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| Hand dyed felt book cover |
The yarn I had ordered arrived quite quickly so I’ve been
knitting furiously, a couple of cowls and four scarves. I
also attended a class on knitted/felted jewellery in which I produced a ring
and a necklace. The lady who took the
class had made some woven some absolutely gorgeous, elegant wraps/shrugs in
beautiful colours and, I’m afraid, I succumbed to temptation and bought
one. I’ve worn it 3 times already and
it has been much admired – money well spent, I say.
Last Saturday’s Fair
at Ullett Road was very successful - it was in a beautiful building, and there
were plenty of people about, especially in the morning. I sold a warm, wool and taffeta scarf which
I was quite fond of and Liz sold a sparkly knitted scarf as well.
On Sunday, I had intended to go walking, but opted, in the
end to go to see a wind band masterclass in the afternoon and a concert by a
local symphony orchestra in the evening.
The Master Class was held at Hope University- what a lovely building set
in a little oasis of peace so close to the bustling city. I always find masterclasses fascinating and
this was no exception – the final performance of the piece that the massed
bands had worked on was great. In the evening, our eldest grandson was one of the
percussionists in his first ever classical concert and we were really proud to
see him there amongst all the seasoned (and much older) players. He very much looked the part too!
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| cobweb scarf |
I’ve been working hard to produce items to sell at the 8
craft fairs we’re going to between now and 10th December. The felt I dyed last week has already been
turned into two diary covers – I sold one before I could photograph it but
there is a picture of the other one.
I’ve done a bit more experimenting with nuno this week as well – the
first experiment didn’t go too well but I salvaged a cobwebby scarf from that
effort.
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| red nuno scarf, hand dyed |
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| gold nuno scarf |
The experiment continued, this
time, I used a white silk chiffon scarf and undyed wool and some silk fibres. The scarf felted very well, but the result
was not quite as I’d wanted - a bit thicker than I anticipated and not as
textured. I decided, because the silk
didn’t show up very well, to dye it red which made quite a difference and, with
the spare dye I dyed some wool tops a lovely baby pink. The third try produced a much better result
. Again I used a silk chiffon scarf, but
this time a much finer layer of gold wool and silk fibres – the scarf is much
lighter and has something nearer the texture I was hoping for. I’m still going to have another go at getting
the result I envisaged. Watch this
space!
Today, we’ve been at the Adult College at Lancaster where we
always enjoy ourselves, the staff are always
so helpful and welcoming – I think they were disappointed by the turnout but,
as far as we’re concerned, it was fine, in fact, I’ll need to make some more felt
for book covers before next week!
Tomorrow, we’re off to the Mansion House, a lovely building
in St. Helens, for their Christmas Fair, so the busy weekend continues.
