Felted footwear

We saw some lovely ideas with regards to felting boots and slippers this week. Sue and Fay were felting some very colourful boots in our session. They will finish them at home. To get them this far in the time was impressive. You use one template for both boots and then cut the felting in half when it is time to make the two boots. In the video it shows you that you can use cardboard but you can use stiffish plastic or big dog or cat food bags. You need something which won’t lose its shape and something which will not allow the felting to attach to it. It is a big job. The first parts are easy and methodical and then it becomes labour intensive work to get all the felting done. You can do it over time. Just wrap your felting up in a plastic bag. Sheralee has made slippers with llama fleece. She has llamas and uses the fleece she combs off them to make things. Her slippers are lovely. She gave us the tip you can use silicon spray on the bottom to make them non slip. Slippers you make one at a time so you need two templates. You can draw around your foot and increase by a good third. Felt Magnet shows you exactly how to do this.

Show and tell

Much better weather today. Sunny but cold. Some great things to look at today and so many good ideas of what to do and how to do it. As usual, colour played a big part. The wet felted boots were made today and are still in the process of being felted.

Show and tell.

Sheralee:  Felted llama fleece slippers in fawn with silicon spray base. Fawn and brown hat in llama fleece and wool.

Karin:   Handspun, hand dyed, woven scarf in blues. Very soft.

Maria:  Knitted toddler jumper in blue flecked woo and a cream crochet beanie which has been crocheted top down.  .

Christine: skeins of yarn she had bought at the fibre feast in different colours. Yes, we noticed the Port Power colours. Her stunning butterfly challenge shawl in pinks and maroon.

Margaret: Blue and white fair isle challenge hat in acrylic. Test run for homespun.

Sue: Wet felted slippers she made at the meeting in pink coloured merino tops. Felted galaxy with the planets embroidered onto the wet felted piece. Blue fleted hat with flower.

Cathy:  TIE fighter beanie in grey and aqua. Wool and acrylic.

Fay: Felted boots which she made in our session in blue coloured merino tops

John: Maroon and yellow scarf woven wrong side up up on his heddle loom.

Marjorie: Beret in the coral dyed wool fleece we had been given. White post stitch beanie.

Jan H: Crocheted grey lace scarf with purple bead trim .

Show and tell

Certainly a cold, wet , wintery day today. It did not dampen our spirits or our capacity to have good ideas and to be productive. A good day for sharing projects and what we have been up to.

Show and tell

Fay:  Felted beret in soft pink merino tops decorated with colourful strands of mohair. She made it in today’s session!

Karin:  Nordic influenced beanie in handspun coral and white. Merino and silk  and alpaca and merino. Skein of spun wool : Bendigo green tops plied with merino tops dyed by Alexis.

Marjorie: Skein of Bendigo graphite tops  . Spun on her Eel wheel.

Hilary: Handspun pixie beanie in greens and blues. Beautiful , soft beret made in handspun white fleece and gentle pastel colours. The sheep was called Lily.

John: Woven man’s scarf in mustard and brown colours.

Marina: Handfelted slippers in purples and pinks with handmade braid.

Anthea: Spun tops in one of Brenda’s colourways. Pink, purple and green.

Fabulous felting

We have had fun with felting this year. We have seen some lovely projects and are pleased with all the colour felting brings into our lives. This week Alexis shared a beautiful jacket she had made with silk rayon decorations. The colours and shapes just dance across that green in a visually pleasing way.
Cathy made some felted slippers and used the felted flower skills she had recently learned in our group to decorate them. These a naturally dyed colours.