Union Jack

With all the buzz over the Olympics and the Jubilee the Union Jack is popping up everywhere. This was wet felted and then quilted. Three pockets are felted inside and it is finished out with upcycled indigo batik cotton fabric and an leather braided belt for a strap.

Hand Spun Yarn Wet Felted Pillow

Recently, I had an uninterrupted evening to spin with the drop spindle. But since I'm not a big crocheter or knitter, the yarn ended up felted into two BFL / cashgora blend pillows. These are not my usual style, as there are no shouting colors. 

Wet felted Upholstry Fabric

A thrifted metal chair with a broken seat needed a pick-me-up. The fabric is nuno felted on silk to give it integrity and keep it from stretching too much. The pattern was inspired by an image in the book Gaia Star Mandalas: Ecstatic Visions of the Living Earth by Bonnie Bell and David Todd.

Felting, Dyeing, Sewing, Pricing, Listing and Blogging

This started out as an experiment nuno felting some tightly woven silk, but the weave was so tight the wool fibers would not migrate through. I peeled off the silk and had a basic natural white purse. That simply would not do, so after looking at it hanging on a skirt hangar for ages I got out the dyes.

I've been resisting doing a lot of dyeing. If a purse takes a couple of hours to lay out, a couple of hours to felt, and an hour or two to finish, adding dyeing to the process makes for a mighty expensive item in terms of man-hours. Or woman-hours.

But maybe that resistance was ill founded? I really like this purse. I like it better than the dark red one I am carrying now. In fact, I am tempted to make another one in another color with the same two interior pockets and a dark bottom with a bright top.

Fingerless Gloves

Lately I've been making fingerless gloves for texting. They are all merino wool with silk carrier rods, bamboo fiber and upcycled beads.

Of course the weather has been unseasonably warm. Who needs gloves when it's 70 degrees?

Pebbles and Patchwork

Yesterday, as I was cutting out prefelts to lay the pebbles out on the silk scarves, I swore I would not do anymore polka dots or pebbles. Some people enjoy cutting things out, and more power to them!

The green patchwork wrap needed a fresh photograph, so this morning in the early light it went on the mannequin out on the patio.

The rest of the pre-dawn was taken up loading them into the etsy shop.

What's Missing?

This pair of hand warmers is for my sister, but they look unfinished to me. The beads across the wrist aren't quite enough, but I haven't figured out what else to do with them. Maybe a bit of contrasting color or fabric inside peeking out either at the finger end or the wrist end? Constructive criticism is welcome!