My felting disaster

Following on from my last post I thought I would share my experience of making felt for the first time.

Just so you know the lesson I learnt was that I should follow instructions rather than just plowing straight into something.

So I started off with my wool

I purchased this from Forest Fibres and was a fantastic bargain.

The next stage is to then layer the wool in different directions, this I did then covered with soapy water and rubbed.

It all blended together though there where a few small holes but that can be ignored.

I ended up with this

Looks gorgeous doesn't it :0)

I did miss a few of the steps out, like making sure it was really soapy then rolling it, fulling it, and then shrinking it.

Oh well as my first go I am pretty impressed maybe next time I will do it properly.

Love

N

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New Felty Project

It was payday on Friday so I took the opportunity to head into Hobbycraft and spend and obscene amount of money *whoops*

So what did I get, well I managed to get some Needlefelting tools and some really expensive woll shapes which in my honest opinion where a rip off, but seeing as Hobbycraft is the only place to buy my bits and pieces I had to swallow the cost.

I was going to buy some jazzy felt aswell but upon arriving in the aisle I was disappointed with the choice.  I mean there was some nice prints there but nothing original, all mass produced.

So my solution was to buy some plain white felt and use my new needlefelting tools to come up with my own designs.

I am half way through my first design and couldn't wait to show it off so heres a sneak preview.  As you can see from the second picture the felt can be used either side which is great, it gives totally different effects aswell.

This is the front, as you can see I started off with a pencil design first then added the thread.

This is the back of the felt sheet, you can't get a real sense of the difference between the front and back but trust me it is very fluffy!

And this is Toby, he just couldn't resist getting in on the action!

Love

N

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Sunny Sunday

What a loooong week that was, today is my only day off so it is only right that I update my blog with all that is going on in the Spellbound household.

We have a new baby!!!

Ok so he isn't actually human and has 4 teeny tiny legs and is fluffy but still he is my baby. So I am proud and excited to announce the arrival of Toby who is a 6 week old tabby cat.  He is extremely bold and has us all wraped around his little paws.

Not the greatest of pictures but he just moves soo quickly.

Here is one of him and Libby.

Oh and my multi-coloured socks.

What else has been happening, well not much to be honest I have been working soo hard this week and have topped the 40+ hours at work, surprising as I am part time!!

I also popped to Hobbycraft yesterday and picked up some bits to start needlecrafting, not quite sure how to do this but I'm willing to have a go.  I also want to make my own felt so have ordered some merino wool off of Ebay (don't you just love Ebay for bargains).

Anyways must dash as have loads of housework to catch up on, kittens to entertain and a Hubby to push out of bed.

Love

N

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