My older sister lives in Gloucestershire and is seemingly so talented at all the textile based crafts she's ever tried it's ridiculous. She sells a few bits & pieces, has had shows of the bags and so on that she's made, and has had commissions for her beautiful embroidered pictures. She's a bit of an inspiration and I hope she realises that.
Anyway, when we were visiting her and her family in January she had been making some sculptural pieces in felt. She gave my little sister and I a quick lesson in felting and we were both fired with enthusiasm, As usual I went off and poked around Amazon and bought myself a book, Gillian Harris's Complete Feltmaking. I though it would get filed away on the shelf with all the other crafts I'd like to try and probably won't ever find time for. I was quite interested in the needle felting projects - all that washing and rubbing calls for a more dedicated crafting space than I have at the moment.
Then I saw these felted eggs over at Betz White's blog and realised I simply had to have a go. I tracked down some supplies at Rainbow Silks (fantastic mail order service and naturally dyed wool too) and yesterday the postman arrived with a big fat envelope which is always very exciting! Last night I had a go at making some eggs - they're a bit fuzzier than I'd like, probably they need a bit more stabbing (I can see this becoming a brilliant stress reducer).
The girls got hold of them before I got up this morning and when I came down they were having egg and spoon races with my beaded spoons. Ah.
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