I couldn't wait today to get all the bits and pieces of tissue silk and wool out and create my own Nuno scarf. The tutor completed one at the workshop I attended last Saturday so I used some of her ideas and took them a step further. In places I ended up with 3 layers of fabric and as my design was made up of a series of circles and semicircles the felted effect was raised circles, so I called my creation the Nipple Scarf. There are 4 quite different nipples, 2 of which are pictured here. The scarf is extremely light-weight, but will be warm with the wool down the edges.
It took me about an hour to lay it out and once completed I had no preconceived idea what it was going to look like when felted. The rolling took about 45 minutes and then the felting took about another 30 minutes. Of course inbetween there were lots of Dietcokes with ice to combat the 34 degrees and rests for the weary arms. I probably filled in about 3 hours and it was wonderful watching the dramatic changes during the process.
I have lots of ideas to try, but probably won't get back to it again till the end of the week. I can't wait......
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