Felting ‘flowers’ into scarves
Swirls of Merino wool flowers, ready to be felted into a scarf or two
I did a felting course on Thursday and Friday last week, so on Saturday I wanted to play around with what I learned.
I dragged out an old bag of leftover Merino bits. The bits were all mixed together and not that inspiring. A bit like when you mix too much paint and all you get is brown. I set about untangling and sorting and had a lovely time creating these ‘flowers’ above.
I am not an experienced felter yet, so thought I’d experiment with embedding them into a scarf. I didn’t know how they would take, given they were a bit worked already, just from hanging around with other bits of wool in the same bag. I placed a thin layer of wool fibres over the top of each flower before felting, just to see if they’d anchor in place.
I am delighted with the result!
Emmylou - felted scarf with 'flowers'
So delighted, in fact, I made another one straight after it, though this time I shaped the scarf around the flowers shown in the first picture.
Felicity - purple, blue and orange felted scarf with 'flowers'
New mohair crochet flower and knit scarf
Rose Red - crochet mohair scarf made of flowers and leaves
Meet Rose Red. She’s the latest in my crochet series of wearable sculptures.
I am thinking of making another like this, and felting it, now that I understand the felting process.
You can see more pictures on my etsy site, in the crochet category.
New skill learned this week – felting!
Elfi - felted grey scarf with coloured and embroidered shapes
This week I took a Yarra Valley Arts Council class at the Healesville Primary School in felting a scarf and felting a hat.
What a great time we had, laying fibres, wetting wool, rolling until we thought we could roll no more. It was much easier and much less messy than I thought.
And here’s the result: Elfi. Named after my Aunty in Augusta, Georigia. You can see more pictures on my etsy site.
Happy felting!!
Blue mohair crochet scarf with felted coloured circles
Take a look at my new scarf! Like it?
I took three days’ annual leave this week, because my niece turned 8 and I took her to lunch, and the weather in Melbourne has turned from searing to pleasantly mild. Having said that, there was a wind storm on day two that was strong enough to knock out the power for a few hours.
That didn’t concern me, however. I gathered kitties three in and got out my non-electric crochet to finish the latest scarf, pictured.
I enjoyed crocheting, watching the trees do crazy dances in the wild wind and keeping Peabody Wiggle, my Siamese, away from the Merino wool. Later I found a lump of pink Merino and it was soggy, so his wool-watching vigil was a great success.
Now I’ve moved on to making a butter yellow crochet scarf, which has hand-felted coloured circles, making it look a little like a FrootieLoops surprise. I didn’t like it that much at first but yesterday after I added the felt it’s become my new favourite. It’ll be the next post.
Hope your day is filled with creative thoughts and actions!
