A Hot and Wet Day
On Monday, my usual afternoon knitting group got together for a day of food, celebration and wet felting. It was the first time for all of us to try wet felting and I think several of us were sold on the technique. At least those of who made a scarf in the morning and a scarf in the afternoon.
Sheila, the hostess, was so busy being a phenomenal hostess that she didn’t get around to making any. Though her plan was to do it herself much of yesterday. I hope she did!
Everyone took different approaches and the scarves all look great. My first one I want to wet again and work widthwise so it’ll shrink in width a bit more and solidify the fabric just a bit more. I wanted good drape and went awfully thin and I feel it is a tad precarious. The second one I haven’t photographed yet. But I’ll be sure to share it before it finds a new home.
Amongst the group there were several copies of Felt Frenzy
being used for reference. I also purchased Uniquely Felt
which seems to me like the bible of felting. It covers wet felting flat, wet felting dimensionally, nuno and much more. I also found the projects in it to be a bit more arty and less cute. Either way, if you’re a spinner and already have fibers stashed I highly encourage giving it a try. I found it to be a great way to use up stash that I no longer love because I’m only working on it for a limited time and not over weeks of spinning and knitting.
