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Post by Deleted on Sept 2, 2016 18:26:26 GMT
Hello ladies
Hope you are all still keeping well :-)
I have noticed a couple of very beautiful shawls/scarves done in what is termed "openwork". Is this done with the Artfelt paper or what?
I have not been able to find any tutorial on "openwork" so if you know of any, please direct me :-)
Regards Linn
The cropped attachment is of a shawl for sale by crazywoolLT on Etsy Attachments:
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Post by MTRuth on Sept 2, 2016 18:35:42 GMT
Looks to me like it is nuno felted on a very loose woven fabric. You can see the squares in the weave of the fabric in white below the wool.
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Post by Pandagirl on Sept 2, 2016 18:41:36 GMT
It may also include some lightweight yarn along with roving.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 2, 2016 18:42:47 GMT
Ruth, I think the white you are referring to is wool roving. Look at the other parts hanging from her arm - there is no fabric there.
Regards Linn
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Post by Deleted on Sept 2, 2016 18:44:18 GMT
Marilyn ... I think the whole scarf is made of just yarn and roving. And I do think it was put onto the Artfelt or something similar. I don't think she uses any kind of fabric for this kind of "openwork" felting.
Regards Linn
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Post by Deleted on Sept 2, 2016 18:54:32 GMT
Attached are two more cropped examples of her work - there is definitely no fabric involved other than the yarn and wool roving Regards Linn Attachments:
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Post by felicity on Sept 2, 2016 19:00:38 GMT
I may be mistaken but it looks like she laid the yarn and décor on some soluble material, then stitch all together with machine stitching (this straight lines are machine stitching I believe), then felted the piece slightly. The soluble backing is gone and you have got this openwork piece.
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Post by MTRuth on Sept 2, 2016 20:19:23 GMT
I agree with Galina. I think for sure the first one is stitched in a grid (what I was referring to as fabric above). I can definitely see the grid on the first one. The second two look more like cobweb type felting with yarn inclusions.
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Post by Pandagirl on Sept 2, 2016 23:25:38 GMT
I agree water soluble makes sense. Some of it looks like stitching. A very interesting technique. Are you going to try it Linn?
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Post by halay on Sept 3, 2016 4:12:19 GMT
Very beautiful and interesting technnique. That grid is intriguing.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 3, 2016 4:35:23 GMT
Thanks for all your input ladies.
Yes, Galina could be correct. I tried to zoom in closer on the black/white triangle scarf and it does look like stitched grids. But the others I can't see any stitching.
Marilyn - I would definitely like to try this once I find my feet into Nuno felting. The paper is very expensive though and only two outlets in the USA selling it. There are other types of paper but more suitable for embroidery as it is very narrow.
Regards Linn
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Post by Shepherdess on Sept 3, 2016 11:37:17 GMT
A place you might be able to find it in larger pieces or by the yard wider is Lens Mill. You would have to call them or email them. The first and the last one I can see the stitching. the middle one looks like it was made with meandering yarn and some wool. I met someone at a conference a couple of years ago. it had no solvy or stitching involved.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 3, 2016 11:51:57 GMT
Thanks Ann, I have sent off an email to Len's Mill.
In the meanwhile, I ordered a pack of the Artfelt paper. 5'x 10'
I also contacted the creator of the scarves and tried to find out how she made it :-) Of course she is not telling <LOL> She did say that no fabric is involved "only Crazy wool". That is all I could get out of her :-)
I found one Russian (?) Youtube tutorial that showed "openwork" and it does involve a water soluble paper, yarn and then sewing everything down by machine afterwards.
Regards Linn
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Post by Pandagirl on Sept 3, 2016 15:07:49 GMT
I suppose it's possible to stitch on tissue paper and get a similar effect, except pulling out all the paper. That be worth trying with a longer stitch just to,see how it comes out. Too bad she doesn't offer classes or a tutorial for sale. I'm sure someone here will figure it out. :-)
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Post by MTRuth on Sept 3, 2016 15:18:24 GMT
There are many brands of water soluble fabric/paper. I have seen many scarves made here with stitching, yarns and water soluble and no felting involved. So these are just adding a little felting at the end.
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