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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. 

Nuno Felted Book Cover

Posted on by under hand stitching, nuno felting

 This is a book cover that I made last summer but never finished. It was a practice piece for another project and it just happened to fit my paper stitch book perfectly. The purple portion of the flower is felted to the cover and was a pre-felt. The cover was made with merino and cotton ‘harem’ cloth. The cloth was covered on both sides with wool and a resist was used to make the pocket that the front cover of the book slides into.

 I added hand stitching, mainly button hole and chain stitch. But there are also a few straight stitches and some french knots. The leaves are done with chain stitch used as a filling stitch. It’s still pretty plain and I may add other flowers and leaves at a later date but right now I’m happy with it.

 I added a hook and eye type closure, the kind that is made to go on trousers.

Here’s the inside showing the first page of my stitch book. It’s a little wonky in places but it helps to keep the book closed as it tends to bulge open a bit with all the stitching on the pages.

Resist for the Tangerine Hat

Posted on by under class, felting, resists

I had a question about the resist shape that I used to make the tangerine hat in my last post about the felting class I will be teaching. Here’s a photo of the actual resist. The yellow hat form in the center of the resist gives you an idea of how big it is. The hat is sitting on this form in the photo in the last post. I always find that making a resist very simple and then adding structure to the hat with shaping is the easiest way to go. If you’d like to learn more about hat making and you’ll be in the Kalispell area, sign up for my class at Camas Creek Yarns.

Felt Hat Class

Posted on by under class, Felt

I am going to be teaching felting classes at Camas Creek Yarns in Kalispell, MT. The first class is scheduled for February 10th and will be about hat making.

You’ll learn how to make a pattern and design your own hat. We’ll be using short fiber merino batt so it will felt quickly and easily. That way we can spend more time on developing your own unique hat and shaping it to fit. If you’re in the area and would like to learn about hat making, here’s the link where you can sign up. Just look down the list, find my class and click on the Register Now button. 

Thank You’s

Posted on by under Felt, gifts, yarn
I received this lovely felted index card holder from Zed before Christmas. Isn’t it gorgeous? She used a variety of fibers and parts of it have a wonderful sheen.

 This is the back side and the colors are so yummy.

 She has used blanket stitch around all the edges. I am using it for keeping all my notes from my hand and stitch course. Perhaps I’ll be able to stay more organized now. Thanks Zed, I love it!

 Then I got two skeins of merino yarn from Nanci, my co-worker. The yarn is absolutely gorgeous.

She put on the container, future rock, trees, bark and leaves. She knows what I like! Thanks Nanci!

I got another fiber related gift but I didn’t get a photo of it yet, it just arrived last night. So that will have to wait until a later post. Happy New Year!