading
Posted in Experiments, Fiber Preparation, Spinning, Uncategorized, Wool
Tagged blending board, sheep hair stick, spindle, spinning, top whorl spindle
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Birdhouse Class with the West Carleton Fibre Guild.
I gave a felt birdhouse class to 10 members of the West Carleton Fiber Guild last week. The class was held at the Mississippi Valley Textile Museum’s classroom space. They were a really fun and enthusiastic group and they worked hard. Some how I missed … Continue reading
Nuno Felt Scarf Class
A few weeks ago I taught a nuno felt scarf class. As usual I had great students and we had a lot of fun. I have grouped the 4 scarves into galleries so you can see the progressions. These first 2 … Continue reading
Posted in Classes, Design, Nuno Felting, Scarves, Surface Design, Uncategorized
Tagged nuno felt, nuno felt workshop, silk and wool scarf
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Connected Paths
I told you in another piece about an art show my guild is having to celebrate Canada’s 150th birthday . This is another piece I made for it. It is called connected. As usual I started with 2 pieces of prefelt with a … Continue reading
