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This morning, I got to have change my routine and try something new. One of my Trinity friends has fallen in love with felting and taken some classes. She taught a workshop at the cathedral this morning. We did wet felting, known as nuno. We used a silk chiffon as a base and felted wool fibers to it. I took a scarf that I had dyed with citron and black.
Here is it with black, yellow and green fibers and spritzed with water on bubble wrap.
The first step is to lay a synthetic fabric over it and start massaging it to meld the fibers.
Once the fibers are attached…
and coming through the back…
the next step is to wrap the whole thing around section of swim noodle and rock and roll it several times.
(By now, I want to take of my long sleeved shirt and take a cold shower. This is a very aerobic activity.)
The final torture for the scarf is to fold it and place it in a plastic bag and start whacking it on the table or floor. Then, take it out, refold it and whack it again!!
After rinsing in hot and cold water. It gets wrapped in a thirsty towel to remove the moisture.
Here is a detail of mine:
I really like the possibilities of this type of felting, but my hands and wrists really hurt tonight. I am not sure that I could do very much of this.
This afternoon, I finished the fusing of my shibori circle piece. I hope to get the back on and start quilting tomorrow. I spent a lot of time this evening stitching on the silk circles.
I had some good news. I noticed that my Panasonic iron was slightly unplugged which was the reason it was not working!!
Gerrie ya know since i’ve fallen in love with the machine felting i’m itching like mad to try wet felting but i keep hearing and reading how physically demanding it is but the outcomes in wearable fashion take my breath away that i know i’m going to at least have to give a a good old fashioned effort. i’ve read were sitting in a chair and using the feet for rolling reduces the strain on rotator cuffs and the back. hangeth in there and feel better very soon!
I like your results. If you check my blog you will see I did this same thing last week, with very different colors. http://laughingdogarts.blogspot.com/ My arms are pretty strong from the farm work I do so I want to do a lot more of this type of felting. It’s so fast!
Sounds like a workout indeed….but its a LOVELY result. Not surprised at your colour choice..LOL!
Glad to hear your iron is still usable!
i always wondered how that was done… thanks for the explanation… hope you joints heal soon!
love the scarf Gerrie
if you keep this up you’ll have Michele Obama arms! LOL
xo
It IS beautiful, I love nuno felting. Yeah, though, something else to aggravate those hands and wrists! Mine are so bad right now that responding to your post, here, hurts!
interesting stuff but a bit too labor intensive. Hope your February blues/blahs ease up soon. We have a similar phenom here. Feb is the worst. It’s just plain gray-your circles are a great antidote.