We had a good turnout on Saturday – six people in all – and everyone worked on different things.
Sue's slippers - the beginnings; at an earlier session
Starting to look like a slipper
Not quite fully felted, these already look so cosy
Sue’s pair of wonderfully woolly slippers –a work in progress for a while
now - received the ‘shaping’ treatment. With a lot of hard work (made
from a local English fleece, they don’t felt as easily as Merino) Sue
managed to pull, rub and throw them into a very satisfactory – almost
shoe-shaped – slipper.
now - received the ‘shaping’ treatment. With a lot of hard work (made
from a local English fleece, they don’t felt as easily as Merino) Sue
managed to pull, rub and throw them into a very satisfactory – almost
shoe-shaped – slipper.
Gay experimented further with the Shibori technique: pre-felting a flat
piece in many colours with a pink dyed silk cap finish and then tying small
areas up into ‘knobbles’ which, this time, she stuffed from the back
with dry tops in various colours. She felted the item further
and put it through the spinner on her washing machine when she returned
home. Then came the happy moment: cutting through the bobbles to see
what lies inside. This piece may need more work; it seems hard to
decide how far to go with the cutting and how much to leave.
piece in many colours with a pink dyed silk cap finish and then tying small
areas up into ‘knobbles’ which, this time, she stuffed from the back
with dry tops in various colours. She felted the item further
and put it through the spinner on her washing machine when she returned
home. Then came the happy moment: cutting through the bobbles to see
what lies inside. This piece may need more work; it seems hard to
decide how far to go with the cutting and how much to leave.
Felt using the Shibori technique. Before cutting, the bobbles have multi-coloured insides and it's so hard to know which ones to cut open for the best effect.
Annette made herself a cover for her iPhone. She used some of the wool tops that Cathy kindly gave the group – this is ‘cobweb felt’ weight and seems tougher and more fluffy or ‘whiskery’ to work with than standard merino. Gay tried it and made a very robust piece of felt with a really miniscule amount of fleece – it felts rather like mohair yarn. In the end, Annette’s cover dried with a smoother finish than expected.
Melanie's beautiful three dimensional cushion - nearly finished
Lin’s work was a panel background for a piece of 3D felt among other
things and Melanie worked away at her competition entry cushion.
things and Melanie worked away at her competition entry cushion.
Lunch was wonderful as always; three courses with soup, salads, cheeses
plus two cakes and sweetmeats; everything was perfectly delicious so many thanks to everyone.
plus two cakes and sweetmeats; everything was perfectly delicious so many thanks to everyone.
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