Picasso' felted and Alun's knitted



Laying out before felting

On 2 May I wrote about dying the fleeces of Picasso (suri) and Alun (huacaya) pink.  Most of this has now been transformed - Picasso's into a felt scarf/belt and Alun's into a knitted square which has been chain stitched to a felt square.

Picasso's suri fleece was not carded - rather I just pulled the curls apart and in the felting process the little curls come back.  If the fleece is carded, you lose most of the curl.  First I put down a very fine layer of white merino as this helps the suri to felt  more easily.  Then I randomly laid down the pink and brown/pink curls and finally put a couple of white merino halos.  I was very happy with the result and had to wear it the following day.

I had 2 shades of pink using Alun's rose brown fleece, so I spun both the then plied them together to get a multi coloured 2ply.  I chose a square out of my book of squares and after finishing it, felted some of Alun's natural fibre and dropped some of the 2 ply wool into the felt during the process.  Finally I used chain stitch to attach the knitted piece in an offset style. This square is part of a much larger project, hopefully which will be completed later this year!