Great idea. Thanks for sharing this Kim. I've been curious how these are felted. I guess a larger version with the whole fleece are how they make those humane pelts.
Hi Kim, I hope you're OK xx ❣️ Thankyou so much for sharing this video podcast. I love watching your processes on all your Fibre Art contents., they're so very interesting and informative. Happy Making 💕🐏 Take care and stay safe Lots of love and Big Hugs Jen xxxx ❤️❤️🫂🫂
Wow, this is truly a long process 🥵 Thanks so much for explaining and sharing it all. This is something I want to try. I was wondering if you could do a few cold rinses of the fleece and then start felting? That could get a lot of the dirt out.
I will ask other felters about this, but I believe it would not work as well to rinse the fleece first. It would certainly add a step since the fleece gets cleaned during felting. My thoughts are that washing first or rinsing first will mess up the locks just enough to make getting a good layout very difficult. Again, I will ask the community and see what other felters say
hey, thank you for your detailed video. ive tried to make one like this and i have a problem: on the one hand the tips/ locks are felting into the lower layer of felted wool, and the bigger problem, when its all finished it is vairy hairy and looses a lot of wool. i tried to fix it with needle felting wich is a loot of work and neither very satisfying. do you have any tips or tricks how to really felt in the locks ?
First of all, the type of wool you are using as your backing makes a HUGE difference. 2nd, how you lay your fleece wool determines how well it felts to the base wool. Make sure your locks are all cut side up, tips down. If your locks are longer than your frame or form is deep, then you may want to lay your locks in layers starting with center and overlapping locks so the cut ends are the only part that will be against the base wool. You want your locks nice and dense but those cut ends have to be against the base wool. Your base wool should not be as thick as I make mine in this video... continued in next comment
Part 2: Your base wool needs to go in layers in two directions so the fibers will mix and felt evenly. Make sure your layers are as even as you can get them. Once covered with mesh or thin fabric, use tons more soap and water than you think you need and rub as gently as you would a baby's back until the surface of your base wool quits sliding around. Then you can add a little more pressure as you go. Once the base wool is good and secure, massage the shit out of it. Dig your fingers into the base wool and scrub like your life depends on it. This won't take very long and you want to do this without the mesh until you see the underneath locks starting to come through your base wool
Hello! I’m planning my first wool rug and I have the unicorn power scour Fiber wash and fiber rinse ready. I noticed you used the hard block Soap, which is what I usually do use when Felting. Olive oil soap. Do you think it would be helpful to just skip that and use the unicorn for the entire process? Thank you, Jamie
You can use the Unicorn for the entire process if you want. I use homemade soap because it is much cheaper than Unicorn and wet felting uses a LOT of soap.
@@FairilyFiberFun perhaps if it’s scouring at the same time that it’s Felting, it’ll actually felt faster!? I’m just curious if the process of Felting is slow down because we’re using a less powerful soap
@fourwindsflowers the type of soap you use has nothing to do with the time it takes to felt. Your fibers are what makes a difference. When I make rugs like this using Merino on the back, it felts within minutes.
@@FairilyFiberFun good to know! I think I’m going to test with the exact same fleece and the exact same roving with my olive oil soap, and the unicorn scouring and see what happens. I’ve never used the unicorn scouring before.
@fourwindsflowers Unicorn scour does an excellent job of removing lanolin from your raw fleeces. Wet felting removes lanolin, too, so I've never tried that. Curious as to what your results will be
That's so cool kim thanks for sharing, love and hugs xx
Thanks! Love and hugs to you
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Thanks for this Kim. Very informative. 🙏🏻🥰
Your welcome Wendy!
Great idea. Thanks for sharing this Kim. I've been curious how these are felted. I guess a larger version with the whole fleece are how they make those humane pelts.
Yes, usually an entire fleece is felted to create those humane pelts. It's a fascinating process
Awesome video!
Thank you!
Hi Kim, I hope you're OK xx ❣️
Thankyou so much for sharing this video podcast.
I love watching your processes on all your Fibre Art contents., they're so very interesting and informative.
Happy Making 💕🐏
Take care and stay safe
Lots of love and Big Hugs Jen xxxx ❤️❤️🫂🫂
Hi Kim, Thankyou so much for the Heart Reply ❤️xx
Sending Heart back to you
Lots of love and Big Hugs Fibre Friend....Jen xxxx 🐏❤️❤️🫂
Thanks so much Jen!
I know it wouldn't be fiber related, but I would love a video about how to make apple butter. I forgot it was a thing and now I want some 🤣
Lol... hmm, I might eventually make a video about making apple butter. It won't happen this year
Wow, this is truly a long process 🥵 Thanks so much for explaining and sharing it all. This is something I want to try. I was wondering if you could do a few cold rinses of the fleece and then start felting? That could get a lot of the dirt out.
I will ask other felters about this, but I believe it would not work as well to rinse the fleece first. It would certainly add a step since the fleece gets cleaned during felting. My thoughts are that washing first or rinsing first will mess up the locks just enough to make getting a good layout very difficult. Again, I will ask the community and see what other felters say
hey, thank you for your detailed video. ive tried to make one like this and i have a problem: on the one hand the tips/ locks are felting into the lower layer of felted wool, and the bigger problem, when its all finished it is vairy hairy and looses a lot of wool. i tried to fix it with needle felting wich is a loot of work and neither very satisfying. do you have any tips or tricks how to really felt in the locks ?
First of all, the type of wool you are using as your backing makes a HUGE difference. 2nd, how you lay your fleece wool determines how well it felts to the base wool. Make sure your locks are all cut side up, tips down. If your locks are longer than your frame or form is deep, then you may want to lay your locks in layers starting with center and overlapping locks so the cut ends are the only part that will be against the base wool. You want your locks nice and dense but those cut ends have to be against the base wool.
Your base wool should not be as thick as I make mine in this video... continued in next comment
Part 2:
Your base wool needs to go in layers in two directions so the fibers will mix and felt evenly. Make sure your layers are as even as you can get them. Once covered with mesh or thin fabric, use tons more soap and water than you think you need and rub as gently as you would a baby's back until the surface of your base wool quits sliding around. Then you can add a little more pressure as you go. Once the base wool is good and secure, massage the shit out of it. Dig your fingers into the base wool and scrub like your life depends on it. This won't take very long and you want to do this without the mesh until you see the underneath locks starting to come through your base wool
I forgot to say... I found Merino is a fantastic base wool for the back of your rug... it felts super easy
Hello! I’m planning my first wool rug and I have the unicorn power scour
Fiber wash and fiber rinse ready.
I noticed you used the hard block Soap, which is what I usually do use when Felting. Olive oil soap.
Do you think it would be helpful to just skip that and use the unicorn for the entire process? Thank you, Jamie
You can use the Unicorn for the entire process if you want. I use homemade soap because it is much cheaper than Unicorn and wet felting uses a LOT of soap.
@@FairilyFiberFun perhaps if it’s scouring at the same time that it’s Felting, it’ll actually felt faster!? I’m just curious if the process of Felting is slow down because we’re using a less powerful soap
@fourwindsflowers the type of soap you use has nothing to do with the time it takes to felt. Your fibers are what makes a difference. When I make rugs like this using Merino on the back, it felts within minutes.
@@FairilyFiberFun good to know! I think I’m going to test with the exact same fleece and the exact same roving with my olive oil soap, and the unicorn scouring and see what happens. I’ve never used the unicorn scouring before.
@fourwindsflowers Unicorn scour does an excellent job of removing lanolin from your raw fleeces. Wet felting removes lanolin, too, so I've never tried that. Curious as to what your results will be
So if you want a bigger rug, do you use a bigger frame, or do you join the squares together at the end?
I would use a bigger frame to make a bigger rug