
Felt Art: Painting with Wool Oxmarket Gallery 2014 Over the past several months I have turned my attention from my loom and spinning wheel to the world of feltmaking. Needle felting, wet […]
Felt Art: Painting with Wool Oxmarket Gallery 2014 Over the past several months I have turned my attention from my loom and spinning wheel to the world of feltmaking. Needle felting, wet […]
Felting – How Much Does Wool Shrink A common question that felters have is how much does wool shrink when felting. It can depend on a lot of factors such as the […]
Wet Felted Cat Bed My cat loves wool and crawling into small places to nap. I have many bags of wool so I thought I should make her a own special place […]
Feltmaking – Wet Felted Hats I got a hat block for Christmas – Lucky Me 🙂 This one is a cloche style of hat block made of styrofoam from Gillian Gladrag . […]
Washboard Felting The old fashioned wash board is quickly becoming my most used felting tool. I use it for the final fulling process when wet felting. What it does is it straightens […]
Wet Felting Project – Felted Cushion Cover This is a project to felt and sew a hand felted cushion cover. Materials used: Wool roving for making feltapprox 1 yard of cotton fabric16 […]
Natural dyeing is usually a 2 step process. The yarn or fibre must be soaked in a mordant,that prepares the fibre to absorb the natural dye substance. Here are instructions on how […]
Beetroot Dye Sugar beetroots give rust and reddish coloured natural dye, though the colour is not very colourfast and fades after time. Post Views: 11
Bloodroot natural plant dye has been used by First Nations to dye wool yarns, yielding reds, pink and orange colours. Post Views: 16
How to Mordant Cotton and Linen Linen and cotton yarns require a different mordant preparation prior to using natural dyes. Difficulty Level: Average Time Required: 90 minutes Here’s How: Use clean, scoured […]