Showing posts with label holes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label holes. Show all posts

Wednesday, June 25, 2014

'Neutrals' Nuno Scarf- Part 2 of 2

Rubbing the scarf to complete the fusion of wool to silk...

...and to transform the scissor snips into holes.


                                Cutting even slits into the partially felted project...

                                                 ...to make a fringed edge.



                                                        Fulling the scarf.



                      The finished scarf with one 'fringed' and one 'Swiss cheese' end.



                                      No shawl pin is needed for a secure closure.



                      The striped backside is just the 'tips overlap' from my wool layout! :)



                                        My daughter, Hannah, modeling the scarf.



                                                       The pierced fin...



                                                   ...and the completed scarf.



Saturday, March 30, 2013

Leather-Soled Pre-Felt Men's Slippers- Part 3 of 3

After wrapping each resist with layers of wool roving...

...and felting for a time...

 
...I cut a slit into the 'top' of each slipper...

 
...and turned it 'right side' out.

 
Using the finished slippers as templates, I cut out leather soles...

...then punched stitching holes around the perimeter of each one...

...prior to attaching them to the felt with nylon thread.

 
The finished slipper tops...

 
...and bottoms (suede side 'out').

 
A view of one pebbly interior.

 
By utilizing pre-felt in this way...

...it was easy to create a pair of matching slippers!

 
My neighbor (and walking buddy) has a big birthday coming up...

...and a foot pampering pair of slippers seemed to be 'just the ticket'!

 I made them 'inside out' (as usual)...

...and took pains to keep track of which side was which...

...every time I added a new layer of roving.

To prevent them from quickly wearing through...

...(in case he pulls them on to go outside for the newspaper)...

...I added full leather soles.

'Fingers crossed' that they'll fit him when he finally tries them on! :)

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Wednesday, January 16, 2013

'Puff The Magic Dragon' Scarf

Preparing two shades of green pre-felt...



...then trimming them into scarf-width strips...

...and stitching them together with nylon thread.

 
Cutting holes into the pre-felt surface...

 
...and adding sewn-on bits of wispy blue pre-felt for the 'scales'.

 
Wetting out the project and beginning the felting process.

 
The finished scarf front...

 
...and back.

 
This finished scarf reminds me of a friendly, not a fire-breathing dragon! :)

 
Working with stitched-together pre-felt pieces, yet again...

...I made a pair of scarves (with male gift recipients in mind) using green pre-felt.

This one is the more dramatic of the two...

...and I think it quite resembles the imaginary dragons of my childhood.

Next time: the more subtle green scarf of the pair...

...and a chance to 'compare and contrast' with my other recent pre-felt scarves. :)

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Thursday, January 10, 2013

Variations On A Red And Yellow Theme- Part 2 of 2

Scarf number two of the pair...

 
...with irregular holes snipped through its pre-felt surface.

 
As before, the scarf length...



...necessitated a bit of rolling and unrolling during felting..

...even on my long studio table! 



 The project, wetted-out...
 
...and mid-way through felting.

 
The finished scarf pair...

...one, demurely ruffled...

 
...and the other, naughtily pierced! Grin.

 
Because I prepared quite thin pre-felts for this project...

...the resulting scarves are very soft and supple...

...(nothing like this stiff-as-a-board iteration from my early days as a feltmaker!) :)

I hope that the wearers don't find them too long for true utility...

...and merely wrap them multiple times around the neck for warmth!

As I write this blog post, I find myself giggling a bit...

...since I just now realized that I gave the wild, pierced scarf to the more demure friend...

...and the more modest, ruffled one to the considerably more exuberant friend!

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Tuesday, January 8, 2013

Variations On A Red And Yellow Theme- Part 1 of 2

Making two large pre-felt rectangles.



Stitching one yellow strip to one red strip with nylon thread... 
 
...and adding an 'opposite' color ruffle to each.

 
This scarf is very long...

 
...so I had to roll it up a bit during felting.

 
I used thin, painter's plastic as a resist...

...between the ruffle and the scarf surface.

 
Partway through felting.

 
Continuing my pre-felt experimentation...

...I prepared two long pre-felt rectangles...

...and trimmed them into narrow sections for felting.

After attaching one yellow to one red section...

...I hand-stitched the wispy trimmed off lengths to the surface of the scarf as ruffles...

 ...red on yellow and yellow on red.

Next time: the finished scarf...

...and a 'fraternal twin' with an entirely different 'look'! :)

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