Monofilament Fishing Line Tote- Part 2

My beautiful friend, Deb...

...working hard on her own nuno pre-felt project.

                                                    Mid-way through felting.

                                        The finished tote in Deb's glorious studio.

                             Our fishing line experiment didn't go quite as planned...

                                 ...since it only produced a small amount of 'wiggle'...

                                                  ...in our completed projects.

                                   We had a wonderful time making them, though...

                                       ...and I'm pleased with the surface design...

                                         ...of this capacious and functional tote!

Monofilament Fishing Line Tote- Part 1

Laying out a large piece of nuno pre-felt...

      ...and taping twists of monofilament fishing line to one half of the wool surface...

                                            ...with easy to remove painters' tape.

                              Basting the line to the pre-felt with small hand stitches...

                                                  ...and then sandwiching it...

                                          ...between the top and bottom layers.

                                 After folding the project in half (to enclose a resist)...

                         ...the sides of the tote are stitched together with wool yarn.

                     Narrow pieces of yarn-embellished pre-felt are added as straps...

                                                  ...and as surface decoration...

                            ...and small rubber bands are used to gather the pre-felt...

                                                    ...for additional interest.

                                                     Wetting out the project...

                                                   ...in preparation for felting.

                                                 Next time: the finished tote!

Yarn-Embellished "Green Pumpkin" Bag- Part 1

Fashioning a foam underlayment resist...

...in the shape of a rounded-off square...

...and assembling pieces of novelty and boucle yarn.

                                                  Braiding straps for the bag...

                                                      ...from lengths of yarn...

                               ...and long, narrow sections of colored wool roving.

                                 Covering the ends of each strap with plastic wrap...

                                                  ...(using tiny rubber bands)...

                                   ...to help keep them dry during their initial felting.

                          Placing snippets of colored pre-felt onto the resist center...

                                               ...and adding 'spokes' of yarn.

                                               A pre-felt oval is added next...

                                  ...and several layers of wool roving are applied...

                                             ...to the entire surface of the resist.

                                                        Next time: side two!

My Own 'Fling' Mystery Projects- Part 1 of ?

Because my week-long class at Felters' Fling...

                                                       ...was a conceptual... 

                                          ...rather than a project-centered class...

                         ...I made projects that were unlike any of my classmates.

                                                     To begin, I made pre-felt...

                                                   ...lots and lots of pre-felt...

                                                 ...some with layers of silk...

                                           ...some with finished felt inclusions...

                                     ...and even some with rubber band snippets...

                                       ...felted within the fiber layers (for texture).

                                    Next time (spoiler alert): I make more pre-felt! :)