I have been wanting to try this for YEARS! As usual, I collect “stuff” before hand, as I just know that I will do this someday. Well, well, someday finally came!
I drove to The Tin Thimble in Loomis, CA early in the morning wondering how this “Nuno Felting” would work. The “roving” above (loose fiber) I brought from home. It was hand dyed by Carin (the teacher’s sister) years ago.
They call that little bundle of colorful pieces of yarn, “yarn embellishments.” It will be a perfect addition. And I picked out a piece of iridescent silk, lighter than air, as the background for my scarf.
I learned how to pull “fluffs” of roving to fill in the spaces I needed to. In my case more is more, so I filled in the whole shebang! with just a small amount of the background silk showing on the sides.
I cut some of the yarn pieces into “confetti.” We’ll see how this works. And the other long pieces from that “yarn embellishment” pkg. I placed them into a pattern of sorts mostly straight linesand a few gentle curves.
Our fabulously talented teacher, Sharon Mansfield. And just look at the two other scarves on the table. A reversible scarf, and a collar/shawl (on the left).
We were taught that you can place your little fluffs in myriad patterns. And notice that instead of placing her design onto silk, this student is using cotton cheesecloth.
This is the coolest yarn ever! It is knitted first into a tube and then you get to cut it up any way you want to.
The finished scarf. Look how the edges of the cheese cloth rolled (it’s permanent) and the open spaces. I really like it. I would never have pictured using cheesecloth.
This student chose similar yarns and silk background to mine but look at how open hers is. You will really see the beautiful silk when it is finished.
Preparing for the felting process. There are many steps, but none of them are hard. The whole process was a soothing journey for me. No rush, rushing, like I usually do. Take your time here. You CANNOT hurry this process.
Water, soap, and pressure, are what make the silk and fibers stick to each other and stay. This students’ finished scarf is below, finished.
The student is in the background and Sharon (teacher) is modeling her scarf. She was so unhappy at first with what she had done (don’t know why, it is gorgeous), but her smile shows, she’s o.k. with it now after it’s finished.
I really like the simplicity of design on this scarf. The background is cheesecloth. Who knew that cheesecloth could look so classy?
And one more scarf using cheesecloth as the background piece. Very rich coloring and design.
And here is MY scarf. I like it. It’s warm and colorful in design.
Oh, look, it’s Petunia, the resident kitty of The Tin Thimble and the other shops located in this former fruit packing shed. What a sweetie.
Here we all are showing you are beautiful creations. Almost all of us signed up for class # 2. We had such a good time. Go here to learn more about their classes.
This scarf is so light and airy, I just love it. A selfie ’cause Robert was away for the day.
All that pressure, sudsy water, etc… really shrinks the fabric. I lost 1/3 of the original length. See the pretty, soft gathers? It happens as it shrinks, ha, ha, I can’t take the credit.
Straight lines of yarn become squiggly as they shrink up. It is such a serendipitous process. I just love it!
This scarf will be perfect for all seasons. I love how these colors have blended together.
A closeup of my “Summer Sunrise” scarf. Nuno felting is so much fun! 
So on the way home I decided my next project will be to create panels for the front and back of Tahoe to a “T,” my fast and easy rectangle Tunic for all sizes. Ohhhh yeah, it’s gonna be real nice!
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Matillija (spelling?) Poppies early evening in Nevada City, CA. The petals look like crepe paper.
Once these beautiful Poppies get established, they grow like CRAZY and don’t take lots of water.
Some days it’s just HARD! Ha, ha, HA!
This is SOOOO ME! The biggest reason is that I LOVE clothes! End of story.
Have a super creative weekend. No TIME you say! And I say, when it comes to creating Fiber Art, or ANY art for that matter, you can find 15 minutes a day to begin your next creative journey. Hugs, Heidi
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I LOVE your scarf! The colors are fantastic and so YOU! It’s just beautiful and fun. Can’t wait to see it in person.
Awww…thanks Mary. You’ll see it soon. It was truly a relaxing and fascinating class. I loved learning the history of Nuno Felting too. It came from the Mongolians over 4000 yrs. ago!!
Heidi, what a fun process! Your scarf is lovely!
Thank you Lisa. Not bad for my first try, ha, ha….The hand dyed roving…. hmm…I should dye my own….uh oh. Here I go again! Hugs, Heidi
I think your scarf turned out really well as the wool felted tight. I always love the crinkly effect of the silk side too as the textures are quite interesting. Great color combo too! Nice job!
Oh my goodness! Thank you so much for your kind words. And coming from someone who does felting (I see your cool felted hat and scarf in your little picture next to your name) that means so much. Hugs, Heidi