Category Archives: fibers

Feeling Batty

Posted on by under Felt, fibers, wet felting

This summer I will be teaching at Olds Fibre Week in Canada. So I have been working on supplies for the classes. Each morning, I make a batt on the drum carder.

drum carder

This first set I am working on is for Felting Cosmic Phone Cases. So the colors are ones that you might think of as night sky.

wool batt

The colors are blues, purples, and mixes of black, grey and cool colors. Then there are contrasting embellishments for planets, stars and constellations.

bin of batts

This is the bin of all the ones I have made so far. I am up to about 18-20.

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Here’s an example of the phone case that I’ll be teaching. So if you’re interested in taking any classes, you can start signing up on the Olds website on March 8. I will also be teaching how to felt a cup sleeve/cozie, nuno felting a scarf, felting a cat cave and felting slippers.

 

Gotland Locks from Sweden

Posted on by under fibers

Look what came in the mail yesterday. They left Sweden on October 28th and arrived in Montana on November 2nd. Amazing!

Gotland Collage

These are gorgeous Gotland Locks from Zara in Sweden. I got a box full of locks which I shared with my friend Paula. Not sure what I am making with these yet but maybe the fourth quarter challenge needs some locks!

If you would like to get some of these lovely locks, check out this post on the forum.

Couching Begun

Posted on by under fibers, hand stitching

I got started couching various bits of yarn down to the nuno felted paper laminated silk piece.

Paper Fabric Lamination Nuno Felted Silk with Couching

The photo above shows the entire sample which I am in the midst of stitching. I have a lot more couching to go.

Close Up

Here’s a little closer view. I am using up scraps of yarn that I have in a variety of green shades and a few reddish-brown ones too. I think this one might take a while.