Felting, Koi and 85 Degrees

Today in Ohio, it is in the 80’s and I decided I had to felt and get the items outside to dry plus take some pictures near my Koi pond. So I have to show you some pictures of my Pond and Koi and I want to point out that some of the guys are 2 feet long.   As soon as I walked out they know food is near and it you have ever feed Koi, you know what that means.  They gobbled everything up in a sec and still wanted more.  If I over feed these guys that pond get cloudy.  We try to feed them well during the summer months because they have to stay out during the freezing winter months.   We keep a pump going during the winter and there is always a hole where the water runs in so they get oxygen.

Now back to felting.   I did several small projects today and they are dry and ready for completion.   I finished up a felted Business Card Case and I love it.  No better way to show the world that you are a felter than slipping you card out of a felted holder.  This holder can carry 25 or more cards and just screams “I am felted” and what better way for a crafter to show their work. 

Pictured below are pictures of my pond, Koi and project.   My faithful Buda is one of my favorite models. LOL

 

Shibori Felting Technique Wall Hanging

 

Carol knits up sample sections in wool and I look at these knitted lengths and try come up with something remarkable.  Well folks, I think I did it with this.  I had the pebbles, large and small in a candle arrangement.  I carefully, used tiny rubber bands wrapped and secured the pebbles in the wool.   It then went into my Wonder Washer with a hat I had crocheted to be felted.  It made a bit of a racket as the pebbles got tossed around.   I wanted to keep a close eye on the hat because I’d over felted the last one I had knitted.  When I’d pulled the hat out I noticed I had lost some pebbles.  Removing the pebble relief I replaced some of the pebbles and restarted my felting. 

The finished hat was not perfect in size but it is good enough and the relief piece dipping wet look very interesting.  I got as much water as I could out and hung it outside the drip.  It was still not dry in the morning but I used my hair dryer.   I did not want to make another purse so I decided on a wall hanging.  I removed the rubber bands and then needle felted the matching wool yarn into the felting piece using straight lines and a scrolling effect.  I am thrilled with it and hope Carol is as well!  I have one other sample knitted with Alpaca yarn she gave me to create something out of.  Hum, I wonder what it will become.  Carol is an amazing knitter . . .  Check out her blog for some of our other joint efforts.  There are some cool purses from Carol’s sample knits that I finished off.

Hello world!

I am from the Midwest and I am a freelance graphic designer and I work for companies and individuals designing their logos, banners, flash and web designs. I have been a long time member with Art on The Net where I have my art gallery. The following is my web site: www.studiolou.com .

I adore most arts and crafts and have tried my hand at most of them to see what appeals to me. When I discovered felting I found a new world of creative crafting, that in my opinion is just being tapped. New books arrive on the market each month and I have purchased my share of these wonderful volumes and was overwhelmed by what you can do with felting.

The felting I am reviewing has nothing to do with knitting, as it is an art unto itself. I hope to offer you the newest in felting ideas and the latest tools for this craft. Hearing from you with ideas, questions or your projects will be a real pleasure for me and everyone else on the site. If you know of a neat link or project please let me know