Showing posts with label silk caps. Show all posts
Showing posts with label silk caps. Show all posts

Wednesday, December 10, 2014

Machine-Embellished Nuno Scarflette (Prototype)- Part 3 of 3

Depending on whether you fold it in half...


                                                            ...one way...



                                                             ...or the other...



                                       ...you can achieve an entirely different 'look'.



                                                You can also change things up...

                                     ...by wearing one end of the scarflette to the left...



                                                       ...rather than the right...



                                       ...or by overlapping the ends in a manner...



                                           ...which allows the button to show...



                                                           ...or 'not show'! :)



                                                  Having options like this...



                                             ...makes it possible for the scarflette...



                                  ...to coordinate with lots of different ensembles! :)



Monday, December 8, 2014

Machine-Embellished Nuno Scarflette (Prototype)- Part 2 of 3

The finished scarf...


                                             ...after machine embellishment.



                                                        Using red thread...



                                                                ...I traced... 



                                                               ...or outlined...



                                                 ...many of the scarf 'features'.
                 
                                  


                                  

                                                            For the closure...

                                       ...I crocheted a loop from red merino yarn...



                                         ...and added a handmade ceramic button.



                                    Next time: I'll show you several ways to wear it!

Saturday, December 6, 2014

Machine-Embellished Nuno Scarflette (Prototype)- Part 1 of 3

Assembling some of my supplies...

...silk paj, pre-felt snippets...


                                             ...and a teased-open silk cap.



                                At first, I included a hand-crocheted scrumble, too...



                                     ...but, as you'll see later, I end up ripping it off. 



                                                  Wetting the project out...



                                   ...and covering it with a thin layer of wool roving.



                                          After wetting out the project, yet again...



                                              ...I add snippets of red silk...

                                     ...(repurposed from a thrift store blouse)...



                                              ...a layer of black silk gauze...

                            ...and a morceau of polka dot-printed silk on each side.



                                              Side one, mid-way through felting.



                                           Removing the aberrant crocheted bit. ;)



                                               The fully felted scarflette, drying.



                                Next time: I go a little wild with my sewing machine!

Sunday, October 19, 2014

"Big Sister" Crown and Unorthodox Baby Blanket- Part 2 of 2

Shimmery Blue Faced Leicester/Tussah Silk roving...


                                                 ...and a cloud of silk caps.



                                             Laying out a thin layer of roving...



                                                   ...and an additional layer... 



                                                 ...perpendicular to the first.



                                          Adding a layer of stretched silk caps...



                                               ...and wetting the blanket out.
    

                                               The finished project, drying...



                                                    ...and, again, once dry.



                                                   The back of the blanket.



                                         Silk caps add a cobwebby, silver sheen...



                                   ...and the finished project is very soft and warm.



       I've long been enamored of this luscious, heathered grey, knitted baby blanket...

              ...so for a 'welcome baby' gift for a good friend's newest daughter, Eliza...

         ...I decided to use some lustrous, dark brown and silver grey BFL/Silk roving...

                                          ...(a gift from my friend, Angela)...

                                    ...to make a rather non-traditional baby blanket!

                                   Made with only two thin layers of roving...

                                   ...plus a cobwebby layer of silk caps...

                             ...the blanket is especially thin and flexible...

                                                  ...and baby soft. :)

Friday, October 17, 2014

"Big Sister" Crown and Unorthodox Baby Blanket- Part 1 of 2

Making an art batt from wool and 'shimmery bits'...


                                          ...and turning it into a piece of pre-felt.



                                                    Using a paper pattern ...



                                                ...I cut the pre-felt to size...

                                 ...leaving the tips 'as is' for folding in during felting.



                                Stitching the pre-felt strip into a cylinder with nylon thread.



                  Applying variegated pencil roving as an embellishment to the crown base...



                                          ...and to the newly rounded-off tips...



                                        ...then adding a few circles, just for fun. :)


   
                                                      Mid-way through felting...



                                                    ...and the finished crown.



                                    I did sew on a few colored glass beads for 'bling'...

      ...but neglected to photograph the finished project, prior to mailing it off. (Sorry)



                                      Next time: a rather unorthodox baby blanket...

                           ...made from luscious BFL and Silk-blend roving, plus silk caps.