Felting Retreat With Arrowmont Friends- Part 2 of 2

Some of our felt experiments.

                                            Lattice scarves, infinity scarves made with pre-felt...

                                               ...centipede scarves, mittens and detritus totes.

                                                     I think that my vegetarian meals...

                                      ...were a bit of a surprise (at first) for my omnivore friends! :)

                                         We experimented with lots of fun techniques and fabrics...

                                            ...open-weave linen and wildly patterned silk chiffon!

                                               Kiki and Lorin's finished pre-felt and fabric totes...

                                                                 ...are really wonderful!

                                                What a terrific week of felting and friendship!

                                                            (I can't wait for next year!!)

"Woven Lattice" Pre-Felt Infinity Scarf

Laying out mauve merino roving for a pre-felt.



Cutting strips of green and mauve pre-felt to size. 

"Weaving" strips to form a lattice...

..."over-under, over-under"...like in Girl Scouts! :)

 

Wetting out the project...

 

...and gently felting it...

 

...and fulling it.

 

The finished scarf (here, as 'picket fence')...

 

...and opened up.

 

My middle daughter picked this color combination...

...when I was beginning a Christmas gift for a dear family friend.

Using strips of pre-felt and no stitching with nylon thread this time...

...I 'wove' a lattice, and carefully felted it into one continuous loop.

It's large enough that it can be twisted and pulled over the head a second time...

...or allowed to hang long and loose for a cowl.

Birthday Giveaway Winners!

Winner number one:

 

Winner number two:

 

Since one of my 'little girls' was home from college this week (and up late!)...

...I had her do the honors and run the random number generator to pick my winners.

Congratulations to Deb and Rosie!!

I will be contacting you both soon, in order to get your mailing addresses.

Pencil Roving Scarf...(Failure)

 
 
 








I saw an adorable lattice/lace scarf on Sticky Paws' blog recently.
http://www.stickypawsfelting.co.uk/wordpress/?p=403

...and it looked like a good project to try with my new sander.

So I laid out various colors of roving in a wiggly pattern...

and felted it as usual.

What I obviously didn't do was put down enough fiber, close enough together to actually form a scarf.

To me, it looks pretty much like a messy, knotted pile of yarn.

Alas.

My twin daughters are thrilled, though.

They are taking turns wearing it around the house like they're Norma Desmond.

Lattice Scarf Part Deux

Full disclosure: I had help with this scarf.

My youngest daughters helped me to make some stylized 'posies' in different colors...all with yellow centers.

I first made the white lattice, then needle-felted the flowers in ways that they could be anchored in at least two spots.

It's pretty large, so it was a little awkward to do (I had to do half at a time on my foam needle-felting pad), but it really looks pretty.

...and it's a lot softer and less bulky than my previous attempt.

Lattice Scarf

 
 
I wanted to try a lattice scarf, but I was a little afraid.

...so, I needle-felted the three layers of fiber together prior to wet-felting it.

...but this made it a little thick and not as flexible as I'd like.

..but the colors are fun, and it will make a warm wrap on a cool night.