Flower Hat

This hat was made by felting on a ball. The Fiber is mostly Merino Wool with some sparkly Angelina-type fiber thrown in. It has a hand stitched brim edge. Zoe wanted her turn to wear a hat, I think she's pretty darn cute! SOLD

Rain Lily

Ok, so it's not felting! This is a surprise Rain Lily (Zephyranthes) that I planted as a bulb last week. I received it along with some other lovelies from a garden exchange group that I belong to. Thank-you "flowersun"!

now, back to felting...

Punch Hooked Flower Bag

It seems I've been using fiber in different ways lately. This is my newest, a punch hooked bag using over-dyed wool yarn and 1/4" wool fabric strips. The lining is hand dyed cotton and the handle is the same yarn that I used in the bag tightly twisted. Boy, am I in trouble, this was too much fun! SOLD

Locker Hooked Pillows

Locker hooking was originally a rug making technique that was done with using burlap backing, rag strips, a crochet hook and a large bodkin type needle. A clever Australian reintroduced the craft in the 1970's creating a "Locker Hook" which is shaped like a crochet hook, but with the large eye built right in. He also started using conventional latch hook canvas and with the abundance of fleece in Australia, used rovings.
I love the spontaneous color variations I get with hand dyed roving. The top two pillows are hand-dyed roving, the bottom left is commercially dyed and the bottom right is natural and hand-dyed roving. 14" removable pillows, cotton or hemp backing.

Blue Suede Shoes

I had a good laugh when I was taking a picture of these shoes. They are going to an exhibit, but the Felting Forum's monthly Challenge is Felt Us a Tune! At first I was thinking "Blue Suede Shoes", but then the back side said, "Wooly, Wooly".

The Exhibit is "All (W)rapped Up" at Gallery 107, Tri County Arts Council, Cobleskill, NY from March 2nd-March 31st 2007 All the exhibitors are from the The Northeast Feltmakers Guild, with whom I got my start.

The shoes are indigo dyed Merino and Tencel, lasted over leather with leather soles. They have a decorative button and close with Velcro.

Woven and Fulled

I've been playing with weaving and fulling pencil roving. The bag on the top was actually a class I taught with Janel from Chameleon Colorworks, we first dyed the roving, wove it, fulled it in the washer and turned it into a bag. The bag on the bottom was done with commercially dyed roving from Crown Mountain Farms, I then sewed the piece into this clutch, lined it with a beautiful red leather and it closes with a magnetic snap.
Green Bag measures 9 1/2" Tall X 11" Wide with an adjustable strap with a maximum 20" drop.
(SOLD)
Red bag measures 6" tall 14" wide & 3" deep, sold

What are "lasted" shoes

Shoes that are "lasted" are made on a form, either old wooded ones or more modern solid plastic. I'll someday get some photos of the process up, but lasted shoes are actually made from the inside out. The insole is attached to the last, the vamp (or outer part of the shoe) is then glued to the insole, starting with the lining. After the lining is in place other components are then attached, like a heel cap and toe cap. The Vamp is then stretched and glued to the insole. This is all done while the last is upside-down and attached to a last jack so you have leverage. Lastly you glue and trim your sole.