Wild and Wooly World:
Adventures in Needle Felting
sculpted, not stuffed...
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New stuff
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SPRING CHICKS Getting ready for spring and Easter. Time for chicks. (I like the idea of crepe paper feet on wire.) |
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SPRING HEAD BAND New idea, think I 'invented' this. I knit a cover over a metal head band and then felt on top of it. Passed the check for my tween daughter and her friends so it is worth exploring. |
Here's a bunch of wool balls. Juggling balls, dryer balls (use instead
of dryer sheets), or cat toys.
I took 'scrap' wool and made the balls by felting in a stocking in the
washing machine for a couple of rounds and then needle felted on top.
If I make them egg shaped they would fit in with the Spring Theme...
Painting with wool in 3D
Trollskog
Trolls are part of the Swedish imagination, and in the tradition of of Elsa Beskow, John Bauer,
This is part of my 'Svenska Visor' series:
"Midsommarnatten plockar jag klöver och timotej..."
7 blommor, gärdesgård
California's golden hills in wool version.
They do look like something soft and
rolling at a distance.
More California inspired.
And also some cigar box diorama projects:
This is just your average troll taking a nap.
This is " Mors lilla Olle'.
Meeting a bear, thinking it's a dog,
sharing your blueberries.
Hi,
I want to share my fascination with this technique/ craft I discovered 3 years ago: needle felting.
First, there is something wonderful about wool fiber. It is soft, light, and warm. It has all kinds of natural colors and then you can dye it too.
Next, there is the 'magic part'; how you interlock the fibers and create form and shape.
Also, you can pick up your needle and wool, work on it, put it down, go off, or bring it along... No major set up and clean up...just be sure to keep your needles safe.
It is also fun because it is a reltively new and unknown craft, and it is always fun introducing it to people who have never heard of it.
I am still in a phase where I will see something or get an idea, and I will start thinking about how it would look expressed in wool.
all you need...a needle...
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a piece of good foam...
and your wool...
