Thursday, September 15, 2016

Red Bag With Complicated Closure- Part 1

Making marks for later closure placement...


                                        ...and fashioning a rounded pocket resist.



                      Placing a layer of roving and silk gauze onto the resist surface...

                           ...then adding the pocket resist and a layer of silk gauze.



                                               Covering side one of the resist...   

                                           ...with layers of colorful merino wool.



                                            After flipping the project to side two...

                                                  ...layers of wool are added...



                                      ...and additional layers of wool are added...

                                                 ...to both sides of the project...



                                               ...before the bag is wetted out.



                                                  Lengths of merino wool yarn...

                                       ...and snippets of pre-felt in various colors...



                                            ...are applied to the bag surface.



                                            Cords are prepared for the closure...



                                           ...one short one and one long one...



                                            ...and are wrapped with wool yarn.




                                            Next time: the cords are felted...

                                         ...and attached to the bag surface.

2 comments:

Rachel said...

Love the cobweb of threads and prefelt!

Heather Woollove said...

Thanks, Rachel--They really look amazing in the final post!!