{"id":8830,"date":"2019-07-24T09:28:58","date_gmt":"2019-07-24T16:28:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/?p=8830"},"modified":"2019-08-05T13:07:33","modified_gmt":"2019-08-05T20:07:33","slug":"shibusa-felting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/2019\/07\/shibusa-felting\/","title":{"rendered":"Shibusa felting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m starting a new activity under the guidance of India Flint in the course being (t)here 2019: shibusa felting.<\/p>\n<p>The first step was to locate some roving. I was going to go to the yarn shop in Bangor, but before I could get there I found a sweet ball of it for sale at the Ellsworth Farmer&#8217;s Market by vendors Mountain Foot Farm.<\/p>\n<p>Then I made the pre-felts (shown below).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8828\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/img_7451.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/img_7451.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/img_7451-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Steps:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Lay out scraps of roving vertically, then horizontally, on a sushi mat<\/li>\n<li>Garnish with a few bits of dyed mohair (optional &#8211; I have a bag of this and I&#8217;ve been looking for a way to use it!)<\/li>\n<li>Roll around a length of pipe and secure with rubber bands<\/li>\n<li>Soak in hot water<\/li>\n<li>Roll back and forth on the marble countertop for a few minutes<\/li>\n<li>Open and disentangle wool from pipe and mat. Lay it at a 90 degree angle and reassemble.<\/li>\n<li>Roll a few more minutes.<\/li>\n<li>Open and squeeze extra water out of prefelt. Do not wring!<\/li>\n<li>Allow to dry.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Then I chose fabric and threads to stitch as the front and back cover for the prefelts. So far I&#8217;m using:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Nicola&#8217;s gift of light green eco-dyed silk from South Africa<\/li>\n<li>Pieces of eco-dyed silk scarf I made in Susan Smith&#8217;s workshop<\/li>\n<li>Pieces of habotai silk dyed with bits of marigold and calendula from A Verb for Keeping Warm.<\/li>\n<li>Threads from Beautiful Silks dyed by me. Red cabbage, maybe?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>So far I&#8217;ve stitched two. The silk-wool sandwich is lovely to stitch into, although I have to resist feeling that I&#8217;m making a potholder or a baby diaper.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8829\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/img_7458.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/img_7458.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/img_7458-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Will keep working and await the further installment of instructions from India Flint next new moon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m starting a new activity under the guidance of India Flint in the course being (t)here 2019: shibusa felting. The first step was to locate some roving. 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