It’s really unusual to have snow this early in the year on the ridge opposite the front of my farmhouse. Sometimes, the larger peak Mount Leinster does have a dusting in mid November but normally we only have it on the whole range in the thick of winter (if at all) so I was delighted to [...]
Posts Tagged ‘wet felting’
The first snow of 2009 and a brilliant felt vessel!
Posted in Felt, Swaps, workshops, tagged batts, Clasheen, Felt, felt vessel, felt workshop, felt workshops, Felting, felting workshops, fiber, fibre, Icelandic, Icelandic batts, Icelandic wool, mulberry silk, resist, silk, surface decoration, texture, vessel, wet felt, wet felting, wool on November 28, 2009 | 6 Comments »
Happy Thanksgiving, completed pieces from last Saturday’s workshop, size of my new hearth rug
Posted in Felt, workshops, tagged chiffon, Clasheen, Felt, felt hearth rug, felt rug, felt wall hanging, felt workshop, felt workshops, Felting, hearth rug, silk, silk chiffon, Thanksgiving, wall hanging, wet felt, wet felting, workshop on November 26, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Happy Thanksgiving everyone! It is brilliant to have readers all around the world and really nice to discover whenever any of you have special days that you like to celebrate, to those of you Stateside I hope that you have a wonderful day.
I promised you pictures of the completed work from last Saturday’s workshop at Clasheen as [...]
Tactile felt hearth rug!
Posted in Felt, tagged batts, Felt, felt rug, felted rug, Felting, Fleece, hearth rug, Icelandic batts, Icelandic wool, Jacobs, Jacobs fleece, silk, silk hankies, silk tops, tactile, tencel, tencel tops, texture, wet felt, wet felting, wool batts on November 25, 2009 | 4 Comments »
I forgot to mention yesterday that I did weigh the Icelandic wool and divided it into two piles. There was just over 400g per layer and interestingly enough not much shrinkage overall by the time the rug was complete, possibly even less than 20%.
I should also have said that I used green silk hankies both [...]
Combining raw fleece with Icelandic wool and last call for winter workshops
Posted in Etsy, Felt, workshops, tagged batts, Clasheen, Etsy, Felt, felt rug, Felting, felting a rug, Fleece, Icelandic, Icelandic wool, Jacobs, Jacobs fleece, raw fleece, wet felt, wet felting, wool, wool batts, workshop, workshops on November 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
As promised yesterday I am going to post about the rug I made on Sunday from raw fleece and Icelandic wool but before I kick things off just a quick reminder. There is now only one adult and child place left in either the morning or the afternoon workshop here at Clasheen on Saturday 5th [...]
Fantastic workshop, a picture paints 1000 words …..
Posted in Felt, workshops, tagged Clasheen, Dutch Felt, Felt, felt workshop, felt workshops, Felting, Ria, wet felt, wet felting on November 23, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Lindsay, Ann and Alison joined me here at Clasheen for a full days workshop on Saturday. Even without bearing in mind that everyone had only felted once before the work produced was truly amazing!
I am going to let the pictures speak for themselves today, check out more images from the workshop on Flickr.
Tomorrow I will [...]
Wild weather and today’s workshop
Posted in Felt, workshops, tagged Felt, Felting, flat felt, mentor, mentoring, Studio, wall hanging, wallhanging, wet felt, wet felting, workshop, workshops on November 21, 2009 | 3 Comments »
I am still tidying the studio in preparation for today’s workshop, just taking a quick break (aka escaping from the clutter) to write this quick post. Three ladies who attended one of the recent starter sessions have booked for the day to make large wall hangings or framed flat felt. We will be calculating how much [...]
Unblocked felt hat, an experiment with colour, style and texture
Posted in Etsy, Felt, tagged design, Fabric, Felt, felt hat, Felting, hat, hat block, Icelandic wool, Irene Lundgaard, Pick up your needles, resist, silk, silk and cotton fabric, silk twists, wet felt, wet felting, wool on November 17, 2009 | 5 Comments »
I loved the two felt hats that I made recently with Icelandic wool but I really wanted to wear them myself and unfortunately my head is just too small for hats shaped on my hat block! At the brilliant ’Pick up your Needles’ workshop on Saturday Irene had a simple but fun crochet hat that I thought could translate very [...]
Felt flowers and felting kits
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Etsy, Felt, felt flower, felt flowers, felt jewellery, felt vessel, Felting, flat felt, jewellery, wet felt, wet felting on November 13, 2009 | 1 Comment »
This morning I had put time aside to take photos of my new felting kits and put them up on Etsy. I am SOOOO frustrated as I write because now that I have found my camera I can’t find it’s charging station so uploading them will have to wait until Sunday or Monday when I can borrow [...]
Some simple felt accessories fit for a ball (well maybe an informal Golf Club dance!)
Posted in Felt, nuno felt, tagged bag, clutch, Felt, felt bag, felt brooch, felt clutch, Felting, fiber, fibre, merino, Nuno, nuno felt, nuno felt brooch, nuno felting, pongee, purse, short fibred merino, silk, wet felt, wet felting on November 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Tomorrow evening I have to show my face at the Golf Club Captain’s Dinner. Being on a budget I was wracking my brain deciding what to wear (it is informal this year which is unusual) when to my absolute delight I found my ‘lost’ black velvet trousers! I managed to pick up an inexpensive plain turquoise [...]
Silk laps again and still tidying!
Posted in Felt, Swaps, workshops, tagged Clasheen, Felt, Felting, ICA, silk, silk laps, wet felt, wet felting, wool, workshop on November 6, 2009 | 1 Comment »
In response to some of your comments re. the silk laps I also find that they can ‘catch’ your skin as you are laying them out but definitely not as much as silk hankies do. What I like to do if my hands are dry is to rub them in olive oil about ten [...]
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