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Tag Archives: merino wool
Shibori Shrug Jacket
Heres another throw back post. I thought if I do not remember doing this maybe you won’t either. I hope you like it. After seeing Ruth’s jacket it reminded me I had made a small one for one of my … Continue reading
Posted in Dyeing, Experiments, Nuno Felting, Uncategorized, Wet Felting
Tagged dyeing, felt, felting, merino, merino wool, natural fibres, nuno felt jacket, Shibori, silk, silk gauze, wet felting, wool
22 Comments
Making Felted Sheep
Another flash back post. some needle felted sheep. I hope you like them. With the start of show season gets closer I realise I only had a few sheep left. Time to make sheep parts. I have to make bodies … Continue reading
Posted in Design, Needle Felting, Uncategorized, Wet Felting
Tagged felted sheep, felting, merino wool, needle felting, wet felting
18 Comments
Better Late Than Never
I’m tardy on completing the First Quarter Challenge using a resist in a different way. I had a few ideas, but then Cathy (Luvswool) loaned me a resist she had used in a class a few years ago. I still … Continue reading
Posted in Challenges, Wet Felting
Tagged book resists, first quarter challenge 2016, Icelandic wool, merino wool, wet felting
14 Comments
Workshop with Vilte Kazlauskaite in Slovenia
Our guest artist/author today is Nada Vukadinovic also know as Halay on the Felting and Fiber Forum. She has generously offered to share her workshop experience learning a Fiber Inlay Technique. A few weeks ago I attended a workshop in … Continue reading
Posted in Guest Writer, Wet Felting
Tagged bamboo, Fiber Inlay Technique, flax, merino wool, mulberry silk, ponge silk, silk chiffon, Vilte Kazlauskaite workshop, viscose, wet felting
13 Comments
4th Quarter Challenge – Land Art
I didn’t think I’d ever find time to do the 4th Quarter Challenge. When I chose Land Art, I thought it had a really good scope for some interesting felt sculptures. I really liked the work of artists using twigs … Continue reading
Posted in Challenges, sculptural felt
Tagged felt sculpture, land art, merino felt, merino wool, tom hare, wool sculpture
24 Comments
A Felt Beret
The other week I decided to make a beret to see if I remembered how as I haven’t made one in years. They seem to be making a bit of a comeback where I live. I decided on a nice bright … Continue reading
Posted in Felted Hats, Uncategorized, Wet Felting
Tagged beret, felt, felt hat, felting, fibre, merino wool, Silk throwsters waste, wet felting
16 Comments
Cheese cloth Nuno Felt Experiment.
A while back Ruth got some free samples of some cheese cloth or cotton gauze from Cheese Cloth Fabric.com. She dyed some and sent me some samples. I also had a more open weave cheese cloth that I will use so … Continue reading
Posted in Experiments, Nuno Felting, Uncategorized, Wet Felting
Tagged cheese cloth, cotton gauze, felt, felting, fibre, fibres, merino wool, natural fibres, nuno, nuno felt, nuno felting, texture, wet felting
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Easter Baskets
With Easter around the corner, I decided to make Easter baskets for my grandsons this year. Since I didn’t have a container the size or shape I wanted, I chose to make a resist using Rosiepink’s “How to Make Vessels … Continue reading
Posted in Wet Felting
Tagged Easter baskets, ebooks, merino wool, polymer clay button, prefelts, resists, vessels, wet felting
26 Comments
Meet the Supplier: Dreamspin Fibres
We would like you to meet one of our sponsors and a friend of mine Maureen Harding of Dreamspin fibres. We met a few years ago at a fiber conference and became friends. We live far enough apart that we only … Continue reading
Posted in Meet the Supplier, Uncategorized
Tagged dreamspin fibres, felt, felting, fiber, fibre, fibres, merino wool, natural fibres, nuno felt, nuno felting, prefelt, silk, wet felting, wool
18 Comments
Shrinkage
A little different angle on the fingerless mitts today. I thought I would how you the shrinkage I get on them. I am using a 23 micron merino for the body of the mitts. The bottom layer is the resist, … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized, Wet Felting, Wool
Tagged design, felting, merino, merino wool, shrinkage, wet felting, wool
10 Comments
