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Post by viltmaaraan on Mar 23, 2016 11:10:29 GMT
Hi Elizabeth, Wat a beuatiful small bag!!! Love that! Maybe you can take a look at : stichschool.blogspot.nl And see for the ' couching' stich ?
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Post by viltmaaraan on Mar 22, 2016 7:58:06 GMT
Karen, that will look great, your octopus on your skirt at the festival !! Nice work, specially the stiff material could cause trouble. Nice site btw too !
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Post by viltmaaraan on Mar 21, 2016 8:25:58 GMT
Hello Marian, lovely coulors ! And nice hats!! What do you use as resist, a ball? And also such beautiful pics of the see and sky's. Did you do those paintings as well?? Multicreativity
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Post by viltmaaraan on Mar 20, 2016 9:15:13 GMT
Your fish has lots great character. Yes Ann, just like your site : shepherdesspringfarm.ca Wonderful to read en see all those nice pics. I didn't know that you made so much. While reading your archive it suddenly stopped after august 2014, ;( What a pity ! Lucky me , I have still some blogs to read of the other members.
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Post by viltmaaraan on Mar 20, 2016 8:29:56 GMT
What a nice sheep you have. I see you use the same equipement as Zara to shear the sheep, that is common in Sweden? I never seen that in Holland. Last summer I was given some very nice camel color fleece by a campingholder, but it was awful to spin because it was full of little hay and straw. It was just like High Chapparell or Rawhide, you know the film series in old days, when they shear their sheep. Lucky for the sheep not everyone in Holland use the Rawhide method. Because we have good connections with the campinholder , I 'll send him some links of yours en Zara's method of sheepshearing. Do you also live in the nothern of Sweden ?
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Post by viltmaaraan on Mar 19, 2016 17:57:24 GMT
Thanks for the link Ruth and yes , when swimming is done, I go one with felting in the pool Whow, well done Zara, chapeau!! What a nice fleece of baggen Edwin I love that!! And your carpet, what an invention. I read your story and indeed the difficulty is the trick :The trick is to work it long enough to get it to felt together properly, but to stop before too much length of the locks have been felted in. I think I it felted too long. But I am still pleases with the result, we take the pieces with us on holliday to prevent a cold backside in the evening when we sit outside.
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Post by viltmaaraan on Mar 19, 2016 15:19:53 GMT
A wonderful piece, almost painting you made !
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Post by viltmaaraan on Mar 19, 2016 13:43:07 GMT
Thanks Ruth for explanation
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Post by viltmaaraan on Mar 19, 2016 12:20:31 GMT
YEAH!! I would like to try something like that. Thanks.
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Post by viltmaaraan on Mar 19, 2016 12:18:31 GMT
It is almost time for sheep shearing and maybe some farmers helped already the ladies out of their coats. So I ordered a few fleeces for wet felting a little carpet. I have done that before but I have question about the material at the backsite. I bought a kind of light fleece for the backsite, it looked like a blanket wich you could tear apart just like silk hanky's. I think it is machinale fabricage. My question is: can I use selfmade bats, carded from sheepwool, for the backsite ? Has somebody more experience with fleece felting and give me some tips?
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Post by viltmaaraan on Mar 19, 2016 12:02:05 GMT
Galina, what a wonderful piece you made. After you have made your design, do you start with needle felting and than wet felting ? Because you have so tiny details.
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Post by viltmaaraan on Mar 19, 2016 11:55:08 GMT
I love that Easter bunny (just in time)
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Post by viltmaaraan on Mar 19, 2016 11:46:29 GMT
Thank you so much everyone! I really appreciate your kind comments. Halay - yes I did a bit of needle felting and lots of stitching Teri - its about 60 by 40 cm, bigger than my usual felt pictures but not too big that I can't fit it under my sewing machine! I've got some of my other pictures on my Facebook page if you would like to see them. Beautiful, you must have lots of patience! I love that hedgehog!!!
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Post by viltmaaraan on Mar 19, 2016 11:32:40 GMT
I was going to suggest you use an iron on stabiliser fabric. I can't remember the right name for it. It comes in different strengths and stiffness's. You can cut it to size of the main body . Then if you wanted you could sew it to a frame that was smaller than the piece. It would float on the wall then. Just another thought. That was what I also would use : vlieseline. I like both hangings, beautiful. @ Ruth: did you do your stitches by machine?
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Post by viltmaaraan on Mar 19, 2016 11:14:09 GMT
Lovely jumpers Vitmaaraan. Yes, Continental style is best for colourwork. When I was in Portugal a couple of years ago, I was given a 'knitting pin', so I decided to give the Portuguese style a try and discovered that this method makes purling much the easier stitch. www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzfYS9_t27kWhow, I have never seen that before and I like to give that a try. The light has to shine, I think. Do you now use the Portugese style evertytime? I think they never have heard of a 'knitting pin' here Maybe I can use a safety pin as well.
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