Saturday, December 26, 2009

Get Felted



I have had a "Me" day. Slept in until 10 am which is not a common thing for me these days. Had a lazy breakfast on the lounge in the sunroom with toast, coffee and a book. I had vague thoughts of doing something constructive which turned into me getting out the bag of old wool jumpers and throwing them into the washing machine and felting them. One which is labelled hand wash pure wool that I paid a lot of money for and the moths have had a little chew on didn't shrink at all and I am wondering about it. The others shrank nicely. I am going to do something with them. While I was looking around the studio for something or other just what I can't remember I found the silk and wool lily felting kit I bought at the last Craft and Quilt show from Wendy Bailye so I made them. You can't see it but I used green wool for the stems. There is a photo of Wendy's on her page. I think tomorrow I will make a hat . I have been going to make myself a felted hat for a while and have the books to prove it. So tomorrow is the day, maybe.

2 comments:

Sparklyjools said...

Good for you, everyone needs a lie in everym so often! I'm glad you had a lovely Christmas.

Susie McMahon said...

You need a day like this at least once a fortnight, if not once a week, Peta! I'm still recovering from the week it took to prepare for the hoards on Christmas Day and the clean-up after they left. Maybe today I'll do something constructive...........or read a book.