I should be dyeing...

But after a conversation with a customer about nuno felting, I got caught up in finding out more about it yesterday. Way cool!!! I've done a bit of needle felting and wet felting here and there but never really was gung ho about it at that time. Here are a couple of neat links I came across while out googling (that should be a word in the dictionary by now...)

HomeWork
Harlequin Feltworks

So, although I have a bunch of fibers cut up and awaiting a dye job, I decided to play instead on Saturday. So here are some pictures of my first attempt with nuno felting. It took awhile to get the fibers felted to the scarf, had to rewet a couple of times...but...voila!! Not a grand masterpiece, but defintely fun and a good start:

Close up of a back section. Cool how the fabric gets all bunchy and scrunchy. I am definitely going to try this again using silk chiffon or gauze.


I also got caught up in making felt balls. That was fun!! I didn't do them via washing machine. Just while sitting in front of the tv catching up on some of my recorded shows.

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