Laying out spirals using soapy, wet sections of roving.
The runner hanging to dry.
The finished runner with centered larger spiral.
A close-up view of all of its wiggly glory. Giggle.
I had made a pillow for a friend's birthday in November...
...so I needed a different kind of gift for her this Christmas.
I recently purchased a few pre-made, undyed batts of home-grown wool...
...from a small, mom-and-pop knitting store/farm in Ephrata, Pennsylvania.
I decided that now was the time to try them out...
...with the holiday clock ticking down!
First, I laid out the design onto my netting...
...then covered over it with layers of batts.
Since this was my first time using batts that I hadn't made myself (and they were pretty fluffy)...
...there was a bit of a learning curve, in peeling off the layers.
I sandwiched-in a layer of cheesecloth for structural support...
...and finished off the edges as evenly as I could.
Using this 'drawing with wet wool' method lately...
...I find that I really love the wiggly quality of each 'wool brush stroke' after felting.
I also like that when you create with wool...
...white is not such an off-limits color, for stain reasons.
I'm hoping that the multi-colored nature of this runner...
...will offer my friend many placement options in her home.
7 comments:
I think it's adorable. I love the squiggles too and found myself using them in all of the stockings I made this year and a few purses.
Love the colors you used.
Andrea--There's a lot of symbolism that goes along with spirals. For whatever reason, this symbol really 'speaks' to lots of women.
Personally, I love it! XXO-
very fashionable with all the @ signs! love, riet:)
I love the spirals!! Makes it funny and I think it looks great on a table. Hugz...Peebee
Thanks, Peebee.
Riet-I never realized that they look like @ signs...hahaha!
Very cute, and I bet it ends up being quite a conversation piece, explaining how you came up with that idea. :) A bit of whimsy is always fun to have. :)
Awesome table runner! I'm so glad you posted to FAF on Andrea's blog so I could see the great stuff you're creating.
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