Author Archives: shepherdessann

A little Social Spinning.

Posted on March 29, 2020

  Since we are all sitting at home, and not going out to gatherings,  I did a little spinning with some friends from my weavers and spinners guild on Zoom. A social distancing, social. For our first try, it went … Continue reading →

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1st quarter jewellery challenge

Posted on March 21, 2020

This is the last of my contributions to this quarter’s challenge. I am looking forward to finding out what the next quarter’s challenge is. Last time I showed you my circles of silk and wool to be made into flowers. … Continue reading →

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This and that.

Posted on March 13, 2020

I haven’t done much this week but I did decide to do some stitching on one of the circles I made earlier for the jewelry challenge. Seeing Antje’s post reminded me I had made a few stitching blanks. this one … Continue reading →

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Rock Wall Picture Part 2

Posted on March 5, 2020

I had a whole day of no work and no grandchildren last week so I got my picture done. Although this is a good thing, I discovered all those little people’s interruptions are actually good. I rather overdid it with … Continue reading →

Posted in Design, felt art, hand stitching, Mixed Felting Techniques, Nuno Felting, Uncategorized, Wet Felting | Tagged , , | 14 Comments

Nuno Felt Scarf Class

Posted on February 26, 2020

This is a quick( I lost a day so I am late) post about the class I taught on Saturday. I taught it at the Ottawa Valley Weavers’ and Spinners’ Guild. Mostly it is just a lot of pictures of … Continue reading →

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A picture in progress

Posted on February 18, 2020

I have been working on a picture this week I made the “blank” a while ago just a general ground and sky for a starting point. I wanted to make a rock wall so I added the grey and started … Continue reading →

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A zen sculpture and some cuteness

Posted on February 10, 2020

I saw an interesting Zen sculpture on Facebook. Now I can’t find the picture to link to of course. I think it was one of the Russian felters. Anyway, I thought it was an interesting resist and sculpture so I … Continue reading →

Posted in Design, Experiments, sculptural felt, Uncategorized, Wet Felting | Tagged , , , | 18 Comments