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You know when your vessel is starting to felt when you see little wisps of wool come through the stocking. When you see this, the piece should be felted enough to hold together when you take it out.
Then you can lay out your nicer "top" wool. You can use the same kind of wool for all of the layers.
****Plus if you are using colored wool, you can lay out different colored layers! This will add some dramatic shading & color effects!!
I wanted my vessel to have 2 open ends, so Once all the wool was laid out (I did 6 layers total), I tucked in and under the edges of the vessel to make a cleaner opening.
Craft Tutorial:
Doll Bed
Link:
cutiescitrus.com/fun_and_games/crafts/dollbed
Craft tutorial, photograph and graphics by Robert Mahar.
Dip it into the hot water. CAREFUL IT'S HOT! Soak through till all wool is wet. No it's time to Rub, Rub, Rub!!!
You can scrub & rub a bit more here.
When it seems like you vessel is holding itself together REALLY well, you can take the blocking shape out.
You can snip the wisps "fly-aways" with a sharp pair of scissors. I've seen some people like to shave their pieces with a razor, but I just give mine a bit of a hair cut.
New blog post! I've remade one of my most read and shared tutorials over the past six years. Now it's clearer, has more photos and looks a whole lot nicer! Plus I get a little off-topic talking about some totally non-related bits of my personal past.
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Be careful when you are taking the stocking off, it is technically felting itself to the stocking, so it can be a bit sticky. Pull lightly so you don't start to pull the felt apart.
ALMOST DONE!! Let the eggs air dry on a towel or wire rack. The eggs will be a little fuzzy when they dry. You can leave it for a more rustic look, but I like to clean mine up.
Wrapping wisps of contrasting color is fun cause you never know how the design will turn out. This will end up looking like marble.
Roll tiny wisps of wool in between your hands like you are making a snake. Remember when you were a kid & you made clay snakes?
Once you wrap all the way around, be sure to hold tight, the wool likes to slide all over and come undone. It's tricky!
After I turned mine inside-out, I continued to felt it on my felting mat. The more you felt the vessel, the stronger the felt will become. Also the smaller it will become, too!
My daughter and I made this from a vintage children's book and an Ikea table and chairs. It was featured on Craft's Craft Daily Blog.
tiffanyteske.blogspot.com/2010/05/decoupage-your-childs-a...
Now you have your main felt color. You can go straight to wet-felting, or add some more colors & wisps to make a more interesting design.
Place the 1/2 wrapped egg into the center of the longer tuft of wool. This one will wrap around the length of the egg.
A brief video showing & explaining the essential supplies you need to start your first needle felting project.
To see more check out my YouTube Channel...
Massage the wool, or I do a move kinda like itching. Think about itching somebodies back (without nails). Itch, Itch, Itch...
Add you dish soap to your bowl of warm water. The soap, plus the heat of the water, help to open up the scales on the wool fibers. Once opened up, rubbing & scrubbing the wool allows the fibers to tangle... or FELT!!
After about another 5 minutes of rub & scrub... Rinse with cold water to "shock" the wool. This will help it shrink and tighten a little bit more.
Pull out 2 tufts of wool. These will be the thickness of your roving, but make one a little longer that the other. The longer one might be the length of your hand.
After about 5 minutes... You know it's ready to take out of the hose because there will be wisps of wool coming through to the outside. It's starting to felt to the hose.
This apron was whipped up from some old jeans. Its super long wearing and easy to clean. You can find a free craft tutorial for this idea for reusing jeans on my blog: sharlzndollz.blogspot.com.au/2008/04/free-pattern-recycle...
Place plastic egg in center of smaller tuft of wool. Since it's shorter, I like to wrap it around the width of the egg.
Craft Tutorial:
Button Menorah
Link:
www.juniorsociety.com/2009/12/10/eight-nights-of-lights/
Tutorial, photographs and graphics by Robert Mahar.