Category Archives: resists

Felt Basket Mark 2

Posted on June 17, 2020 by

I thought I would have a try at another felt basket. If you missed the other one it is here: https://feltingandfiberstudio.com/2020/06/01/second-quarter-challenge-mark-1/  It was part of the second quarter challenge and I guess this one counts too as we aren’t out … Continue reading →

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Some Stitching, Some Felting and Some Growing Babies

Posted on May 24, 2020 by

I am slowly adding some stitching to the needle books. I did a small sheep book. It is about 2 x 3 3/4inches or 5 x 9.5 cm closed. And a larger one,4 1/4 x 4 3/4 inches or 11 … Continue reading →

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Pot Inside a Pot 2

Posted on April 22, 2020 by

It was 2 days later that I got back to my pot. After some preliminary rolling in the dryer, I rolled it by hand. It shrank quite a lot. it is very tight around the resist.  It is time to … Continue reading →

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An interesting Vessel

Posted on April 14, 2020 by

I am sure if you are on Facebook you have seen the link to Fiona Duthie’s free online tutorial for a vessel within a vessel. https://www.fionaduthie.com/vessel_within_a_vessel/  It is fun to do. I have done it before. It is here if … Continue reading →

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Some works in progress

Posted on October 14, 2019 by

Sorry to say I forgot it was my turn to blog today. It has been a hectic week with our last Farmers’ Market on the 12th. We make twice as much on the last day. However, I did manage to … Continue reading →

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Bits and Bobs.

Posted on August 2, 2019 by

I got my dryer balls and my soap done and it is now up at the museum store. the dryer balls have information on how to use them on the back and the tag explains them as well. A few … Continue reading →

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Influencing Shape with Prefelt

Posted on May 28, 2019 by

I’m continuing on with some experimentation on how three-dimensional shape in felt is influenced by different factors. This time, I am using a resist with a layer of prefelt which is cut in a certain manner and then added to … Continue reading →

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Making a Scissor Case

Posted on April 28, 2019 by

I got some great really sharp little scissors online. I have no way other than to original packaging or carrying them with me. They will poke through anything I put them in. My friend Carlene suggested a triangular pouch with … Continue reading →

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Little Pot is Finished

Posted on January 22, 2019 by

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 →

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Another pot started

Posted on January 14, 2019 by

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 →

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