distaff day

More distaff day

June 11, 2014 shepherdessann Comments 19 comments

Last time I showed you what I did at distaff day. http://feltingandfiberstudio.com/2014/06/03/distaff-day/ I thought I would show you some of the other classes that were going on.

Needle felting class

Sock knitting class

Weaving a little bag over a peace of card

Inkle weaving with wire added for manipulating

Kumihimo, Japanese braiding. here they are using marudai to do the braiding but you can do it with a piece of cardboard with slits cut into the edge.

Weaving a beret on a card with holes punched in it.

Rug hooking with roving. This is done with a hook similar to a crochet hook and thin roving. I had only ever seen it done with woven wool strips.

This rug hooking really interests me. It looks like a great project to carry with you when you travel. Have you seen a new to you fiber craft you want to learn?

Distaff Day

June 3, 2014 shepherdessann Comments 18 comments

Every year on of the local guilds hosts a day of fun short workshops, lunch and fun.

There are vendors for adding to your stash

In the morning I took a hookers necklace class. This is done by stitching the little wool strips and beads onto a stretchy string. the necklace are scratchy but would be fine on winter over clothing. I think I may do one with some felt off cuts for a softer necklace. Mine is second from the left.

In the afternoon I taught a nuno felt bracelet. I had 10 people in the class and they seemed to really enjoy themselves. They will have to put buttons on them themselves. One lady left hers a little longer and is planning to use cufflinks to hold it closed.

I will show you the pictures I have of some of the other workshops next time.

Around the Felting Studio and Farm this Week

May 24, 2014 shepherdessann Comments 14 comments

Not a lot of felting itself going on this week but I have been busy. Like everyone else I never have enough storage space in my studio so I painted up all the peices and hubby and son put a new shelving unit together for me. I started to put sort and put things on it already but more needs to be done.

I am teaching at a multi guild gathering today. We call it Distaff day and for a small fee you get two 2 hour classes, lunch, vendors and lots of chatting with like minded people. I am teaching nuno felt bracelets and taking hookers necklace. I will have pictures of the day in a later post.

I washed some old fleeces I found stashed away and salvaged a small amount of curls I will cut from the matted back. I don’t know where I got these but they would have been free. They don’t look bad in the pictures but they were in rough shape.

I received a raw flees I ordered for a hat project that you will get to see when it’s done. I was down to picking between 2 fleeces and in the end picked this one because I liked the sheep’s name. The fleece is very curly. I love the smell of raw wool.