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Wet felting for over 10 years and teaching wet felting workshops has made me very aware of the most common mistakes, that prevent you from getting the best results. So, I wanted to list them here, to help you avoid a lot of frustration, as well as wasting precious material and countless hours of wor...
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How about learning to felt a pair of gloves, that you can make in any size and color you want?
Plus, you can decorate them with any felted pattern, embroider them or sew lace, buttons, crochet flowers or anything else youâd like to play with, to really make them your own!
In this workshop, Iâ...
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Iâm often asked where I buy my felting supplies, because itâs not always easy to find a good variety at local shops.
I also know that specific felting supplies is one of the topics I want to talk more about in the near future. So, Iâve created a new video series, called âFelting Infosâ, des...
How would you like to felt your own baby shoes? Because, not only are they completely customizable and made with your own hands, but theyâre also made from the biodegradable and renewable material that is wool.
If this sounds good to you, hereâs the chance to learn how to felt baby boots is three d...
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Youâve been asking whatâs coming up in terms of felting workshops. Thereâs a lot scheduled for the first quarter of 2017, so I thought it could be helpful if I just outline it here, so that you can start thinking about what youâd like to do.
Workshops at PANDO (Graça â Lisbon):
- 28th January ...
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A couple of weeks ago, while I was teaching a workshop about hats in Lisbon, I promised to make a short PDF on how to determine the size of a resist for a felted hat, because that kind of information is easy to forget after some time.
I ended up getting carried away and making a video on th...
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Today Iâve got something really special for you.
Iâve been talking about it for a while, but, for some strange reason, itâs a project that took me a long time to finish. Anyway, now itâs ready and available on etsy, and itâs a new video workshop.
But it has a particular meaning to me, because...
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I´ve often been asked how do you make a sample to determine the shrinkage factor in wet felting. Well, thatâs exactly what Iâll be covering in todayâs video.
Itâs actually very easy. You should make a sample, and measure it before and after felting.
There are three fundamental factors t...
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Now that Christmas is just a month away, Iâm sure youâll be thinking about the presents for your family and friends by now.
So, I decided to bring you a simple, but really sweet idea, that you can make for a child. And it's FREE!
Think of it as a Christmas gift for you.
Enjoy!
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Depending on how much youâve experimented with wet felting, you might have already tried mixing fabrics with wool. If thatâs the case, you know not all types of fabric work well for nuno felting.
A couple of months ago I came across a fabric I really liked, but I knew it wouldnât be ea...
âHow do I know if my felt is ready?â This is such a frequent question. And itâs answered in four words: do the pinch test!
And whatâs the pinch test? When you feel your felt is solid enough not to fall apart anymore, you literally pinch the felt between your fingers to check if the fibers are still...
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So many people are surprised to find out you shouldnât cut felting wool with scissors. WHY? Well, a neat cut (like the one you get when cutting with scissors) makes it more difficult for the fibers to attach.
Hereâs how to cut a wool top in a couple of seconds:
- Hold your hands apart
- Pull f...
