Designing your resists – Increase the pattern

Today’s video is the second one from a short series about my system to design resists for wet felting.

Last week, we looked at how we can transfer the measurements from a 3D object to a flat resist. If you didn’t have the chance to watch that video, please go back and watch it now because it’s important to be able to understand this week’s topic.

So, after designing the basic pattern, deciding on which wool type to use, how thick to lay it out, on the layout and fulling methods, it’s now time to:

6. Make a sample

7. Determine the shrinkage rate

8. Increase the pattern

9. And calculate the amount of wool for the project

Watch the video for more on how to make the sample and determine the shrinkage rate.

When we have our shrinkage rate, we can increase our base pattern to make a resist in the right size to account for shrinkage.

And, finally, we calculate the amount of wool we will need to felt our vase cover.

When all of this is planned, it’s time to finally felt the piece, full it and shape it. I recommend you have your initial design at your side to know how much you need to shrink your work. Of course, you can also try it directly on your vase.

If you’ve found these videos useful and would like to access the whole class, you can download it for free. For that, just go to the tab ONLINE CLASSES on my website and click on “Resists Made Easy – A Vase Cover”. Follow the instructions to download the class for free.

And, I have another surprise for you. If you’d like to make your own resists to felt slippers, shoes or boots, I’m now offering a class on this topic. And there’s a special launch price if you register in the first week.

The last time I asked what type of resists felt makers wanted to learn, many asked for a class on footwear. So, I made it for you ! Make sure you check it out.