Wednesday, November 14, 2012

There Are 'Many Ways To Skin A Cat' (Idiom)

An experimental project using multiple resists.

 
The finished 'accordion-pleat' felt...



...and seen again, here, from the open end
 
A second version of the project, done in a completely different way...

 
...using pre-felt circles stitched together with wool yarn.



I think it looks very 'sea creature-like'...
 
...especially the 'boingy bits' of art yarn which were a gift from my sweet friend, Lindy.

 
'Look, Mama!', it's a mermaid throne! :)

 
This is a project that I first noticed...

...during the 'Midweek Sharing Time' at Felter's Fling, 2011.

When I returned home that summer...

...I fashioned the yellow and orange piece (above) using multiple resists...

...but found it a 'fiddly' and frustrating thing to do.

At Marjolein Dallinga's class this summer...

...I discovered that there's a much simpler way to make a project like this!

By stitching pre-felt circles together with lengths of wool yarn...

...I was able to avoid the awkward fiber layout of my earlier attempt...

...with virtually identical results! :)

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6 comments:

Rachel said...

What is it about cats? There's a very similar idiom which goes "There's more ways to kill a cat than choking it on butter". What did the cat ever do to deserve that?

I can imagine the multiple resists version would have been fiddly - but fun, surely?

Heather Woollove said...

Rachel--Yes, poor cats, indeed (although mine are pretty pampered!!)

Clasheen said...

WOW Heather, these pieces are some of my all time FAVOURITES of yours!!!!!

Heather Woollove said...

Nicola--Thanks!! I just love this technique...it could have lots of applications for other projects, too. XO-

Vivian said...

Wow, this is way cool!

Heather Woollove said...

Vivian--Thanks! The 'Frankenstein' stitching was done with wool yarn on pre-felt! :)