Just a few photos...
...of Cathy's glorious greenery!
What a change from the last time that we all visited!
(It was the dead of winter!!) :)
Next time: a 'Round Robin' mandala project!
Tuesday, June 7, 2016
"Biennial Boulder Blow-Out" (Flowers!)
...of Cathy's glorious greenery!
What a change from the last time that we all visited!
(It was the dead of winter!!) :)
Next time: a 'Round Robin' mandala project!
Sunday, June 5, 2016
"Biennial Boulder Blow-Out" (Food!)
Surrounded by excellent cooks all week...
...I enjoyed some truly amazing food:
rhubarb custard meringue pie...
...tuna salad on artisanal bread...
...with olives, capers and ripe avocado...
...carrot top pesto (yes!)...
...with pine nuts and oodles of green garlic...
...potato latkes, salad, natural yogurt...
...and delicious, thin-crust 'bake at home' vegetable pizzas!
Next time: flowers!
Friday, June 3, 2016
"Biennial Boulder Blow-Out"- Friends!
Getting to spend five days at Cathy's...
...in Boulder, Colorado...
...along with Sue...
...Tylar...
...and Marsha...
...while making all manner of felt projects...
...together and singly...
...is about as much fun as a girl can have!! :)
Feltmaker friends Kelci and Sharon...
...came by one day to see just what we were up to...
...and our friendly 'supervisor' kept us all in line!
Next time: the food!!! :)
Wednesday, June 1, 2016
Felt Dryer Balls- Part 3 of 3
Wrapping wool covered balls...
...with bright roving and colorful yarn ties.
Variegated 'thick and thin' yarn...
...is used to create spirals and other festive designs.
Wet-felting with soap, hot water...
...and lots of rubbing and rolling.
...drying.
All of them together...
...with their various decorative accents...
...standing in a row...
...or clustered around 'mother'! ;)
They do take a long time to air dry...
...but you can speed that up by simply using them right away!
They work beautifully as intended...
...(as non-chemical fabric softeners in the tumble dryer)...
...and they 'collect' any errant tissues...
...that make it through the wash cycle!! :)
Monday, May 30, 2016
Felt Dryer Balls- Part 2 of 3
Winding small balls of acrylic yarn...
...(for dense centers)...
...and wrapping them with multiple, thin layers of wool...
...from a batt.
Adding decorative embellishments...
...like lengths of dyed tussah silk...
...bits of brightly colored roving...
...windings of highly textured yarn...
...or snippets of pre-felt (made with silk paper)...
...for a bit of shimmer.
Two of the fully wrapped dryer balls...
...awaiting wet-felting.
Next time: a bright yarn spiral...
...and all of my completed dryer balls.
Saturday, May 28, 2016
Felt Dryer Balls- Part 1 of 3
Winding small, dense balls of acrylic yarn...
...and covering them with layers of wool roving...
...and bright embellishments!
(A couple of jabs with a felting needle help to hold everything in place.)
Carefully inserting the ball into the toe of a nylon stocking...
...and tying it closed with a piece of yarn.
Preparing a second ball...
...with hand-dyed roving.
After popping them into the washing machine with a load of clothes...
...I cut them free from their 'casings'. :)
Because I'm not happy with the quality of the finished felt at first...
...I wet-felt them again in the 'usual' manner.
Next time: more balls!! ;)
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