Showing posts with label needle felting machine. Show all posts
Showing posts with label needle felting machine. Show all posts

Thursday, March 22, 2012

Resisting the Blues

I spiralled back into the indigo vats again today: I really like the finer texture on the top of this:

Here is a close up - it almost looks like I've stitched it:



And this one is done with sequin waste:


Another quick experiment I did was a needle felted bunny on a piece of indigo dyed wool blanket. It needs refining but the rather thick blanket is a good base.


I probably won't have time to try the remaining ideas I have for a day or two.

Sunday, October 9, 2011

Silk and Wool Blends

I started yesterday attempting to nuno felt, but the fibres mostly stuck to each other more than to the silk ground. So I needle punched them later when they had dried, which really took away from their dimension, and I think I would hand stitch things down, next time. Then I began knitting a silk/merino blend - my first time using circular needles and nearly my first time knitting - as I've tried it once as a girl and a few years ago when I began this blog. I only know the basic knitting stitch but I intend to learn more and want to experiment with less traditional knitting and try felting some of it.

And I enjoyed seeing fall's changes at Elk lake.



My made over sweatshirt provided just the right amount of warmth.



I've been continuing to experiment with nuno felting and I will do another post to show my results.