Over-the-knee boots made of wool protect the entire leg from the cold in winter. My daughter doesn’t like cold weather. She is always cold in winter. Therefore, I felted over-the-knee boots for my daughter to keep her warm. I bought 2 types of wool –… Read More »Felted over-the-knee boots
I saw amazing shawls and hats by Russian craftswoman Olga Shulyak on YouTube. She works a lot with sheep’s fleeces. I was familiar with fleece, but did not make things with it. Inspired by Olga’s work, I bought a natural top of Blue-faced Leicester wool… Read More »Scarf with sheep’s locks.
As a person who is truly passionate about felt, I am a member of several groups on Facebook, I participate in webinars and masterclasses. At one of the webinars, Russian felt-maker designer Alena Selezneva showed an interesting new technique for laying out wool and fibers.… Read More »Sweatshirt
I called this scarf a “Autumn mood” because of its multicolored leaves and cobwebs. For this scarf, I prepared a prefelt from wool fibers in autumn colors. I decorated the surface of wool with silk and viscose fibers to add shine and colors to the… Read More »Scarf with autumn leaves
‘Felted shoes’ did sound like something terrible and shapeless from my childhood. I thought, there is no way I will do it! But after looking at the works of other felting masters, I got inspired and decided to try to felt some shoes. I decided… Read More »The slippers experience.
Many feltmakers make felted summer tops and dresses that are very thin. But for a long time I did not dare to make summer felt, because I did not believe that felt can be worn in summer. One day, I looked at my wool leftovers:… Read More »Summer top.
I am a lover of large bags because I like to carry everything with me. But once I needed a small bag, kinda like a clutch, but with a long strap. There was nothing of that kind in the store. But likely I had some… Read More »The story of one purse
After I made several wet felted woolen pictures, I decided to try the same technique on decorative pillows. One of my first and favorite projects was the nautilus pillow. I felted a sample from wool to determine the shrinkage factor and calculate the template size.… Read More »Cushions
Woolen mosaic on silk is another interesting technique with unlimited design possibilities. This technique is a type of nuno felting method. I learned this technique from a Russian craftswoman Maria Gladchenko and made several scarves using this technique. Let me tell you how this mosaic… Read More »Woolen mosaic on silk.
I made quite a few scarves using cobweb technique and I love this technique very much as the scarves come out very light and soft. The technique itself is simple but it takes time and accuracy to lay down your fibers. To make a scarf… Read More »Cobweb felting technique