I can’t believe it’s been a month since we started the felting group in Belchford. Where does the time go…..
Once again we had eight ladies gathered for a felting session. Val and Karen couldn’t make it this month but we welcomed two new faces, Ann and Sheila. Sheila brought her current project to work on which is a very handsome needle felted owl…..
Sheila and her owl.
Adding feather detail on the back.
Ann began working on a needle felted landscape and I’m loving the colour scheme…..
Rosie was busy with her beautiful new wool making more vegetables (we’re starting to suspect an obsession here!)…..
Looking good enough to eat!
Olga was working on her sketchbook ideas for new projects…..
Olga working on ideas in her sketchbook.
Pat was busy with embellisher…..
Pat busy on the embellisher
Janet made a wet felted bowl and then did some more work on the lovely picture she started last session….
I started another Merino collar which will get finished at home…
Fibres laid out ready for felting.
All in all another enjoyable day in Belchford.
Hi, I am admiring the octopus I see here. Could you tell me a little about how it is made. Did you use resists for the tentacles or are they solid..was it all felted tog? I just tried making one and laid the tentacles out flat & felted the body with the resist inside on to it. That worked but doesn’t look as good as yours . Thanks
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Hi Kathy. I am guessing you haven’t seen the post about how the octopus was made. It was a bit involved but if you look back at the following two posts hopefully it will all become clear. The first was https://lincsinstitches.com/2016/03/20/wet-felting-with-a-book-resist/ it is a technique I learnt from Teri Berry so you might want to look her up on-line.
The second post showed the eyes being attached. They were wet felted polystyrene balls which I then attached using needle felting. https://lincsinstitches.com/2016/03/31/wet-felted-octopus/
Hope this has helped!
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What a wealth of talent in one room! Beautiful items.
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Yes they are a talented bunch and I can’t wait to see that owl finished!
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