11th October 2014

We had a lovely sunny afternoon trying our hand at making lace felt. With trays at the ready and fibres ready to lay down, the hard work began. It wasn’t too much of a workout but making lace felt is nice and quick and can be made into brooches or panels. This fabric is lovely to stitch and bead into as well.

Making more peicesReally working hard to felt the fibresThe starting pointLearning the processFun had by all A variety of colour ways A fine layerLaying the fibres onto the plastic bag A good choice of colours Pulling the fibres Lovely and lacey A fine example Variation of coloursA streak of colour  Using pastel colours Lovely and lacey A fine example A finished piece Layering a different colour Pulling the fibres Chosing the colours Lace felting in actionDesign process  Fibres ready for felting Lace felt after drying Felt in progress Lace felt ready for layering Selecting the merino wool Thinking of the next stage A finished brooch