liza
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Post by liza on Jan 4, 2018 22:33:40 GMT
Has anyone used these? Do you feel they are worth the cost?
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Post by MTRuth on Jan 4, 2018 23:19:41 GMT
Haven't used one. But I think several members have and perhaps have even fashioned their own.
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Post by Pandagirl on Jan 5, 2018 1:43:35 GMT
I have seen them, but never used one. I use an old ridged tupperware top from a pitcher which has a little knob on top to hold it or a bead board. Here are some ideas and photos on Felting tips we published a while back. Ann showed her Tupperware top and my bead board it in there as well. feltingandfiberstudio.com/2014/02/12/felting-tips-from-the-forum/
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Post by pamster on Jan 5, 2018 2:13:09 GMT
My husband made a bead board for me to use and I am finding it works really well.
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Post by Shepherdess on Jan 5, 2018 2:54:00 GMT
I have heard good things about them. For me the cost plus shipping is to much. my main rubbing tool is a starburst Tupperware lid for a juice jug. I have other things for rubbing too. Anything with texture will work.
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Post by Stargazer on Jan 5, 2018 4:37:46 GMT
I have most of the palm boards from Heart Felt Silk, and absolutely love them. For me they've completely erased the need to roll my (minor) felting projects. Larger projects like dresses for adult woman and such I still feel the need to roll - but I'm sure I could do with only the palm boards too.
You have quite good control of what you do when using them. They're 'simple' but highly effective tools.
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Post by lyn on Jan 5, 2018 8:22:30 GMT
I've never used a palm board so maybe this judgement is unfair, but going by photographs of them I think I'll stick to my homemade glass bead board as it looks 'kinder' than the palm board. In the final stages of fulling I will sometimes alternate rolling/bead board, but for most of my projects I only use scrunched up bubble wrap and a bamboo rolling mat.
I always use scrunched up bubble wrap in the early stages of felting when a gentler approach is needed.
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Post by koffipot on Jan 5, 2018 10:33:32 GMT
I have heard good things about them. For me the cost plus shipping is to much. my main rubbing tool is a starburst Tupperware lid for a juice jug. I have other things for rubbing too. Anything with texture will work. Tupperware starburst lid is my favouritte too Ann.
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Post by jwugg on Jan 5, 2018 10:49:31 GMT
I have one & it is easily my favourite bit of felting kit. I use it every time I felt. There are plenty of things one can rub with & I haven't used the popular Tupperware star lid! but I did find a tool which looks so similar to the palm washboard that I was shocked & excited - it is actually made for impressing an indented shape onto pastry for 1 particular Greek pie!! However, although it looked identical, it does not do anywhere near as good a job as the real palm washboard, even after I'd smoothed & varnished it.
I find the palm washboard excellent from the start with the first, gentle massage, as it does not move the fibres around at all (I use the painter's plastic film technique), & then you can rapidly get stronger & faster. I don't tend to use it like Robbin does, for fulling at the end of the process directly onto the felt, as I'm more of a self-roller & a sink thrower!
I haven't tried the alternate shapes & sizes they make, just the standard, & it's a beautifully crafted thing.
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Post by Shepherdess on Jan 5, 2018 12:53:25 GMT
Jill I don't like rubbing on felt either. I do roll on a glass wash board when I am shrinking and hardening a lot. I am still looking locally for a textured rolling pin. The shipping for so many things is so much.
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Shana
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Post by Shana on Jan 5, 2018 14:11:31 GMT
I bought two sizes back when Heart Felt was just starting to produce them out. And I'm one of those people that absolutely hates rolling, so I do find them useful when making things large areas of flat felt, like cobweb felt. It's a tool, just like any other tool. It's not going to magically reduce the time of your work.
Honestly, my favorite tool is a scrunched up plastic produce bag. And you get those for free!
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liza
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Post by liza on Jan 5, 2018 18:49:04 GMT
Thanks for your kind replies. Reading them and the link provided certainly proves what I Have been told...that felting is an inexact science. Also that you are an ingenious lot!
I think until my palm washboard arrives I will try using my meat tenderizer with a piece of silk wrapped around it.
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Post by dottyhen on Jan 11, 2018 11:30:54 GMT
I have a few of the palm washboards and find them very useful, mainly on smaller projects, either nuno felting fabrics onto the surface or when attaching loops or bag handles. They came with a piece of very fine net, which I use rather than using them directly on the felt.
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Post by Stargazer on Jan 11, 2018 14:28:25 GMT
Oh yes, definitely need to use the mesh/net, can't imagine how you'd ever finish without.
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Post by aberwacky on Jan 13, 2018 20:25:32 GMT
I have one and have used it, but now use these for my felting--they don't rub the felt, but roll over it (like the swedish lefke rolling pins, but many at once) so they don't disturb the fibers. I have modified mine and added a handle, but even the unmodified ones work fine. I LOVE how easy it is on my hands and how quickly it works. Plus I can see how the felting is going. Before finding these, I tried a palm sander, but the noise and vibration bothered me. Massage Rollerimages-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/91a9hzqsNjL._SY679_.jpg
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