felted eggs

[beemama]

i didn't get the kit because i thought i would be able to figure it out on my own...but it is just not working out. I tried needlefelting the shape & then wet felting it & it implodes.

What steps do I *need* to take?

[PNWmama]

I haven't seen the kit, but are they Easter eggs? Perhaps wet felting first would help make it more dense, and then needlefelting the details.

[railyuh]

I'm not sure what kit you are talking about, but I recently made a felted egg.

All I did was take a wooden egg and put a few layers of wool all around it and I wet felted it until it was nice and tight around the egg. I let it dry for a few days and then I cut it off by cutting a line a little over half of the circumfrence of the egg, right in the middle and then pulled the wooden egg out. So now it's like an egg that you can split open. My plan is to make a "fried egg" out of wool felt and put it inside the wet felted eggshell so DS can crack open the egg and pretend to cook or whatever. There were a few spots where the wool was a bit thin so next time I'll have to put more layers of wool on it.

[tinasquirrel]

I just made my first felted Easter eggs. I used a wet felting technique. I used different layers of colored wool so they turned out with various colors. I used the instructions at Resurrection Fern's blog. And I blogged about it in my own blog (see my siggy).

[beemama]

thanks, everybody!!

[2 in August]

Originally Posted by tinasquirrel

I just made my first felted Easter eggs. I used a wet felting technique. I used different layers of colored wool so they turned out with various colors. I used the instructions at Resurrection Fern's blog. And I blogged about it in my own blog (see my siggy).

Cute stuff on your blog!!

[tinasquirrel]

Originally Posted by 2 in August

Cute stuff on your blog!!

Thank you!

I just made some cute fairy wands that I am going to post later this week.

[Pam_and_Abigail]

That's great! I want to get into felting, so I think these look easy enough to try. COuld you also make a little felted chick for inside?

[EStraiton]

Heres a great link for you:

http://www.waldorfresources.org/gall...s/felteggs.php

[Pam_and_Abigail]

I can't get that link to work...

[Pam_and_Abigail]

I'm trying to do this right now and it's not working. I'm not using purchased roving, as I have an entire fleece, so I just picked and carded it before wrapping it around the small wooden egg I found. But the soft felting doesn't seem to be happening. Could it be the wool? I tried shocking it with cold water after the hot, but no luck yet.

[3.14_Opal]

Originally Posted by Pam_and_Abigail

I'm trying to do this right now and it's not working. I'm not using purchased roving, as I have an entire fleece, so I just picked and carded it before wrapping it around the small wooden egg I found. But the soft felting doesn't seem to be happening. Could it be the wool? I tried shocking it with cold water after the hot, but no luck yet.

I can't get mine to work either! I am using purchased roving and batting- I can't get it to tighten around the egg! I don't think I'm using too much, cause when I use less, I have gaps where I can see the wooden egg. Any ideas??

[tinasquirrel]

I'm certainly no expert, but I made about five last week and they worked. So, this is what I did. (You can see some pics on my blog in my siggy.)

I used a plastic Easter egg. I used wool batting that I normally use for stuffing toys. I pulled apart a thin layer and wrapped it around the egg. Wrapped another layer, in the opposite direction. Continued until I had made about 5-6 layers.

Got it wet with a 2 parts to 1 part mixture of hot, hot water and Dawn (1 part Dawn, 2 parts water). It was pretty wet. Maybe too wet, but it worked, so who knows.

Just started manipulating the egg in both hands trying to keep it all together carefully. As it started to felt up, I started to rub/roll it on a bamboo mat (that DH normally uses to make sushi that I laid on top of a towel. I sort of cupped the egg in the palms of both hands (one on each side of the egg) and rubbed and rolled it on the mat. I'd say I had to rub it on the mat for about 10 minutes. I think I added more soapy water halfway through as well. Finally when it was felted up nicely, I rinsed it out with warm water and set it to dry (took about 2 days). I never did the "shock with cold water" thing or anything like that. I really think the bamboo mat was the key. I probably should get a washboard for next time though. The mat smelled like wet sheep for awhile afterwards!

HTH!