The Dodo Blog
Felting Wool – How To Choose The Right One Mar 02, 2017

When it comes to buying the wool for your felting project, you can feel really overwhelmed by the enormous choice available on the market. Also, depending on where you’re buying it from, you might get a lot of different options in terms of the sheep race.

So, here’s my suggestion on how to navigate...

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Novo Kit De Feltragem Com eBook Em Português Feb 28, 2017

Já está disponível o meu primeiro kit com eBook em português!

Se já tem alguma experiência em feltragem e gosta de peças únicas, este kit é para si!

 

Inclui:

  • Um eBook de 33 páginas
  • Cerca de 60 gramas de lã
  • 5 agulhas de feltrar finas

eBook:

O eBook em formato PDF tem 33 páginas, com fo

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Needle Felt? Wet Felt? Industrial Felt? What's All That? Help! Feb 23, 2017

If you google words like ‘felt’ or ‘felting’, you find lots of information, ranging from industrial felt to needle felt and everything in between. So, if you’re new to felting how do you find your way through all of this? Let me help.

HANDCRAFTED WET FELT

I guess you could say that wet felt is the...

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CAMERA BAG Felting Tutorial And New Online Shop Feb 16, 2017

Hi!

I’ve just published a new video workshop to complete the series on small bags for gadgets. In this tutorial, you will learn how to felt sleeves for small gadgets, like compact cameras and smart phones. But the idea can also be applied to bags for eyeglasses, makeup, or even artist’s pencils or ...

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Have A Felting Workshop Customized For You Feb 09, 2017

One year ago, I started building a site, created a YouTube channel, and put my imagination to work, to find a way to build a community around the love for felting.

In this process, I learnt a lot myself, and that is leading me to make some changes, because I want my work to be more in tune with w

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10 Tips For Better Results In Wet Felting Feb 02, 2017

Wet felting for over 10 years and teaching wet felting workshops has made me very aware of the most common mistakes, that prevent you from getting the best results. So, I wanted to list them here, to help you avoid a lot of frustration, as well as wasting precious material and countless hours of wor...

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How To Make FELT GLOVES - Now Available Jan 26, 2017

Hi!

How about learning to felt a pair of gloves, that you can make in any size and color you want?

Plus, you can decorate them with any felted pattern, embroider them or sew lace, buttons, crochet flowers or anything else you’d like to play with, to really make them your own!

In this workshop, I’...

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Where I Buy My Felting Supplies Jan 18, 2017

Hello!

I’m often asked where I buy my felting supplies, because it’s not always easy to find a good variety at local shops.

I also know that specific felting supplies is one of the topics I want to talk more about in the near future. So, I’ve created a new video series, called ‘Felting Infos‘, des...

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Felt BABY BOOTIES Workshop - Now Available Jan 12, 2017

How would you like to felt your own baby shoes? Because, not only are they completely customizable and made with your own hands, but they’re also made from the biodegradable and renewable material that is wool.

If this sounds good to you, here’s the chance to learn how to felt baby boots is three d...

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Live Workshops Coming Up Jan 04, 2017

Hi!

You’ve been asking what’s coming up in terms of felting workshops. There’s a lot scheduled for the first quarter of 2017, so I thought it could be helpful if I just outline it here, so that you can start thinking about what you’d like to do.

Workshops at PANDO (Graça – Lisbon):

  • 28th January
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3 Easy Steps To Make A Resist For A Felted Cloche Dec 15, 2016

Hello!

A couple of weeks ago, while I was teaching a workshop about hats in Lisbon, I promised to make a short PDF on how to determine the size of a resist for a felted hat, because that kind of information is easy to forget after some time.

I ended up getting carried away and making a video on th...

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A Bag With Nuno Felt - The NEW LAMINATION Technique Dec 08, 2016

Hi!

Today I’ve got something really special for you.

I’ve been talking about it for a while, but, for some strange reason, it’s a project that took me a long time to finish. Anyway, now it’s ready and available on etsy, and it’s a new video workshop.

But it has a particular meaning to me, because...

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