Hand Felted, Needle Felted and Ready to Go!: My Mini Bag Unveiled

Ta Da! It's kinda cute, if I do say so myself. With a smart white vintage button and a  bit of needle felting on the flap, my hand felted plum mini bag is finished.

Want one of your own? The free pattern is here. The hand felting process is here.

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Happy Fiber Arting.

Purple Passion: My Felted Clutch with Needle Felted Spirals

Another felting project is completed! This small clutch was fun to knit and felt in Paton's Classic Merino wool. I love simple projects that turn out great. This clutch was inspired by a pattern you can find here at Lion Brand Yarn. Mine turned out  more "rustic" than the one designed at Lion Brand. My blanket stitch needs some practice!

I needle felted the spirals onto the felted clutch using the same lime green wool I used to seam the sides. Lion Brand embroidered their spirals onto the clutch using the chain stitch. After seeing my blanket stitching, you know why I chose to needle felt the spirals! I use a snap to close the clutch. The clutch measures about 8 inches by 5 inches. I use it to store some of my crochet hooks.

Check out other fiber tales this Fiber Arts Friday at Alpaca Farm Girl.

Happy fiber arting!

Sunday Summary: Rings and Things

My inaugural Sunday summary of my week of fiber art adventures and stuff. This post only happened with the permission of my cat once she vacated my desk (fuzzy picture owing to her attempts to nuzzle the camera)!

I finally finished knitting a purse for future felting. I'll felt it when I have acouple of other things to throw in the washer to felt with it. I'm looking forward to seeing how this lilac color looks felted. It's an Irish wool I've never used before called Galway Highland and Heather.

All I have left to do with this crochet ring is to sew on the blue vintage button shaped like a heart. These rings are simple and fun to make and wear. I sold one in my Etsy shop.

I became just a little obsessed this week (and last) with my upcycled needle felted brooches which I have been adding to my Etsy shop. I love cutting them out and punching pretty colors of roving into their centers with my felting needles. I also enjoyed choosing vintage buttons for the felted brooches I made with button centers.

This upcoming week...who knows what I will be doing! Happy Fiber Art Adventures and stuff!

Fiber Arts Friday: My Continuing Fiber Adventure with Felted Brooches

Last Fiber Arts Friday, I posted about my brooches made from cutting funky flower designs from a felted lambswool sweater. I used some of my vintage buttons to create the center of the flowers which you can see here.

Well, this week I had the idea to needle felt the centers of some flowers with wool roving. I really like the result!

Needle felting gives the flowers dimension as the petals come forward when you needle felt around the base of the center.

I really enjoy needle felting. I'll have to try to use it more often in my work. Have a look at what others are doing this Fiber Arts Friday at  Alpaca Farm Girl. Happy Fiber Arting!

Playing with Barbed Needles: Needle Felting

Here is the result of my very first attempt to needle felt.

I needle felted my primitive cat in ivory and beige wool roving.

This flower was more like doodling with a pencil and paper. I had no plan when I started and just had fun with the roving and needle punch.

They were both worked on a felted swatch of stocking stitch knit from Briggs and Little Heritage Wool. The roving used for the needle felting is a combination of Briggs and Little Country and Louet roving.

I'd prefer a needle punch with a tapered handle, but this knob type seems to work well. I was a bit squeamish around the barbed needles. There are no injuries to report, yet.

Happy needle felting!