Category Archives: Spinning

Flax Study Group Part 3

Posted on December 10, 2019 by

Flax Study Group Part 3 (sorry this is a Long Post if you make it through to the end there are videos! make sure to check out the one on flax dressing its really horrible looking stuff but works exceedingly … Continue reading →

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Flax Study Group Part 1

Posted on November 24, 2019 by

Flax Study Group Part 1 (Sorry. I got to the first part of the harvest and realized this could grow into a book! So i will tell you about the violence and weapons like swords, brakes, hackles and skutching later.) … Continue reading →

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Inflicting Fibre arts on unsuspecting relatives.

Posted on July 13, 2019 by

Last month Glenn and I took a trip down to Oakville to visit his parents and one of his brothers and part of their family who had also come for a visit. It was going to be crowded at the … Continue reading →

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Cangames gaming convention long weekend in May 2019

Posted on June 5, 2019 by

 Image 1 A strange request Image 2 Cangames 2019 In Ottawa, Canada there is a large gaming convention on the May long weekend each year. Glenn usually runs 18xx train games, other train games and sometimes Settlers of Catan. The … Continue reading →

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First Quarter Challange Finished

Posted on March 27, 2019 by

Yay, I got it done in the first quarter. I didn’t seem to be able to do that last year. So let’s hope this is a good sign. You can see the beginning of this here: https://feltingandfiberstudio.com/2019/03/03/landscape-in-progress-1st-quarter-challenge/ I have slowly worked … Continue reading →

Posted in Challenges, Design, felt art, Needle Felting, Spinning, Uncategorized, Wet Felting | Tagged , , , | 24 Comments

Going Batty

Posted on February 15, 2019 by

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 , , | 10 Comments

A Scribble Tree

Posted on December 29, 2018 by

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