Wednesday, April 27, 2005
Tonight I made a....
Mess. A huge mess.... At least the kitchen counter is really clean, as is half of the floor.
I have watched (and even participated in) felt making. I have read a couple-three articles on the subject. I have raised the sheep (and goats), I have sheared, I have cleaned nasty wool and I have dyed- both Rit and natural, but for the life of me, I cannot seem to make felt. Like a lot of things that look just too easy, this isn't.
I don't know what I am doing wrong. The wool I carded the other evening was a mixture of raw and dyed--- some of it with Rit and some with natural dye stuff. I hope that this is the reason the felt didn't work. I have this really lumpy non-square piece of half-felted wool mess.
I am pretty sure that the karakul wool works for felting (at least that is what I have always heard) while the cashmere will not. I will start over again once I shear Bubba over the weekend. I really wanted to have the felt rectangles so that I could do the leather right over the top of it.
I have watched (and even participated in) felt making. I have read a couple-three articles on the subject. I have raised the sheep (and goats), I have sheared, I have cleaned nasty wool and I have dyed- both Rit and natural, but for the life of me, I cannot seem to make felt. Like a lot of things that look just too easy, this isn't.
I don't know what I am doing wrong. The wool I carded the other evening was a mixture of raw and dyed--- some of it with Rit and some with natural dye stuff. I hope that this is the reason the felt didn't work. I have this really lumpy non-square piece of half-felted wool mess.
I am pretty sure that the karakul wool works for felting (at least that is what I have always heard) while the cashmere will not. I will start over again once I shear Bubba over the weekend. I really wanted to have the felt rectangles so that I could do the leather right over the top of it.
