Anyone who knows me well, knows that I love making landscapes in any form. Yesterday I was testing the foot pedal (the third one) with my felting machine and after making certain it worked, I decided to try my first dry felted landscape. (Hint, don't trim before you choose your frame LOL). I had bought an Austrian white boiled wool jacket at Goodwill to play around with. As you may know, boiled wool is already felted to resist cold and wind. However, I washed it in hot water and soap and dried it in the dryer anyway and it became a miniature boiled wool jacket -- a little over 1/4" thick! This would put the felter through it's paces. I used some of Amanda's wonderful wool roving and felted it directly to a piece of the jacket. I broke 4 needles (but hey, I've used the machine a lot and hadn't broken any so felt I was due!). Of course they broke one at a time!! But this is the finished product and after trimming came out more square then landscape shape but I still like it. It's fun to twist and turn the roving for mountain texture or leave it fluffy for sky.
Friday, November 16, 2007
Anyone who knows me well, knows that I love making landscapes in any form. Yesterday I was testing the foot pedal (the third one) with my felting machine and after making certain it worked, I decided to try my first dry felted landscape. (Hint, don't trim before you choose your frame LOL). I had bought an Austrian white boiled wool jacket at Goodwill to play around with. As you may know, boiled wool is already felted to resist cold and wind. However, I washed it in hot water and soap and dried it in the dryer anyway and it became a miniature boiled wool jacket -- a little over 1/4" thick! This would put the felter through it's paces. I used some of Amanda's wonderful wool roving and felted it directly to a piece of the jacket. I broke 4 needles (but hey, I've used the machine a lot and hadn't broken any so felt I was due!). Of course they broke one at a time!! But this is the finished product and after trimming came out more square then landscape shape but I still like it. It's fun to twist and turn the roving for mountain texture or leave it fluffy for sky.
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2 comments:
Beauitful work. Great colors
Oh, Lorraine, this is gorgeous!!!!!
I am a bit jealous, though. :-(
I want a felting machine, and that I could actually picture myself using it!
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