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Post by crealou on Jun 12, 2013 12:11:15 GMT
Here is a pair of gloves I did with my alpaca fiber. I have uses a commercial prefelt merino as a base and I have put my shinny black alpaca fiber (not carded) on top. I did a separate embellishment with again alpaca and a matching bead.  |
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Post by MTRuth on Jun 12, 2013 16:27:40 GMT
Very nice. I like the contrast of the flower to the shiny black. They look very well made.
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Post by koffipot on Jun 12, 2013 19:12:57 GMT
They look very nice. Love the sheen.
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Post by billieanne on Jun 13, 2013 1:21:41 GMT
These are cute. I tried to make a pair, well one actually to see how it would go. I made the resist too big and couldn't shrink the wool to fit my hand......I made it into a purse for a little girl.
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Post by zed on Jun 13, 2013 9:13:35 GMT
That does have a nice sheen  That sounds like something that would happen to me, Billieanne |
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Post by koffipot on Jun 13, 2013 9:28:02 GMT
It just goes to prove there is no such thing as wasted felt! There's always a use for it! |
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Post by Shepherdess on Jun 13, 2013 16:22:52 GMT
They look great, I love the natural colours. I have a plan for some this fall..... well they're on the list with all the other plans,  |
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Post by lyn on Jun 13, 2013 22:22:24 GMT
Not only good looking, but they'll really keep your hands warm!
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Post by lovefibre on Jun 14, 2013 9:27:43 GMT
I love the way you placed the flowers differently on each hand and the way the centre of the flower echoes the black. Enjoy wearing them :-)
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Post by crealou on Jun 14, 2013 12:05:47 GMT
I post something yesterday about the resist I had but can not find my post anymore?!?!?
Anyway, all I was saying is that I was very lucky that the first attempt with the size of the resist I made what the good size I needed. Once it is all felted, I stretched it a bit on a lemon juice bottle ( big realemon bottle).
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Post by koffipot on Jun 14, 2013 12:34:54 GMT
Beautiful as they are, I hope it's several months before you need to wear them! |
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Post by billieanne on Jun 14, 2013 23:40:30 GMT
I really do like them and I'll have to try again. What I did was photocopy my hand then enlarged the copy by 30%. I thought that would be perfect. Oh well, the neighbor girl loves her purse.
Off to eat dinner, pizza just arrived.
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Post by Shepherdess on Jun 14, 2013 23:57:39 GMT
What did you try to shrink it some more? I like to heat it up in the microwave and then use a stick blind or for smaller things a stick place mat when it's being stubborn. Sometimes you need to let it rest till the next day. I have no idea why that works but it often does. It often shrinks up very quickly.
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Post by billieanne on Jun 15, 2013 2:13:24 GMT
Ann, Don't know what happened to my reply.....this is the second coming!
I rolled and rolled and rolled in bubble wrap. I don't have a stick blind or stick mat. I tried throwing in the sink a few times. Think I even tried rolling in the dryer. Still reading my book and reading on the forum.
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Post by Shepherdess on Jun 15, 2013 22:31:00 GMT
Stick blinds are more aggressive than the bubble wrap. I got mine cheap at the second hand store. You have to remove the hardware but that's not to hard. Heating it up opens up the scales on the wool and helps it felt faster. I am not sure what happens to posts sometimes. It happens to me occasionally too.
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