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Post by koffipot on Feb 5, 2015 7:44:13 GMT
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Post by zed on Feb 5, 2015 11:29:52 GMT
I've seen the mat before, it makes interesting results. Someone needs to invent a board of pegs or something to just fit on top to do the poking  |
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Post by jwugg on Feb 5, 2015 11:33:43 GMT
I tried to make my own version of it last year with a rubbery bath matting. I spent hours cutting into the small holes to make larger holes. Then I didn't like it at all! I make such a mistake not just making a small sample piece first & had a sore scissor hand for several days!!
Robbin Firth of Heartfelt Silks makes things with the upwolfing mats (& she sells them in the USA). It looks effective, but my, they use a huge amount of fibres. I'm not too sure what purpose you can realistically put the resulting felt to? There is a 'large' mat, which has huge 'holes' & Robbin cuts the tops off the 'bobbles' which make some great colourways, some looking like layers of multi-coloured rocks.
Anyone got one? if so, do you like it?
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Post by koffipot on Feb 5, 2015 13:47:47 GMT
Jill - I was thinking it would be possible to make one from a Yoga mat or one of those bedding rolls for camping. Then the miserly side of my brain kicked in when I realised how much fibre was required.  |
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Post by jwugg on Feb 5, 2015 16:53:43 GMT
Exactly Judith! The bathmat stuff is like thin yoga mat. But if you do try, be ready to hurt your 'scissor hand' cutting the holes  |
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Post by MTRuth on Feb 5, 2015 17:32:43 GMT
My friend Paula has some upwolfing mats. We were supposed to try them out in December but then she had to move and couldn't find where she had packed them. But soon we will try them. I think it would be cool to use these to make some kind of vessel. But the whole process kind of reminds me of the winding preyarn around bubble wrap to make a scarf. Seems fiddly.
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Post by elizabeth on Feb 5, 2015 18:44:52 GMT
I agree with you, Ruth. Also, I don't care for the finished product, especially the clothing. It looks like a yarn version of a light bright set. To each their own.
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Post by luvswool and dyestuff on Feb 5, 2015 20:28:19 GMT
I enjoyed viewing the video, and thanks for sharing, Judith. However, I don’t think I would go through all of that trouble, even though the results are amazing.
It always fun to see what other felters are doing around the world! I got a kick out of the models.
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Post by zed on Feb 6, 2015 10:26:35 GMT
It reminded me of the dunlopillo I had when I was a kid, and googling 'foam with holes' gets quite a lot of images. I doubt I'd have the patience even if I was given one though, and without a dryer it seems even more time consuming.
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Post by Pandagirl on Feb 6, 2015 14:45:05 GMT
Judith, that's quite an interesting process. I'd seen something similar before. I guess it would take tons of patience to produce a scarf or garmet. I like the texture but only imagine doing something like that on a small scale as an accent or part of a picture for texture.
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Post by maisie on Feb 6, 2015 22:31:53 GMT
Definitely not my scene. Interesting to watch, but I didn't like the finished product and it seemed to be a lot of work for not very much at the end of it!
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