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Post by Pandagirl on Jan 21, 2014 16:12:06 GMT
I'm just trying the carrier rods and cocoons. I soaked the rods and split them. Tomorrow I'll dye them. Unfortunately, they came with worm parts and I had to clean them out. They weren't as bad as the degummed cocoons I bought. The picture showed these nice white cocoons which I think will make great textures. I had to use a tweezers to get all the "material" out, even then there are still bits I hope will come out in soaking, dyeing and felting. I've never used them either, but I'm excited to try them. I did complain to the company I bought them from that they should have a disclaimer that there may be as they called it "vegetable matter." I found five silk worms in addition to parts!
Enjoy all your new felting materials Carole.
Halay I saw your scarf which is what inspired me to try the carriers. I've seen the video and have also used hankies to draw into silk roving. There is so much fun stuff you can do with silk. Enjoy!
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Post by luvswool and dyestuff on Jan 21, 2014 23:21:16 GMT
Yuk! Remind me never to order carrier rods or cocoons!
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Post by carole aka craftywoman on Jan 22, 2014 7:33:19 GMT
I've order cut and cleaned cocoons (they offer you the choice of with or without the grub!!!) - I hope, Scottish Fibres which is probably no good to most people, for 10 cocoons it's £1.25 GBP and for 50g of carriers rods £1.67 - I don't know if that's a good price or not. I'm off to check out the video, thank you for that link, and in a few weeks I'll be trying out the separating and dyeing, Luvswool I'll report back only if it's a good experience :-)
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Post by koffipot on Jan 22, 2014 9:12:53 GMT
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Post by jufergu on Jan 22, 2014 22:24:37 GMT
Hey, I even like the music. Great job. I took a class in this type of art, but we used watercolor paper. One of the most enjoyable classes I have ever taken. I still have some of the pieces, most of them, I cut up into small works of collage. Never tried it with felt, but I am mostly a collage artist and don't do much real felting projects. But I will make this my next project. Besides, I have run out of dead critters.
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Post by halay on Jan 23, 2014 6:31:24 GMT
Koffipot, thanks for the link. From what I can see in the picture I am not sure if you could separate the cocoons and stretch them onto a frame to make a hankie. Carole, thanks for the information about the price from the Scottish provider, however you can get the same amount from Wollknoll for 1,25 EUR (cheaper). I am trying now to get them from Tibet, Nepal or Thailand (I have a friend there who will make inquiries). I'll report on this. Otherwise, I've made two scarves using hankies lately and now I am also struggling with the new wool I bought for slippers which behaves in an unusual way. I haven't tackled the Pollock project yet, still developing ideas.
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Post by carole aka craftywoman on Jan 23, 2014 8:04:42 GMT
Halay are your scarves viewable? I'd love to see what you have done with the hankies. Jufergu the difference the fabric paint made was quite interesting as it was a bit globby in places and now it's dried it's like oil paint in places.
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Post by halay on Jan 23, 2014 14:55:31 GMT
Here are two scarves I made with dyed hankies: purple in which I put hankies on both sides: , and apricot, hankies also on both sides I also made another rope scarf together with mittens (no hankies used here) As I said I was usingdyed hankies which I bought from Sara'sTexture and Crafts shop but in the future I am going to dye them myself using food dyes and kitchen oven. I've already made an experiment and it works fine.
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Post by carole aka craftywoman on Jan 23, 2014 15:09:02 GMT
what a wonderful effect, I notice on the purple one on the right you have a little fish swimming towards a fern, magic - did you wet felt the hankies into the wool? I love the rope scarf and mittens the colours are stunning :-)
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Post by halay on Jan 23, 2014 16:01:33 GMT
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Post by Pandagirl on Jan 23, 2014 16:02:39 GMT
Halay, the scarves are beautiful! I love the texture and sheen the hankies give the project. The purple is my favorite, but I also love the textures and colors of the rope scarf and mittens. What kind of yarn are you using? It looks like you used the same yarn to make the flowers. Lovely work.
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Post by luvswool and dyestuff on Jan 23, 2014 17:42:28 GMT
Well, Halay, you are quite the prolific felter! Are you a full-time felter? The purple and blue colors together are gorgeous!
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Post by MTRuth on Jan 23, 2014 19:10:35 GMT
Those are great Halay!
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Post by koffipot on Jan 23, 2014 19:59:28 GMT
Great Halay. I adore your 'stringy' scarves and you've achieved some nice effects with the hankies.
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Post by halay on Jan 25, 2014 4:46:41 GMT
Thank you girls for your support and comments. Just to answer some questions: I could say I am full-time felter since I am retired and have plenty of time. Pandagirl, I used some funny yarn which I bought in our local shop and wanted to play with it. Yesterday I even managed to sell some of my products to my friends. I'm glad some money which I have been spending on materials will come back.
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