Daily Dose of Fiber January 2019

[lindsay]

Jan 15, 2019 18:41:22 GMT MTRuth said:

I had to read what you wrote again Lindsay. I didn't see any resists and wondered how you got the layers on the outside with just wool placement but I understand now. I think a silk hankie on the inside might give the look of the inside of a shell. The shape turned out great, it really does look like an oyster shell. How big is it?

Thanks, Ruth. Sorry I wasn’t clear.  The strips of resist came after this progress shot.  I was a bit engrossed so didn’t take as many photos as I should have. I laid a layer of bright white merino, tussah silk and pearl fibre, a cross layer of white merino, the sections of pre-layered merino that you can see in the photo, then the strips of resist that created the outer layering followed by two layers of natural white merino on top. It’s about the size of my outstretched hand - finger ends to wrist. 

[lindsay]

Thanks, Lyn. I’m supposed to be concentrating on pictures but I’d rather be experimenting with 3D shells so I will have to try to strike a balance between the two.

[Shepherdess]

You got a cool texture. I can't wait to where you go with it.

[Antje]

Lindsay you have a very good oyster shell and it will be interesting to see if the shine breaks through. You say small resists....can I assume they were each on only one side of the ribs to prevent them adhering, thus giving the ripple layer efffect?

[lindsay]

Jan 16, 2019 7:51:46 GMT Antje said:

Lindsay you have a very good oyster shell and it will be interesting to see if the shine breaks through. You say small resists....can I assume they were each on only one side of the ribs to prevent them adhering, thus giving the ripple layer efffect?

Thanks, Antje. The resists were long, thin U-shaped strips that were laid on top of the shell as you see it in the third picture (so across the top of the ribs) then covered with 2 layers of wool. I cut them out along the outer edge to create the frills. I can take a photo of the remains of the resists if it helps. It took me a while to come up with the design - I admit it was quite complicated! 

[Antje]

Thank you Lindsay for the explanation. From now on if I see an oyster shell I’ll be thinking of your Felt version.

[Pandagirl]

Beautiful Pamster, my favorite colors. Great job. Perhaps add more fiber to the ends. You can always use a flashlight to see if there are any holes before you start Felting.

[Pandagirl]

Lovely oyster shell Lindsay!

[lindsay]

Jan 17, 2019 21:39:52 GMT Pandagirl said:

Lovely oyster shell Lindsay!

Thanks, Marilyn! I’ve been doing a bit more shell-making over the last couple of days (kind of around what I really should have been doing) so will share a few more photos when they’re dry. 

[Shepherdess]

My daily dose was finishing my little pot. I will show you in my next post. It is drying now. My other thing I did was making up some skeins to dye. The dark is silk noil and the medium shade with big slubs I think is silk and the lightest one one I am hoping is silk but I have no idea really. I hope it has some silk or cellulose fiber so it will pickup some colours.

[Antje]

Looking forward to seeing the results of your dyeing Ann.

[MTRuth]

Those look like great threads. What color are you dyeing?

[Shepherdess]

Ruth they are all ends of cones I have picked up. I want to do multiple colours on each. I haven't decided witch ones though.

[MTRuth]

Are you planning on stitching with the thread or including it as an embellishment in felt? Or haven't you planned that far in advance?

[Shepherdess]

It is more yarn than thread so felting it right in, but it would work well for couching. The dark is the thinnest and smoothest. I also have more of the dark than the others.