I saw an adorable lattice/lace scarf on Sticky Paws' blog recently.
http://www.stickypawsfelting.co.uk/wordpress/?p=403
...and it looked like a good project to try with my new sander.
So I laid out various colors of roving in a wiggly pattern...
and felted it as usual.
What I obviously didn't do was put down enough fiber, close enough together to actually form a scarf.
To me, it looks pretty much like a messy, knotted pile of yarn.
Alas.
My twin daughters are thrilled, though.
They are taking turns wearing it around the house like they're Norma Desmond.
2 comments:
Hi Heather
This type of felting does take a bit of practice as leaving the holes too big and it just stretches and leaving the holes too small just felts together. Try running a few lines diagonally, vertically and horizontally to give a bit of structure. I have never used a sander (I'm not safe with water and electricity) but I do harden the felt quite a lot by 'throwing' (gently at first). Hope this helps, best wishes Cathy (Stickypaws)
I love mistakes as you can learn most of it.... hihihi
I am sure next time you'll do it differently.
My daughters also love my felting mistakes, they have a lot of imagination.
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