Felting Rollcall

[AmazoniaBelly]

Hi-
Perhaps there is already a club or tribe for felting...if not, I would like to chat with all of the other mamas who felt or are interested. I am an American living in Germany (not affiliated with the military) and I started felting about a year ago. I am learning different methods of wet felting and I also like to embellish with needle felting.

I would like to exchange tips, photos, and project ideas.

Rachel

[JenniferC]

I am wet felting impaired :P, but I really enjoy needle felting, although I'm quite new to it .

[KariM]

I'm studying felting right now (have a stack of books and doing lots and lots of online reading).

I ordered a drum carder and am in the process of assembling tools for felting.

Hopefully in the next few weeks I'll have my supplies ready and can begin the actual felting.

--Kari

[tootpapa]

Once you begon felting what projects are you excited about doing? I have been experimenting with the various methods.....I have made hats, puppets, baby boots, bags, wallets, and jewelry.

[gardenmom]

Felter here..checking in!

I recently made a lightly needle felted, then wet felted scarf and took about a million photos to put on my web site as a tutorial. I don't see much info on the web that combines the two styles of felting (though I know people do use the technique), so I thought it would be a good idea as a teaching point.

Maybe I can get that done in the next week or so...

There's also a great, friendly felting community that shares info and techniques over at www.feltingforum.com if you haven't already been there. Check it out.

ETA...I got a drum carder for Christmas and have been using it like crazy to spin, but have yet to make any felting blends/batts with it. I guess that's next on my agenda!

[KariM]

My drum carder arrived in today's mail and I'm so excited to start using it. Didn't have a chance to use it tonight and tomorrow we're traveling to the state capital for a hearing on a midwife bill, but Friday I'm going to be carding away!

The first project I want to try is a beret. I think the second will be a matching scarf.

I have so many ideas for projects - toys for my DD, hats, scarves, slippers.

I also want to try needle felting and would LOVE to design dolls and toys for DD.

--Kari