Lets see...how do I explain felting in my own words? Felting is fusing fibers together in order to bring them together or fuse together. Do you see the small round fuzzy balls on your wool or acrylic blanket? or your wool sweater? That is a form of felting.
As an art form, people take long strands of wool fibers and fuze them all together using felting needles. Felting needles are not to be taken lightly. Even though they are very small they are very very very sharp and have barbs on them to fuse the fibers together. They bend on one end to make a handle. The felting needles are a bit longer than regular needles and are usually the same length but the thickness will change according to the size.
I think felting teaches you anger management. It helps vent out all the anger. It also teaches you to "manage/control" that anger. Because if you don't control your movement, you will jab yourself in your fingers! Learning to felt is somewhat similar to riding a bike. Just like you fall at least twice before you learn to ride a bike, you will jab yourself twice before you learn to felt.
Here is my first attempt at felting. I took this mini class and Tina taught me how to felt. It was a class to make mini sized lady bugs but I made him a pincushion instead. So about 30 minutes of felting and 2 jabs later, I ended up with this handsome fella. He is about 2.5 inches long and about 2" high.
5 comments:
Heera you did good. It is a cute little pin cushion. I am hoping to do some felting but not this type. I don't think I could stick out too long poking the fibres. I stop with poking fibres onto dolls heads LOL!
Heera- Your ladybug pin cushion is precious. And you say this is your first felting project.....awe come on, your kidding right?
He's an adorable ladybug. Hmm, now why did I automatically think it was a he? You'll bring it to the next meeting, right?
Ohh I just Love your Love Bug Heera..Felting I wish I could do it, I'd love to see how it is done on a on hand class..Hey come on over and we can do this together alrighty!! Hugs Sherrie
Cute ladybug and felting is something I have never tried except like Shashi I have only felted hair into dolls heads. Bravo, well done!
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