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Well, I set out to felt a nice vest and ended up with a Felt Fiber piece of Art instead. It depicts the Kootenay mountains as I am totally surrounded by them and they are so beautiful. I just need to put a few finishing touches on it and it will be ready for listing. I also have a depiction of Kootenay Lake on the board in design. Nelson is so beautiful with all the trees and flowers still blooming in the Fall. There is lots of inspiration for me to use for my Felting.
I want to make a longer vest about half way down the bottom for warmth when bending over as we all have to do that a lot :) picking things up, vacuuming, ewww housework. I'm hoping to get that started this weekend. I'm still going to get those beautiful mountains on the vest, just a bit smaller.
The new thing is that instead of rolling the felt out to full it, I've been using my new Hand Palm Washboard from HeartFelt Silks instead. Wow, that really cuts down the work and the strain on my body. It really does cut out all that rolling business and saves a lot of the strain on my back.
Now, when I make the vest, I'm going to try out my new Sander also. I've been reading about it and wonder if maybe it will just be a quick way to felt and not really a fulling instrument. But I'm still going to try it out. The less strain on my body the better, because I love to felt.
I have been doing a lot of knitting and found a book I purchased a while ago with 1887 patterns in it. Now I've got two patterns from that book going and an original design of my own that I had to dye the wool for. Now that was a first. The woman at the wool store here in Nelson said that if I wanted a really nice black I should use more about 3g of the black powder dye, rather than the recommended 2. So I did and it still turned out more of a dark grey. I really wanted black, but I don't think I want to do it again as it is hard on the wool with the acid dye. I really ought to read up on dyeing wool as I don't really know what I'm doing, lol. Any advice?
Here's a scarf I knit out of Sari Ribbons -
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I really love the look of encrusted jewels, so I sewed in some nice big Czech glass beads and also did some designs with the sari ribbons.
In my Amberdark shop I've started making Outfits so that the choosing of items to go together is done for you and the pieces are also available separately. I really think it's a good idea and it is more fun for me. I have made some items of clothing and now I can add them to vintage items or embellish upcycled clothing to go with them.
Here is one Outfit - The Classy Outfit
It comes with or without the crocheted and beaded scarf. I thought it might look good with the scarf tied around the waist of the skirt on the side for that gypsy look.
So, we are finally getting some of the rooms in the house to feel more homey. I didn't realize that it would take so long to get everything the way that we like it. I'm felting in the basement and sewing in the attic, it's crazy.
Well, wishing you all a great weekend and I'd love to hear what you think of my ideas and things I've made.
All the best,
Carole xo
Well, I set out to felt a nice vest and ended up with a Felt Fiber piece of Art instead. It depicts the Kootenay mountains as I am totally surrounded by them and they are so beautiful. I just need to put a few finishing touches on it and it will be ready for listing. I also have a depiction of Kootenay Lake on the board in design. Nelson is so beautiful with all the trees and flowers still blooming in the Fall. There is lots of inspiration for me to use for my Felting.
I want to make a longer vest about half way down the bottom for warmth when bending over as we all have to do that a lot :) picking things up, vacuuming, ewww housework. I'm hoping to get that started this weekend. I'm still going to get those beautiful mountains on the vest, just a bit smaller.
The new thing is that instead of rolling the felt out to full it, I've been using my new Hand Palm Washboard from HeartFelt Silks instead. Wow, that really cuts down the work and the strain on my body. It really does cut out all that rolling business and saves a lot of the strain on my back.
Now, when I make the vest, I'm going to try out my new Sander also. I've been reading about it and wonder if maybe it will just be a quick way to felt and not really a fulling instrument. But I'm still going to try it out. The less strain on my body the better, because I love to felt.
I have been doing a lot of knitting and found a book I purchased a while ago with 1887 patterns in it. Now I've got two patterns from that book going and an original design of my own that I had to dye the wool for. Now that was a first. The woman at the wool store here in Nelson said that if I wanted a really nice black I should use more about 3g of the black powder dye, rather than the recommended 2. So I did and it still turned out more of a dark grey. I really wanted black, but I don't think I want to do it again as it is hard on the wool with the acid dye. I really ought to read up on dyeing wool as I don't really know what I'm doing, lol. Any advice?
Here's a scarf I knit out of Sari Ribbons -
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.jpg)
I really love the look of encrusted jewels, so I sewed in some nice big Czech glass beads and also did some designs with the sari ribbons.
In my Amberdark shop I've started making Outfits so that the choosing of items to go together is done for you and the pieces are also available separately. I really think it's a good idea and it is more fun for me. I have made some items of clothing and now I can add them to vintage items or embellish upcycled clothing to go with them.
Here is one Outfit - The Classy Outfit
It comes with or without the crocheted and beaded scarf. I thought it might look good with the scarf tied around the waist of the skirt on the side for that gypsy look.
So, we are finally getting some of the rooms in the house to feel more homey. I didn't realize that it would take so long to get everything the way that we like it. I'm felting in the basement and sewing in the attic, it's crazy.
Well, wishing you all a great weekend and I'd love to hear what you think of my ideas and things I've made.
All the best,
Carole xo
