felting exchange

I got an email

that the little felted piece arrived safely

(it was a bit of a puzzle to get it 

in an envelope)

So here it is

(20 x 20 cm)

(+/-  8 x 8 ")

When we friends of the felting exchange

came together last October

at Margriet's house, she gave each of us a little present :

a small plastic bag with some wool, silk paper,

a bit of lace, fluffy yarn, silver thread,

all in dark blue and white.

(Her own theme for the year was

"lace, ribbon, glitter stone")

We didn't have to use it for her felted piece,

but I just thought it was fun that I did !

And the "spikes" ... they just popped into my mind

when I was thinking what to make for her ...

the making of

drying

and stitching

(beads for the "glitter")

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I just realized I didn't show my piece for April

(that arrived just in time there)

That theme was "flutter beast"

Since I made already a butterfly for someone else

I made a bird instead

a seagull

(ha ... and it was not 20 x 20 cm)

Though we do not really live near the sea

these gracious birds are often flying here

with their bigger gray "nephews"

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Some more pictures of daughter's beautifully knitted

"Buurman en Buurman"

I spare you delicate souls the totally naked picture :

they come as Mother Nature makes boys

(only their hats have to stay on) 

Canadian connection

Sometimes there are small miracles

that appear out of the blue !

You might remember

that I posted about a scarf I was knitting

with an intricate pattern.

(the "petalcowl")

Originally it was knit in the round

(which I managed to do)

but I wanted to do it again, but now flat.

I had this wonderful yarn for a long time in my stash
and started right away,

thinking I would have enough

to finish the scarf.

But oh dear ...

I soon realized 2 balls weren't nearly enough !!!

I found out right away 

that this particular colour was discontinued !

So WHO could help me ?

I tried several people on "RAVELRY"

who said they had this yarn in their stash .....

After a few days, and negative answers .....

there was this sweet lady, all the way in Canada,

who said I could have her yarn !!!

She posted it right away !

Very special was that she remembered her father telling

he loved Holland, which he (as a young soldier)

had helped liberate in WW II

(I made her a sweet return package 

with some postcards and other goodies)

Last Wednesday Janie's package finally arrived YIPPIIIIIEEEE

(she was already worried and had told me

the Canadian post was slow ...)

YES ! two balls wonderful Mini Mochi  !!!

Mmmmmm knitting again !

Lucky me

THANK  YOU  SOOOOO  MUCH  JANIE !

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For the market I finished the two new

necklaces

"Droplets"

One side of the "drops" is blue,

the other side purple

(I stitched the edge with cotton perlé)

"Rainbow"

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And ohhhh ....

what this little naked guy is doing in my garden ...

I will explain later

;-)

it's not easy being green

It's only logical :

when you like it when you do something

you do it again.

After the mermaid was finished
(I did sew on some more sequins and beads)

I started on a new doll right away !

I had some more ideas in my mind after I had noticed 

that other mermaid on the pinterest board ...

a green man or woman !

You could say, this one is not green of envy, but green of ivy

(that's because I came across this dried ivy leaf in a book ...)

Then I thought about that wonderful BBC programme

"It's not easy being green"

where Dick Strawbridge is focusing on how to live

an environmental friendly, low impact life !

And of course there were the faces ...

the ones I did during Jude Hill's Patchwork Beasts Class

Faces for beasts, for who or whatever ...

never used, untill now.

The leaf, the head and the face

but .... I wasn't happy with the way the leaf veins turned out ...

so I pulled out the light green merino !

(a lot to choose from)

This is more like the original colour.

She got arms and legs, I made a template for a backside

of brown wool, then stitched the two sides together

and filled it loosely up with more wool.

Mrs. Green 

Well isn't it a coincidence that I made this green lady

at this moment ?

Today and tomorrow are special "SAVE OUR SOILS" days !

or here

(hmmmm ... they say : coincidence does not exist)

little man

Remember this little person ?

He was swimming in his soapy pool awhile ago.

It took some time, but he slowly evolved ...

First he was waiting for some decent trousers

( jeans like a real sixties guy )

Then again after some days :

he was patiently waiting for his sweater of true Noro Kuryeon Sock yarn.

.....

"Ooooh my goodness, mam

do you see this ?

I can't go out like thát !

Can't hear a thing

and

   no hair ... "

Finally this morning

( on Feather Friday )

I gladly submitted to his wishes ...

and he could go out all by himself !

 I love him, and I think I call him Gabriel

( someone will definately know why )

Before you're asking : is he alone in the house ...

O no, I can assure you .....  he is nót !

( and there are many more )

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And don't forget, it really was Feather Friday :

the last of  four

ready to fly to the other side of the ocean

( this last one was inspired by the five young swans who are grooming

and taking flying lessons right across our garden )

something new

Always when I'm floating around on the internet

I find new interesting things and ideas.

Quite some times I'm amazed

what people are making :

so many beautiful things are being made !

In the "felting business" I like very much what Gabi is doing :

I love her animals and "persons"

they're friendly and funny !

( I love it when people put some humour in their art,

like Annette Quentin-Stoll who wrote two wonderful books about felting )

I did my first try-out on figures a few days ago :

a little chicken

... and admired Gabi's work a lot more after that !

She gave a lot of good advise on her site

( but I had to cheat at the comb and the tail :

sorry, I used a felting needle ...! )

Although this wet-felting figures technique isn't quite so easy

I had another go today.

... started wrong, cheated again, this time with thread and needle ...

... had some better wool to fit all together ...

( a lot depends on the kind of wool you work with ! )

... and here the little fella finally was after some good hours of work

in his own soapy swimming pool !

I like him ( her ? )

although there isn't a real face yet.

That will come later

( and hair and cloths ofcourse .... )