Making a long white pre-felt rectangle...
...and letting it dry.
...and letting it dry.
Preparing to cut the pre-felt lengthwise into two.
Cutting slits into one pre-felt section, prior to felting.
Nylon stitches turn each long rectangle into an 'infinity scarf'...
...by forming it into one continuous circle.
...by forming it into one continuous circle.
Placing bubble wrap within each circle of pre-felt...
...helps to keep it from felting together.
...helps to keep it from felting together.
Mid-way through felting...
...and during the fulling process.
Yes...sighhhh...I'm afraid that we're back to scarves again! Grin.
This set of two pre-felt scarves...
...is another take on these.
Using soft, white merino roving...
...I laid out a large rectangle of wool and turned it into a pre-felt...
...by rolling it 50 times from each of the four ends, squeezing out the water and letting it dry.
Next, I cut the dried pre-felt into two long strips...
...and hand-stitched each of them into a 'ring'.
For the more feminine version of the scarf...
...I cut slits into the pre-felt prior to felting.
(The masculine version was left 'as is'.)
Next time: the finished scarves...
...in all of their dyed glory! :)
This set of two pre-felt scarves...
...is another take on these.
Using soft, white merino roving...
...I laid out a large rectangle of wool and turned it into a pre-felt...
...by rolling it 50 times from each of the four ends, squeezing out the water and letting it dry.
Next, I cut the dried pre-felt into two long strips...
...and hand-stitched each of them into a 'ring'.
For the more feminine version of the scarf...
...I cut slits into the pre-felt prior to felting.
(The masculine version was left 'as is'.)
Next time: the finished scarves...
...in all of their dyed glory! :)
7 comments:
Looking good. The slits do make that scarf look "lighter" somehow, don't they!
Rachel--I think so, too. :)
Wow Heather, i've been away on holidays and back on deck ready for a new year, You've been super busy still i see and made some gorgeous pieces, love them :)
Karen--Thanks so much! I hope you had a fun and memorable time away!
I get lost in some of the terms. What is pre-felt? It seems to me you are felting it if you are wetting and rolling it. Is this somewhere in the middle of the process? Forgive my ignorance, but the only felting I understand is throwing my knitted wool into the top-loading washer and shrinking it down nice and tight. LOL
Hurry up! I wanna see them finished. Thanks for stopping by my blog. There were bits of pink and purple in the grey single that I crocheted that big cowl out of.
Sandie--Yes...you have it right...pre-felt is just
partially felted...felt. Stopping mid-way and allowing it to dry gives you the ability to manipulate it in ways that felting from start to finish doesn't. :)
Ally--Hahaha! Soon, my friend, soon!! XO-
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