Category: Wool & Knitting

• Needle Felted Horse Picture

  

  Making a needle felted picture is so much fun.  If you ever completed a paint by number picture, this seems so similar.  The benefit of needle felting over painting however is if you don’t like a particular area you just pull off the fibre and redo the area! Materials 1.  A piece of medium weight…

• Plying Yarn

  

  Spinning and plying can be quite technical.  Some spinners will measure twist angles and count twists per inch.  My experience has been start out slowly.  You are building your skill set with each yarn you spin.  Don’t get too caught up with all the details when first learning.   This should be enjoyable, not stressful.…

• Painted Wool Roving Tutorial

  

  In a previous post I discussed how I dye locks of wool in a kettle.  In this post I will cover the steps to dye painted roving.  Some also refer to this as steam dyeing.  This method can also be used to dye yarn. Painted roving allows you to make solid, gradient or variegated coloured…

• Beginner’s Technique to Spinning Fine Fibre

  

  In previous posts we covered sorting, scouring, dyeing, carding, and blending fibre.  All these processes can make or break our next stage where we begin to spin our own yarn. Spinning can be simple or extremely technical.  Simply put, spinning is an art form where your hands, feet and brain work in unison. I recommend…

• Wool Felted Mobile Tutorial Part 3 of 3

  

  In part one we wet felted some pieces to make the whale, flowers and shells and jelly fish.  Part two we needle felted the sculpted pieces.  Now it’s time to put it all together. Materialsneedle felted sculpturesfishing lineWooden embroidery hoop 12 inch diameter3 inch sharp tapestry needlelarge jump ring3 foot piece of doweling or yardsticktwo…

• Wool Felted Mobile Tutorial: Part 2 of 3

  

  In Part 1 of the Wool Felted Mobile Tutorial we created sheets of wool felt using the wet felting method.  Materials38 gauge triangular felting needles for bulk work or base shape40 gauge triangular felting needle for the finishing work.foam block for felting on (upholstery foam will work)Various colours of dyed wool rovingPipeline cleaner Today we…

• Wool Felted Mobile Tutorial Part 1 of 3

  When I was asked if I could make a mobile for a family member I was so excited to give it a try.  They had provided a picture for inspiration and gave me some creative license.  The mobile was a felted wool mobile. The mobile’s main feature was to be a whale and it would…

• Blending Dyed Fibre

  

  In this post we will revisit the yellow dyed fibre.  You will recall from the dyeing post that I used a new product called wash and dye.  As the product ensures that the dye goes past the cuticle of the fibre and into the centre of each strand of fibre, the developer recommends you will…

• The Mainprize Documentary Commemorative Scarf

  

  This double-sided, knitted custom Mainprize Documentary Commemorative Scarf was the idea of Mrs. Murlo from Murlo Creative Expressions – by Leila.  Many hours of fun planning, plotting and figuring (Math!) went into getting the images just right. Then, many more hours knitting the scarf which turned our amazing! The black and white acrylic heavy scarf is…

• Drum Carding a Fine Fleece

  

  Welcome back to our series of posts on processing our Rambouillet fleece from start to finish. Previously we covered how to Flick card locks.  You may recall that I stated  once locks are flick  carded, my preference is to then to put that fibre through a drum carder.  I like to complete this stage to…