Today I made another piece of felt using gray Colinette Point 5 yarn wet-felted on black merino roving. I also experimented with weaving bulky thick and thin yarn on top of roving and then wet-felting the entire assemblage. The resulting piece of felt was a bit messy and perhaps more colorful than I would have liked. But it does have a neat woven texture. More experiments to come…
I was hoping to start working on pysanky today, but it just didn’t happen. Instead I unearthed some of my Colinette Point 5 yarn stash and used it to make a couple of pieces of felt. The first piece was made with scarlet-red wool roving as the background with pieces of hot pink, red, and yellow yarn. The second piece was made with bluish-purple wool roving using pieces of blue, purple, and turquoise yarn. It took a lot of wet-felting (ie. rolling inside the bamboo mat with soapy water) to get these pesky pieces of yarn to adhere to the roving. I had to needle-felt one of the yarn pieces that wasn’t properly attached. I’d like to try sewing a pillow out of these pieces, after I make a few more yarn felts.
another photo with flash:
Today was a great day to be inside. I love watching the snow drifts form into icing on my neighbor’s roof, while standing inside my warm and cozy kitchen. I even managed a little time for felting at the kitchen sink until my little lamprey figured out that she wasn’t attached to my hip, as per usual. Then she stood between my legs and howled until I relented and picked her up. Fortunately it is still possible to make felt with one hand, as long as the lamprey isn’t struggling.
Each of these felt squares (about 7″ - 8″ wide) is made of dyed merino wool roving and took about 15 minutes to complete using wet-felting. The smaller colorful one was more experimental, made with end scraps from the purple and green rovings. Eventually they will be cut up to make needle-felted coasters and wall hangings.
