so the organza is completely covered by the yarn? did you use a stablizer at all? my first scarf was roving punched into silk on both sides. i didn't use a stabilizer at all but on the 2nd one i'm using a water soluble stabilizer layered with batt a…
thats what i'm doing tania, learning as i go...but i decided to focus on just scarves as my learning curve in order to see what the limits of the machine are...i purchased 2 books on felted scarves...although they both are for wet felting...i'm adap…
Hi Tania, machine felting is a new soul mate of mine! Love wool hate winter, not sure whats up with this!?
Anyway, I have some batts and rovings that I'm working with and plan to work with what I got before I decide on a full fledge "felting" studi…
Jennie, I'm focusing on making scarves...I'm just on my second one and am loving it...I do think I'll eventually try wet/nuno felting and combining it with the machine felting though.
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Where did you learn your textle skills?
I'm self-taught but my interested started with my great-grandmother who I started to learn to piece with after I graduated from college. After her death and that of my grandmother i honored them by making a quilt, all hand done except for putting on th binding. It took me 10 years to complete it between working and having children.
In 2004 I started getting serious about quilting and took weekly classes with Juanita Yeager at her home...Even though I don't take many workshops I do invest in books on technique and treat going throum them as I would a formal class.
Anything else you want to say to introduce yourself to the group??
mother of 3, grandmother of 2, partner to 1. love reading, genealogy, justice, poetry, curious about whatever i don't know :)
I don't use it for felting Karen. I trap yarns, fine 18 micron New Zealand Merino, hand dyed silk tissue between two pieces of watersoluble plastic, pin it together, sew it and then put it in cold water to disolve the plastic. Go to my website and look at the whimsical wrap kit. You wil see some samples.
Stephanie
I will look forward to seeing what you are talking about Karen....You are using the stabilizer in a very different way than I do so it will be interesting to see some images.
Stephanie
When I make mine I also put in small pieces of hand dyed silk tissue/gauze. It's the finest silk you can get. Dhama Trading sells it here in the US. They do two weights and I actually use the heavier one of the two and the lightest one practically disintegrates if you work with it. I also use some very, very lightweight merino roving. I have not been able to get it here in the US. It is 18 micron. So I am using up the stash I brought with me!
woops, I clicked on your Obama Utube clip and seem to have mucked it up ~ sorry. Glad to see that you mentioned Justice in your profile information. I worked for 20 years in the UK around issues of justice and equality and it these issuea are still very close to my heart.
What is the brand of the water soluble plastic you use? I have tried a number of US brands but they seem to leave a sticky residue. I brought mine with me from New Zealand and it was really good but now I have run out.