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Felting (D)DModerator Joined: 15 Feb 2006 Posts: 528 Location: North Yorkshire Posted: 25 Feb 2006 12:50 pm Post subject: Felting -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ok, I just KNOW this will open the flood gates..... Please, can somebody explain what it is please? and remember I am a blonde! _________________ my new blog is here...early days yet! http://www.manicfish.com/myblog.php?bbn=mrsnesbitt Back to top Kathy Moderator Joined: 15 Feb 2006 Posts: 1008 Posted: 25 Feb 2006 02:56 pm Post subject: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- What D? Are you asking what felting is?!! A quick description is "The matting together of wool fibers." You can knit something in pure wool, then wash it at a high temperature and it "felts" the wool. To explain the other way I will send an email with PDF attatchment, this explains it. And then there is needle felting, this is used to create designs and bobbles, or you can make figures with this method, like this http://www.etsy.com/view_item.php?listing_id=35143 The Felting Needle has a very fine, multi-barbed point and when this point is passed through the fibre the barbs collect fibres and drag them into the fabric or intertwine them amongst the other fibres. The needle is repeatedly pushed into the fibres and in doing so rapidly dry-felts the fibre together. _________________ Take care Kathy Back to top D Moderator Joined: 15 Feb 2006 Posts: 528 Location: North Yorkshire Posted: 25 Feb 2006 03:58 pm Post subject: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- gosh Kathy..............it sounds soooooooooooooo easy! _________________ my new blog is here...early days yet! http://www.manicfish.com/myblog.php?bbn=mrsnesbitt Back to top Greenlady Evergreen Joined: 16 Feb 2006 Posts: 549 Location: Scotland! Posted: 25 Feb 2006 04:16 pm Post subject: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Its really good fun D, my 4 year old neice loves felting and even I managed to have a go! My mum made us all felted soap for christmas, you should ask her about them, they are great! _________________ Don't eat fruit and nuts. You are what you eat... Back to top chickens1968 Moderator Joined: 20 Mar 2006 Posts: 315 Location: Gloucestershire Posted: 10 Apr 2006 10:09 pm Post subject: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- i felted my chicken shed roof the other day???? _________________ http://www.freewebs.com/chickens1968/ Last edited by chickens1968 on 11 Apr 2006 07:36 am; edited 1 time in total Back to top agapanthus Perennial Joined: 16 Feb 2006 Posts: 318 Location: suffolk Posted: 10 Apr 2006 11:57 pm Post subject: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oh chickens that really made me smile!!!! Back to top Plocket Evergreen Joined: 16 Feb 2006 Posts: 865 Location: The playroom! Posted: 11 Apr 2006 08:59 am Post subject: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oooh I'm glad you bought this up - I think I might suggesting making felt at mum's today as it's chucking it down with rain. PML Chickens!!! _________________ A balanced diet is chocolate in both hands www.plocket.co.uk Back to top Becki Moderator Joined: 15 Feb 2006 Posts: 1106 Location: Over here and not there. Posted: 11 Apr 2006 12:51 pm Post subject: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I thought it went on a roof too _________________ www.thecardbee.com Back to top |