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Cocoon Jacket Class

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On Friday, I taught the first session of the Cocoon Nuno Jacket class at Camas Creek Yarn. I had four students but one had to leave early. We worked on making a sample and then the rest of the day was spent designing, measuring, figuring and deciding what yardage was needed for each jacket.

 There was lots of calculating, measuring, trying on and re-calculating.

 We used newspaper and muslin to make a pattern and to see how the jacket would fit.

 Here is Judy’s sample (not really this green). She is going to make some changes on her final jacket as she didn’t like the dark blue blobs.

 This is Vicki’s sample. She is planning on doing much thinner edges and thinner strips of wool on her jacket.

This one is Diana’s sample. She is planning on dyeing her jacket after it is felted. She used a yellow piece of silk but will be using white on her jacket.

The class meets again in two weeks and we’ll be felting all day. I can’t wait to see the finished jackets 🙂

Learning to Felt a Hat

Posted on by under class, wet felting

 I had another felted hat class yesterday at Camas Creek Yarn. There were 5 students and we had a really good time. Each of the hats created was unique and they all turned out great. Here, Michelle and Karen are drawing out their resist shapes.

 Jason and Barbara are laying out wool for the bottom layer.

 Here is Zoe’s first layer for her hat.

 Barbara has her resist completely covered and is wetting it down completely.

 Here’s Jason’s resist covered with wool and completely wet down.

 Michelle is beginning to rub the outside layer.

 And Zoe, always enthusiastic, is rubbing her hat as well.

 Next up was rolling and Jason is rolling while Barbara is sopping up excess water.

 Here is Zoe rolling, rolling, rolling… It looks like Karen is doing a good job of supervising.

The resist has been removed and the hats are on the Hat Shaper hat forms. Barbara is pounding away to get the right shape.

 Jason made a fedora style hat and is shaping on the hat form.

 Michelle made a cloche style hat.

 Here is Zoe and her swirly hat, she’s working that pointy top to just the right position.

 Karen has her hat on the hat form and she got some wonderful folds on the top.

Here is everyone at the end of class. My hat that I made for demonstration is at the far right. What a wonderful group of people and look at those hats! Didn’t they do a great job?

Another Hat Class Coming Soon

Posted on by under class, give away, wet felting

I have another hat class scheduled at Camas Creek Yarn on March 23rd from 10 am to 5:30 pm. Go here for more information. There are still a couple of spots left if you’re in the area. I had a blast with the last class and I’m looking forward to this one.

If you haven’t signed up for my fiber giveaway, there’s still time. I’ll be doing the drawing tomorrow afternoon. So go to the previous post and leave a comment. Thanks for stopping by!

Hat Felting Class

Posted on by under class, Felt, wet felting

 I taught a felted hat class on Friday at Camas Creek Yarns in Kalispell. I had 6 students and we had a great time. I forgot that I brought the camera until about half way through. Paula took most of the photos and the one I did take of her was blurry and didn’t come out. All of the photos of me, I either have my eyes closed or I’m looking silly. This one looks like I’m whistling while I roll.

 And of course, my hands are always going when I speak.

 Here are Jan and Marylou rolling with Darlene’s help.

 Here is Mary rolling and Leah looking on.

 This is Darlene’s hat after the resist came out. Most of the students decided to do a “cowboy” style hat with a folded crown.

 This is Mary and her hat. We’re working on stretching the felt after rolling.

 Here’s Jan cutting the resist out of her hat.

 This is Marylou’s hat before shrinking.

 Darlene is removing her resist and Leah is in the background rolling hers.

 Here is the beret I made for a sample. We used Strata batts from New England Felting Supply and they are so easy to felt. It really saves on layout time as well.

 This is a close up of the embellishment fibers on Jan’s hat.

Here is Darlene making the folds on the crown of her hat.

And Jan is working on her folding here as well. We didn’t quite get the hats completely finished so I’ve asked everyone to send me a photo of their finished hat. Hopefully, I’ll have some finished hats to show you soon. I’m teaching the same class in mid March. Visit the Camas Creek website if you’ll be in the area and would like to make a felted hat. I’m also planning on an advanced hat class and that will be happening in April or May.