The Craft Club got together again recently to do some wet felting. I wanted to try out little Liam’s fleece to see how well it would felt. Liam is my young Icelandic sheep, who was sheared for the first time this spring. I picked and then washed his fleece in my washing machine (being careful not to agitate it in any way) with Dawn detergent. It took a couple days to dry. I do love the light gray color, almost like a tweed. I hand carded a small portion for us to use in our felting. We all made small felted pouches, with varying degrees of success. I took a class on wet felting at the Michigan Fiber Festival last summer. I am pleased with my cellphone case, but may decorate it with needlefelting. Liam’s fleece felts beautifully, very fast felting. I will work on carding more of it, and plan to make a tiny camera case and then a purse. I’ll have to make slippers this fall.

Let me know if you do any felting, and what successes you’ve had.

Soon I will be able to upload pictures of the critters to this blog!

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