Felting Friends Blog
Mira Broyles was inspired by her 81 year old Mom and her “new beau”.
“I used grey locks for their hair, core wool for the bodies, merino cross batt for their faces (MC-2 Fleshtone), hands and her legs, and merino top for their clothes. Her scarf is crocheted and the flowers are silk.”
“Thank you for all your wonderful products, instructions, and inspiration!!”
- Mira Broyles
Kristy Callahan felted this beautiful still life that she likens to “painting with fiber.”
She says, “The piece is 22”X16”. I wet felted the main piece. I then wet felted shapes for the flower leaves and stems. I then needle felted the flowers leaves and stems on to the piece. As I needle felted I formed the shape more and added the dimension. I added the beads. I needle felted on the tops as well. I used Merino top from Living Felt for the whole piece. The basic piece I started with white and added many colors of blue for some dimension. The beads are toho beads.“
Kristy goes on to share, “I order from you all the time, and just wanted to share one of my wall hangings. I have been felting for about 10 months. I weave and knit as well, so the felting quickly became a passion. I love your products and your amazing service.“
Such a colorful summertime piece. We just love it.
After seeing the “Secret World of Arrietty” Joyce Hazlerig wanted to make a few secret worlds of her own.
“I love the idea that there might be hidden tiny people just at the bottom of garden. It really got my imagination going.”
She created these little Gnome Homes with Core wool then covered the core with carded merino roving and then used various locks and yarns form the “shrubs” and “bushes’ making little doors, windows and toadstool chimneys.
“I think this would be a great project for specialty Good Pack like Emerald Forest or Fairy Hollow.”
View Joyce’s fabulous step by step needle felting lesson on making these Gnome Homes!
