"Bloodshot Eyeball" Pillow Cover- Part 1

Silk yarn bits.

 

White and black roving and silk yarn with silk gauze overlay.

 

Red and black wool roving.

 

Wetted out pillow cover.

 

I purchased several skeins of silk yarn at the Rhinebeck Sheep and Wool Festival...

...and I'd been looking forward to using it in a project.

I placed cut up bits of silk yarn on my resist...

...then covered them with black and white wool roving.

I wetted it out, turned it 'right side up'...

...and added a layer of silk gauze (as 'insurance', to hold the silk yarn fast).

I topped it all off with blobs of bright red and black wool roving...

...and wetted and felted the piece.

If you look near the center of the pillow cover...

...you'll notice what looks like a vascularized eyeball forming (!)

Next time...

...the finished pillow.