Showing posts with label corriedale fleece. Show all posts
Showing posts with label corriedale fleece. Show all posts

Monday, 14 March 2011

Needlefelted Grubs

Look who I found nesting in my fibre stash!

These crazy little critters make great cuddlies for children !
They fit neatly in little hands, are soft and spongy and
have personalities all of their own !

They're needlefelted from corriedale fleece and have tufts of merino hair.
They're kind of cute in a 'grubby' sort of way !

Sunday, 30 May 2010

Felting Slippers


Felting Slippers
for Me !


I decided my feet are cold enough (especially early morning)
to make a pair for myself.
But, since I've used most of my natural corriedale fleece
on the last pair and I'll need the rest to finish my Medusa,
I've decided to try some dyed corriedale fleece
I had bought for needle felting.
The results are quite different ...
fluffy and took a long time to come together. 

... and it's BRIGHT blue ... but I think I can live with that!

I laid out some light blue corriedale and silk paper flowers...

then laid out the sole...

wet it down, wrapped it over and the felting began ... 

THEN I HEARD
A SNUFFLING SOUND ...

It had been raining and it was cold,
so I had let our husky inside on her mat.
I turned around and there she was 
- a mouth full of freshly carded fleece from my work room.

"Uh - Oh" ... she dropped the fleece and sat quietly,

 looking at me as if to say
"What fleece? ... Who did that? ... It wasn't me !"
I have seen this face before ... but I have to love her !

  I felted, rubbed and rolled, I cut the opening for my foot,

rubbed and rolled some more, turned them in the right way
... and rubbed and rolled some more
and when I had no fingerprints left ...

this was the result

 ... made with love

to find more information on how to make your own pattern 
visit Pat Sparke's site !


Tuesday, 9 February 2010

Hello again . . .

I've been away for a while - to quote an old friend
"Sometimes life just gets in the way !"

Christmas has come and gone, 
the children are back at school, had school photos taken and there are Easter Eggs in the stores.
Blink and the year will be over.

Better late than never - I'm posting my mischievious Christmas Elf and Christmas Tree I made last year.

Friday, 9 March 2007

Come over to my house.......

Come over to my place
Come over and play
We will felt for a while
and have a wonderful day!
Look!
My Mum gave me legs........
Now I can sit back and relax while I work!

What is felting?

"FELT" The Essential Macquarie Dictionary meaning:

"A non woven fabric of wool, fur or hair matted together by pressure"

Fibres can be manipulated with the use of soap, water, friction and heat variations ..........or the use of barbed needles to create many interesting, practical and wearable things.

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