Felting with Pongee Silk
Earlier this month I finally managed to do some felting using the weld dyed silk from a previous post. I have been wanting to try pongee silk for ages and was amazed how easy pongee silk 5 felts. I placed merino tops and silk on a pongee silk scarf and felted it in exactly the same way as I would with silk chiffon.
Pongee Silk Scarf
Close up of Pongee Silk Scarf
 I also felted another pongee scarf with ‘bands’ of merino and silk.
Pongee Silk Scarf 2
Close up Pongee Silk Scarf 2
Last weekend Miriam and Marina, who have attended all my workshops, joined me in nuno felting a resist vest. This was also a first for me and was again something I have wanted to do but have ‘resisted’ (no pun intended) as it takes alot of space.  However, as there were only three of us there was loads of space and we decided to have a go. Felting a garment is a completely different ball game - apart from needing lots of space, it takes alot of time laying out and wetting out the fibre and then the garment is very heavy. Due to sheer exhaustion on all our parts we abandoned throwing our vests and look them home to finish.  The next day I finished hardening my vest and rinsed it and spun it in the washing machine. I am really pleased with the result.
Nuno Resist felted Vest
Close up of Vest
Tags: nuno felted scarf, nuno felting, nuno resist felt, Pongee Silk, pongee silk felt, weld
July 6th, 2010 at 9:53 am
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