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If youāve been in my felting world for some time, youāve heard me talking about this book for sure. Itās one of my absolute favorites in my collection.
If youāve just recently discovered my blog, and youāre as obsessed about felting books as I am, thereās still time to add it to your Christmas pres...
Do you ever have moments of taking a glimpse at your felting table and thinking āOMG, look at all this plasticā? Itās happened to me often, so Iāve been trying to substitute it for other materials whenever I can. And Iāve also been thinking about writing a couple of tips for the felt makers who are ...
In 20 years of felt making I havenāt (yet!) had any issues with moths. It may just have been luck or because of the way I store my wool. Itās definitely not because I donāt have tons of wool in my studio š
Since I frequently get questions about how I store my wool, as well as how to prevent moth at...
"Filzen: Alte Tradition, Modernes Handwerk" (German version)
"Felt: New Directions for an Ancient Craft" (English version)
by Gunilla Paetau Sjƶberg
This might be the best book about wet felting I have. And I do have many š
Itās over 20 years old, it doesnāt have amazing photos and it has a l...
Iāve often been asked for tips on how to wet felt when you have health issues like back pain or arthritis.
Personally, Iāve also dealt with pain that was either caused or worsened by the strain Iāve put on my body due to wrong postures during wet felting.
Itās irrefutable that felting is a very ph...
Are you having issues getting your wet felted bowl to have a perfectly round shape? Or maybe youāve felted a flat round piece, but, after fulling, it doesnāt look like a circle anymore? Your layout may be the cause of this distortion.
Wet felting doesnāt have many rules, so it allows for different ...
In the last couple of weeks, weāve been looking at the topic of resists. But the focus was more on what you need to know at the beginning of your wet felting journey.
If, instead, youāre a more seasoned felt maker, you might be facing other issues, like what to do with the piles of resists and pape...
The video above goes into the following details:
How to felt with resists
When you felt with a resist, you need to lay out the wool on both sides to cover the resist completely. The wool layers need to then go beyond the resist edge, so that some of the wool can be turned over to the other side. ...
WHAT ARE RESISTS?
By definition, a resist is anything you use between two pieces of wool to prevent that they felt with each other. In other words, you need to use a resist when you want to make a hollow object.
Only after the flat piece is created can you shape it into a 3D object. So, if you wan...
Fiber paper is a material that you can create with either viscose or silk fiber (viscose paper or silk paper).
You can use it to cut out all sorts of shapes and apply them on wool to make felted pieces with a crisp design, much like what felt makers do with pre-felts.
It looks like actual paper, a...
Color is one of the most important features of my work. In the last couple of months, Iāve been exploring it further in the techniques Iāve been teaching inside of āThe Dodo Hub Membershipā.
Here are a couple of examples of the patterns and colors Iāve been testing, as well as some samples.
Co...
As you probably know, felting has a rich history spanning thousands of years and it can be traced back to Central Asia, where nomadic tribes first discovered the properties of wool and its transformation into felt. Itās been part of civilization, and it had a huge role in various cultures around the...
