Felt for a Spindle
You may remember that I am getting a new drop spindle http://feltingandfiberstudio.com/2015/12/23/i-am-getting-a-new-drop-spindle/ I couldn’t decided on what colours I wanted so I decided to make several pieces of nuno felt with silk throwsters waist on the felt side. If you don’t know, throwsters waste is a waste by-product of reeling silk. It is all sorts of very short silk fibers and threads. It dyes up lovely.
I picked out some small scraps of silk I had and then some wool and throwsters waste. As usual when I start felting I forget to take pictures. This one is laying out the wool on top of the silk.
Here they are finished. Both sides of each. Forgive the quality of the photos. The only camera I have is my iPhone.
This is nice but it really isn’t very interesting to me.
I normally like purple and orange together but this one ins not doing anything for me.
I go back and forth on this one. I am not sure I like the bright colours on the wool side.
This is a much thicker silk and it gave a different texture not so tight. I really like it.
This is a close up of the throwsters waste side it is the biggest piece and I couldn’t get as close and see it all. I really like it.
What’s your favourite?