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Post by zed on Jan 30, 2018 13:45:53 GMT
No, it gets everywhere! I just have separate netting for different colours to make life easier. I don't get fibres trapped/migrating much, but don't want anything ruined if I can't see any. I wash the equipment from a wet felting class though, and that is often full of fibres, I found that gardening velcro on a roll is brilliant for getting the fibres off netting and towels. I then save it for nepps
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Post by zed on Jan 30, 2018 13:32:56 GMT
Advanced in what way? Specific techniques, or fibres, different wools for different projects etc, or advanced as in, the whys and hows so you can predict the outcome?
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Post by zed on Jan 30, 2018 13:27:27 GMT
Hi Linlee, welcome to the forum I'd agree with World of Wool Don't even kid yourself that you'll only need a small amount of anything, buying fibre is a hobby in itself I'll trust Ann's judgment on spinning and weaving guilds too, I'm on a spinners UK facebook group and have bought small quantities of different wools on there for reasonable prices. If you don't mind washing wool you can get raw wool even cheaper than processed wool.
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Hello
Jan 30, 2018 13:22:05 GMT
Post by zed on Jan 30, 2018 13:22:05 GMT
Hi Charlotte
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Post by zed on Dec 17, 2017 20:00:07 GMT
Aaw, very cute!
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Post by zed on Dec 17, 2017 19:57:57 GMT
My daily dose the other day was sorting through a pile of felt for using on projects, which has grown quicker than I can use it. I like to kid myself that buying more and more tubs to store my stuff neatly makes me a collector and not a hoarder
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Post by zed on Dec 17, 2017 19:55:01 GMT
Zed--thank you for this information. This was the first "silk noil" I had ever worked with, so I had nothing to compare it to and took at face value what the seller said. Looking more carefully at the fibre, I now think it is a wool/silk noil blend as you said--explaining why it felts. I will be on the look out for other silk noil for comparison. You're welcome, Robin I think there's always something new to learn in felting, especially with fibres! I sort of had the opposite problem a few years ago, I'd bought Silk Noil from World of Wool, a strange almost sheet of fibre with weird oat like bits in, but overall soft and shiny, and felted nicely (in the pic I posted), so when I saw some branded dyed silk noil, I expected the same, but it was like hard clumps of dried soggy paper towels. I was so disappointed. It's alright once it's carded though! I agree with the others that the blend makes really nice vessels. The sheen of the silk hankies really stands out with it
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Post by zed on Dec 15, 2017 12:37:50 GMT
Lovely card!
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Post by zed on Dec 13, 2017 13:57:53 GMT
They're all really nice, Tracey
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Post by zed on Dec 13, 2017 13:37:37 GMT
It looks gorgeous! How do you knot onto the warp? When you say 'unworked', is it still raw, or just cleaned?
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Post by zed on Dec 13, 2017 13:35:42 GMT
Thanks, Tricia! Maybe down the line, but I've really only done plain knitting, a small amount of purling, dropped stitches and made a hole once. I just thought knitting in the round might be easier than sewing up.
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Post by zed on Dec 10, 2017 14:00:21 GMT
I remember that day, Tracey Your cardie looks great, Carole You got some nice txtures on your piece, Nada
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Post by zed on Dec 10, 2017 13:56:40 GMT
I think I might have to drop into the knitting group at our well being centre, I can't even work those loop needle things out!
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Post by zed on Dec 8, 2017 10:29:39 GMT
How about a tool library or lending scheme? Or even well-being centres, they have a lot more than just knitting groups these days!
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Post by zed on Dec 7, 2017 18:04:41 GMT
It was easier to just give up Christmas
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