Post by teriann on Dec 22, 2011 22:00:11 GMT
OK you talented wet felters. Keep in mind my passion is for needle felting little animals, gnomes with big beards and witches with big hair.
But, since I can't pass up a raw fleece with interesting texture I have way more than I can ever use to make little creatures.
... so I've been experimenting with wet felting.
I used a layer of long blue faced Leicester locks dyed a medium brown with black walnuts, then a layer of cormo that I dyed dark brown with walnuts and hand carded,
then a layer of really fine grey with blond tipped blue faced leicester locks. I dyed some of the tiny curly locks with walnuts and added them as "fringe".
I used a hand sander, then rolled until it seemed sturdy enough.
I'm not sure if it's a scarf, a wrap... or a sheep
But it's supper warm and I love it.
But, since I can't pass up a raw fleece with interesting texture I have way more than I can ever use to make little creatures.
... so I've been experimenting with wet felting.
I used a layer of long blue faced Leicester locks dyed a medium brown with black walnuts, then a layer of cormo that I dyed dark brown with walnuts and hand carded,
then a layer of really fine grey with blond tipped blue faced leicester locks. I dyed some of the tiny curly locks with walnuts and added them as "fringe".
I used a hand sander, then rolled until it seemed sturdy enough.
I'm not sure if it's a scarf, a wrap... or a sheep
But it's supper warm and I love it.
I love the mix of browns.
