more experiments - and winners
ok, this time I played in school, and since gobblins are not allowed in the premises things went well and we learned some cool stuff.
'Useless' - as Mr M would say... but cool. And who knows anyway... 'one man's rubbish is another man's treasure' right?
Anyway. The subjects of the day was 'texture' and we felted and felted and felter until we lost all the digital prints and became smooths like babies' bottoms. (And there's nothing in the world smoother than that, trust me)
So, we felted marbles and cut them open
we felted over hessian
we felted silk fabric, mulberry tops and cotton thingy (nepps? nipps?)
we felted knitting wool and coloured flax
we scrunched up and stitched innocent soft felt
we even knitted merino rovings with gigantic needles
and then felted the result
(This baby would make the most awesome rug... if it were ten time bigger!)
But now, let's get down to business, right? Enough playing.
You're very very lucky ladies and the boys have picked a number each, which means not one, not two BUT THREE winners!!
And the lucky commenters are:
So, Jen, Judy M and Sue from Devon send me an email with your details and I'll put something in the post to you next week.
Thank you all for leaving your comments!
oh! I'm a winner! As for your felting, it's gorgeous. I'm dabbling in needle felting and enjoying it immensely!
Posted by: Judy M | Saturday, 19 January 2008 at 07:43 PM
loving your experiments!!
Posted by: driftwood | Saturday, 19 January 2008 at 08:15 PM
congrats to the lucky winners!
Posted by: amandajean | Saturday, 19 January 2008 at 08:32 PM
wow, what a felting extravaganza, it must be wonderful to try all of these different techniques out. The pictures are wonderful - love all of the different textures.
Posted by: julie | Sunday, 20 January 2008 at 08:59 AM
How many times can I tell you how very jealous I am of you and your playing!! I was thinking of you yesterday as I was having a frustrating time making little felt beads. I'm showing a group of children today and thought to practice before. When it doesn't work, it just doesn't work. Lots of stringy wads later - a wonderful bead. Is it just me or is it exciting when they start getting really felty-firm?
Posted by: Sonya | Sunday, 20 January 2008 at 07:02 PM
That looks like such good fun! Really like the knitted roving!
Posted by: suzanne | Wednesday, 23 January 2008 at 05:43 PM
knitted roving! so beautiful (so expensive).
Posted by: meg | Wednesday, 06 February 2008 at 08:24 PM