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Post by lyn on Nov 2, 2015 21:23:57 GMT
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Post by Teri Berry on Nov 2, 2015 22:28:29 GMT
I love the drift wood and pebbles - I'm amazed that they stay in place!
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Post by koffipot on Nov 3, 2015 7:36:07 GMT
I tried yet another vessel on the same resist as the brown & gray. As an experiment, I used a piece of thrifted beaded silk gown wrapped around the resist before I added 3 layers of merino. Silly me. I don't know WHY I thought it wold not move. Anyway, here it is after the resist was removed. I have not fulled it yet because it seems to want to be a clutch. What do you think? Add some embellishments to hide the gaps and a clasp at the top? If you use 2 pieces of fabric and just tack/baste them together on the resist to make a close fit they should stay in place. Don't have too much seam allowance or you may get a ridge.
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Post by Teri Berry on Nov 3, 2015 8:50:45 GMT
I love the fabric that you added Elizabeth, and how it is only on one side. I can't see where it has moved but a few discreet stitches or some embroidery will fix most Nuno issues. I agree, it has part clutch bag written all over it
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Post by elizabeth on Nov 3, 2015 16:51:06 GMT
Teri, the fabric is on both sides. I was showing where it had moved to uncover the fiber underneath. At this point it is not fulled.
Judith - yes that is what I'll try next time.
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Post by carole aka craftywoman on Nov 4, 2015 13:51:39 GMT
I love your experiments Elizabeth, it's what felting is all about, and you make me smile. I had a little experiment of my own felting in rings then cutting holes in the circle to make a scarf
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Post by luvswool and dyestuff on Nov 4, 2015 14:16:42 GMT
My daily dose yesterday was untangling some beautiful silk yarn I purchased at the September Sheep & Wool Festival in Wisconsin. It was in a nice twist when I bought it, but look what happened on its own! flic.kr/p/AH5RngIt took me about 2 hours to untangle the mess and I had to cut many times.
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Post by koffipot on Nov 4, 2015 14:39:25 GMT
That's a real 'bird's nest' as the anglers say!
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Post by halay on Nov 4, 2015 16:07:26 GMT
Gotland is a fierce muncher of the finer wools such as merino but by using a resist you can create some lovely patterns and textures. It's hard to believe but the outside of this cave was covered with blue merino, but the grey Gotland has gobbled most of it up! Gotland is a real muncher, as Teri says. I've made a pair of slippers using Gotland wool. I put some embellishments ( wool of different colour, dyed gauze, silk art yarn) on the Gotland base and the only thing which remained visible was silk art yarn because it was very thick anyway. It's good to remember this for next time, Otherwise it's nice wool, felts well and gives sturdy felt.
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Post by zara on Nov 4, 2015 16:48:16 GMT
I love the description of Gotland as a "muncher" - so true! Anything you lay out on it just disappears in the felted wool, and you need to give it a good shave if you want to see anything of the fabrics again. Such were my first experiments with nuno-felting - far from what I had seen others create with merino and delicate fabrics... ;-)
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Post by Teri Berry on Nov 4, 2015 19:46:32 GMT
Oh Zara, I'm glad you persisted, that must have been soul destroying to carefully lay out your fabric and wool to end up with a sheet of felt and no fabric Gotland is lovely but only in the right projects.... I've started using some of your lovely locks on a bag flap combined with the Gotland, resist, merino technique over the body. Fingers crossed it works out!
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Post by zara on Nov 4, 2015 20:11:35 GMT
Sounds great Terry! I do look forward to seeing the finished bag! :-) And yes, different types of wool are good for different things! I only use carded Gotland for things that need to be sturdy and stand wear, such as slippers, pads to sitt on or rugs. If you want to add a more detailed design on top for decoration, it is better to needle-felt that on afterwards, than to wet-felt it directly into the Gotland. But Gotland really is at its best just as locks, added on to other pieces of felt.
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Post by luvswool and dyestuff on Nov 5, 2015 0:12:58 GMT
Although I’ve never used Gotland wool, it sounds very similar to Navajo churro wool, which I use to make my slippers. It is strong and coarse but just what you would want to substantial wear. I am just putting on the finishing touches for a pair I have made for myself (My mom claimed my first and last pair!)
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Post by Shepherdess on Nov 5, 2015 2:40:32 GMT
Great cat cave. Does your cat like it? It looks interesting so far Elizabeth and yes of course just embellish the gap with something and make a clutch. some needle felting ad stitching and no one would know it wasn't the original plan. Carol I love the colours of your scarf and what a clever idea to make holes. Cathy, It did it all by its self? are you sure it didn't have some feline help? what a mess. I hat e having to cut it when it tangles but I to have had to take the scissors to yarn.
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Post by Teri Berry on Nov 5, 2015 10:17:08 GMT
I'm afraid my cat is too big (he's a Ragdoll, apparently only Norwegian Forest cats grow larger) for this cave, it is better suited to a moggie sized cat so it will go into the Etsy shop.
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