Year after year as the weather turns cold, knitted and crocheted hand warmers start popping…
Merino wool, TENCEL which was excellently painted for me by Kate ( feltfieltrofilc) www.flickr.com/photos/25830834@N07/ Length 67” ( 170 cm) Width 13 3/4” - 15" ( 35 cm - 38 cm)
Even Mary Poppins was only practically perfect, and you don’t need to be perfect the whole time either, but nevertheless you still deserve a medal These handmade badges are stitched using beautiful velvet ribbon and wool felt, with an embroidered gold star (just like you, you star) mounted onto an A5 illustrated card, with Kraft envelope, so that it can be awarded to anyone who needs it. The perfect gift for anyone you know who’s practically perfect, just as they are If you would like us to write the card and send it to a different address for you, please pop us a message
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A woven felted wool basket makes an incredibly stylish storage solution for your home. Now it’s easy to make your own with my new video...
Follow our basic felting directions and see five home projects you can make using this fun felting technique (we even include free patterns!).
made for a friend's birthday
Pink and green embellisher play with machine and hand embroidery.
Forever inspired by my dear friend Elis Vermeulen of Holland to work with raw fleece (see my previous post on working with Texel with Elis), I decided to make myself a laptop bag a while back using…
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Requirements: Foolproof Crazy-Quilt Projects 1 piece of felted wool 7 1/2" x 7 1/2" 1 piece of lining fabric 7 1/2" x 7 1/2" 1 piece of non-woven stabilizer 7 1/2" x 7 1/2" 2" piece of 7mm ribbon Assorted 4mm and 7mm silk ribbons Assorted Perle #8 and # 12 threads Assorted stranded cottons Chenille #22 needle Milliner’s #9 needle Small button Construction; Note: Pattern includes ¼" seam allowance. 1. Fuse the stabilizer to the wrong side of the wool felt. 2. Fold the felt into the shape of an envelope and press well. Folded envelope 3. These pressed lines form the perimeter for the embroidery. It is important to remember the ¼" seam allowance. Perimeter lines 4. Follow the stitch maps from Foolproof Crazy-Quilt Projects to complete the embroidery. Stitch map 4.1 Top Left-Hand Corner - Seam Treatment X - page 38 4.2 Top Right-Hand Corner - Seam Treatment J - page 34 4.3 Bottom Left-Hand Corner - Lid Piece 5 - page 69 4.4 Bottom Right-Hand Corner - Seam Treatment B - page 14 4.5 Center - Seam Treatment A - page 68 5. Baste the 2" ribbon to the top corner of the embroidered square to form the button loop. Button loop 6. Put the outer panel on the lining piece with right sides together. 7. Pin and sew the panels together, leaving a small opening for turning. 8. Turn the panels right side out. Gently push out the seams and press. 9. Fold the completed panels into an envelope shape and press well. 10. Slip stitch the two front seams closed. 11. Feather stitch along the stitched seams and the top edge. 12. Attach the button to the front in line with the button loop. Attached button Completed Project; Enjoy! Follow my blog with Bloglovin
Learn how to knit a bag. This one has a smooth wool-felt interior (so needles won't poke through) — perfect for taking your knitting projects with you everywhere.
Guest Contributor Post by Heather Smith Jones of Blue Sparrow Press. Welcome to a new column at Poppytalk called Sharing the Process. In these articles you will hear straight from artists how they make their art. Artists are approached by me with tailor-made interviews prompting articulations about their specific processes. Sharing the Process intends to be informative about different art forms, show appreciation to artists, and celebrate the handmade. Enjoy! . . . . . . . handmade felted wool bowls by hold handmade Hi, my name is Maria Roth, and I am a designer and maker based in Vancouver, Canada. My current work focuses on making beautiful, modern, sustainable bowls in felted wool. I'm honoured to be able to share some of the processes and design behind the work with Poppytalk readers. driftwood and unfelted bowl bases waiting for the water taxi My handmade practice is nomadic as I move throughout the year between a creative, urban centre and a semi-remote island in Howe Sound. I have to carry everything or pull it in a cart, as there is no car access to the island, nor are there any stores. My work in wool travels with me from beach, to rainforest, and back to the city of Vancouver and its seawall, public markets and playgrounds. crochet hook, driftwood and yarn ends from floppy bowl to beautiful felted container All of the bowls take several days to complete from beginning to end. While it is simple for anyone to make a felted bowl, it is challenging to make one well. First each bowl is crocheted from yarn, a technique that cannot be replicated by machine. The floppy bowl is then submerged in soapy hot water and agitated, causing the wool fibres to shrink and form a felted fabric. I do this stage by using a washing machine (shown in the photo above) and the final felting by hand. I then carefully block each bowl and allow it to fully dry before trimming. The transformation from yarn to felted container is one which will always amaze me. I can produce only a small number of the bowls at a time, so the number of bowls available from my studio each year is limited. bowls before and after felting big bowl, circle bowl in dark grey, 12" diameter I was thrilled to be able to launch a collection of big felted wool bowls this fall. The bowls are large and dramatic, and were inspired by the monumental scale of the coastal pacific rainforests in which much of my work is done. An important part of the big bowl design process has been QA -- I was unable to track down anyone else making production bowls of this size, so studying the durability of the big bowls in actual use has been an important part of the design process. I'm glad to be able to report that all of the bowls performed beautifully over a year's use in both select retail and domestic settings. big bowl, circle bowl in dark grey, 10" diameter My interest in the handmade began many years ago as an observer rather than as a maker. I studied and worked at the UBC Museum of Anthropology, where I happily spent many rainy afternoons immersed in its ethnographic collections. I have been fortunate to have worked with many individuals -- visual artists, curators, anthropologists, designers -- over the years who have grounded my current work in wool not only in terms of theory and context, but also in the idea of the importance of the well-made thing. I am grateful to have been invited to share some my own stories on a blog I have followed and been inspired by for many years. Thank you Jan and Heather for this opportunity. And I look forward to reading and learning more from Heather's wonderful new column Sharing the Process! You can see more of Maria's work on her website at www.holdhandmade.com and visit her table at Poppytalk Handmade. . . . . . . . About the author: Heather Smith Jones M.F.A., is a multi-media artist, arts instructor, and author. She lives with her husband and three cats in Lawrence, Kansas and loves working in the studio he built. Find out more about what Heather does here: Website : http://www.heathersmithjones.com Blue Sparrow Press : http://www.bluesparrowpress.com Poppytalk Handmade : http://www.poppytalkhandmade.com/table84
MINI-CARDER UNCLE KOLYA - COMPLETE SET This is our simplest and most straightforward Drum Carder we offer. The ability to comb wool of any complexity such as goat, sheep, dog, vicuña, llama, alpaca. It comes fully assembled. includes everything you need to get the job done. The only thing required is to simply put on the handle. All carders are set up and ready to use. This card has an 8" drum and produces 21x55cm batts and is made from 96\108 TPI carding fabric. Good for preparing wool for felting, mixing wool of different colors and types. THE PACKAGE INCLUDES: 1) a brush for smoothing hair, 2) awl puller, 3) socket wrench, 4) two clamps, 5) belt. Size: 40x26x20 cm. Weight: 7 kg. See also our tools for spinning, felting, carding, blended wool.
I was always intrigued by needle-felting. I found this tutorial on Pinterest and I loved the idea, but I had never tried this technique before, so I didn't dare just giving it a go without reading more about it first. As I couldn't find the original post online - the link just led me to a Polish "Pinterest-alike" tool - I had to look for information else where. Luckily, I am a member of Crafty Creatives and one of the monthly kits contained a pretty good "how to" for beginners with no previous experience on needle-felting. So below are my thoughts on this tutorial. I am not sure about the elbow pads, but I absolutely adore the idea of adding textured shapes to plain cotton fabric. The possibilities are infinite! What you will need: - Wool roving (this is wool that has been twisted, attenuated and freed of foreign matter in the stage before its conversion into yarn. It is more refined than wool batting). - Felting needle (Caution! Felting needles are covered in tiny barbs - these are what tangles the wool together - and it really hurts if you stab your finger with it, a lot more than with a normal needle or pin). - A foam pad (you can easily find this at Amazon or Ebay and they came in different sizes, make sure you get the ones specifically designed for needle felting, mainly because of its thickness). - For this particular tutorial a cookie cutter is used to help with the shape. Although it is not essential, it does help first timers. Things to keep in mind: - This process of needle-felting through another fabric is slightly different then just making shapes using your wool straight agains the foam pad. - Remember to work with layers and to keep your bundles about 1cm thick. You can always add bits here and there as you will see in the next pictures. - With the wool in place, start stabbing it. Remember you don't need to stab it too far in the foam. The barbs are the the tip of the needle. Last but not least... - After working a few layers, remove the cookie cutter (if you're using one) and work your edges. Use the needle to perfect your shape. - Once you've finished, use an iron to help fixing it. Remember to do it both ways (inside and out). I learnt that spraying some water over it before ironing helps make your shape denser.
This is so simple I am almost embarrassed to call it a tutorial. The background on this is that when I buy fruit at our local farmer's market it often comes in cardboard baskets like this one. I use them...
Lasso is a cool project being funded on Kickstarter, a pair of flat-packed slippers. The unisex slippers come in a small box with laces of your choice, the user then makes the final assembly threading the laces through the single piece of wool-felt.
A Tudor girl carefully cards wool at at the wonderful Kentwell Hall May Day weekend.
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Did you maybe read my recent post about our chair-odyssey? In that post you can see a photo of our table and the Adelaide chairs with little sheepskin pads in them. I ordered those little fur pads be
Needlefelted Brain In a Jar, created by prolific body organ crafter Your Organ Grinder, available through their Etsy shop.
Now I don't profess to be an expert on this, but Louise asked if needle felting was hard, so I'm going to show you how I do it. I didn't us...
VIDEO TUTORIAL WRITTEN TUTORIAL See photographs below: 1 & 2: Start with a long length of wool and roll into a TIGHT rough oval/cylinder shape, stopping and tucking in the ends as you go; to get it really tight, push down into the foam pad or whatever surface you are using. Do not start to
