Showing posts with label wool. Show all posts
Showing posts with label wool. Show all posts

Tuesday, 24 January 2012

Soap felting!


Look what I bought myself this Christmas!
A jar of wonderfully soft blue fluffy stuff and some beautiful smelling soap.
It's a kit to felt soap from sfeltaccessories on ETSY


So the instructions looked pretty easy to follow.
I laid out the fluff in strands and then wrapped it around the soap. I did this a few times to make layers.


Then I had to wrap it in a nylon net.


I had to rub it really hard under running hot water until the fluff didn't move anymore. Then it was time to unwrap. So exciting!


I got addicted after that!

It was lovely to use and lasted much longer than usual. The boys thought the colour was cool and the novelty of it actually got them using soap! It was easier for them to use as it wasn't slippery.

As we used it the soap the wool shrunk too and kept a tight fit around the soap. Apparently if we cut a slit in the finished pouch and fill it with lavender we could use it with a few drops of essential oil in a drawer.

In addition as wool is naturally antibacterial , breathable and odour resistant it will not hold germs. I'm hooked.


sfeltaccessories also sell other kits.
This one is for a bracelet or necklace.


If you can't be bothered with all that here's a few links to shops with felted soap.
The Rainbow Room (UK)
Vincent Palo (US)

 
Sapling Naturals (US)


Monday, 11 July 2011

Wool!



We went to a local country fair this weekend ' The Tendring 100 show'. What a brilliant day out! We came home laden with free gifts, full bellies and great memories. The children tried pond dipping, american football, golf to name a few. They decorated biscuits and
made craft items.
 The biggest marquees were full of groomed, brushed and clipped show animals. There were rabbits the size of a large babies, rats, chickens, cows, goats and dogs. My favourites were the sheep. This got me starting to think about wool. That and the crochet session last week! (I've had  another few goes and am slowly getting it)



I don't really know that much about modern techniques for making wool. I've had a go at the traditional carding methods and seen people spinning on a wheel. I thought I'd blog about that but then I found this super serene video on Youtube about hand spinning. Not for fun or to 'craft' but to keep warm and I had to share. My first try at adding a video to the blog. Fingers crossed!


Don't fancy all that hard work?
Please click on the images below for a direct link to FOLKSY and ETSY shops that both make and sell these amazing yarns.




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Winding the Skein
Alaskan Nancy
Nunnaba
Family Handspun
Abstract Cat Crafts
The Hen House