Cob Web Shawl

[Frances]

Feeling Happy, Thrilled, Accomplished!  


This turned out exactly as I envisioned. The piece was made from a package of roving I purchased at an Angora Festival. I did not layout the roving in the tradition vertical /horizontal pattern. I laid tangled pieces of roving randomly by color (Reds, Gray & White) over-lapping them – I did add a little red bamboo fiber and red silk randomly on top of the piece. Wet felted and then a little needle felting. I did not want to heavily felt as I wanted to keep the uneven random texture and not flatten it out. The shawl is unbelievably soft.


I also made a little bubble decoration for my hat.
(Purchased hat on clearance sale Regularly $42 for $14)

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[Shepherdess]

That turned out fabulous Frances. The colour and texture are wonderful.

[Deleted]

Hello Frances, what a super lovely shawl.. The colors are gorgeous.. Great job..

[Pandagirl]

Frances, the shawl is gorgeous!.

[halay]

Wonderful! I like laying wool randomly too, it give such a nice effect.

[lyn]

Stunningly lovely shawl Frances!

[zed]

I was going to say the same as Ann

[Frances]

Thank you all - it is so rewarding and fun when something turns out exactly as you visioned it.

[luvswool and dyestuff]

Lovely shawl, Frances! I also enjoy random layouts of wool roving with embellishment fibers. I remember when you posted the lovely roving from the Angora Festival and wondered how you would use it. Was that roving all angora or mixed fibers?

[Frances]

Cathy - it was not labeled as different fibers - the white seemed to feel a little more silky - so I do not really know - I don't have enough experience to identify fibers. I now know when I purchase something that is mixed to ask for the identification of each of the fibers.

[MTRuth]

Frances - The shawl is beautiful and it's great that it turned out just as you wanted. It is good to get as much information about fibers as possible when you purchase them. I have found that sometimes people don't even know what they are selling.