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Post by Shepherdess on Mar 6, 2014 22:51:50 GMT
I will have to dig it out tomorrow and take a picture.
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Post by Teri Berry on Mar 10, 2014 20:04:26 GMT
Feeling inspired by Lyn's post on the Felting and Fiber blog I made a couple of pods of my own, this one using gotland, merino and a piece of dyed muslin: It is a very hairy beasty! And another using just different colours of merino and a handful of resists.... I've posted a few more pictures on my blog if you'd like to see some different angles... teriberrycreations.blogspot.co.uk/
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Post by Pandagirl on Mar 10, 2014 20:20:33 GMT
They are great Teri! Both are so unique in how they present. I take it you had a good time. :-)
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Post by Teri Berry on Mar 10, 2014 20:36:34 GMT
I've been out of felting action for a couple of weeks and making these last weekend was a real treat.
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Post by MTRuth on Mar 10, 2014 20:59:43 GMT
Are there plans for more? What did you use for your resists?
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Post by lyn on Mar 10, 2014 21:34:25 GMT
They both turned out great - but I especially like the way the colours have behaved in the second pod and the cuts make for a very interesting shape.
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Post by Teri Berry on Mar 10, 2014 22:54:33 GMT
Ruth - yes, I'm toying with the idea of making a couple of bird nesting pods after our local squirrels destroyed one of our bird boxes this winter, not sure how to squirrel-proof felt though...any ideas?!! The resists were pieces of foam that you use for laying laminate flooring, the Gotland one I also stuffed with carrier bags and put in the washing machine to finish the fulling, hence it is much more lumpy and thicker than the merino pod. It is a very sturdy pod, I think I could sit on it and it would bounce right back ) Thanks Lyn (and thank you for the inspiration too).
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Post by MTRuth on Mar 10, 2014 23:24:25 GMT
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Post by Teri Berry on Mar 11, 2014 0:06:36 GMT
oh, that does not bode well....
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Post by halay on Mar 11, 2014 5:26:21 GMT
Teri Berry, both pods look very nice. I can't decide which one I like best.
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Post by zed on Mar 11, 2014 9:02:25 GMT
They look great, Teri
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Post by carole aka craftywoman on Mar 11, 2014 12:50:41 GMT
I love both the pods Teri, and I paricularly love how you have opened up shapes to reveal layers below, then stitched around the shapes. I've been trying out that technique on a pod, then I got completely distracted and today I'm making a large pod from the fibres I dyed, it's sitting over the fire drying, I had to put a bag of sand in the bottom to keep a more rounded bottom - hopefully tomorrow the fun can begin with embellishing it.
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Post by luvswool and dyestuff on Mar 11, 2014 20:57:57 GMT
Like the first pod immensely with that fuzzy look and muted colors!
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Post by Shepherdess on Mar 12, 2014 0:16:51 GMT
the pods are great. I like the way the wool migrated on the first one. Oh no Ruth what a bad squirrel. I have heard of squirrels setting up house in bigger ones. if you make the mouth bigger and fairly close to the bottom they make nice feeders too. the chickadees like grandmas.
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Post by Teri Berry on Mar 13, 2014 22:51:03 GMT
Thank you all for your kind words. I like them both in different ways, the Gotland was a real surprise, I expected some migration but it almost consumed the merino. Is that to be expected from all course fibres?
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