Upcoming Felting Workshops

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Jennifer has been really busy teaching both needle and wet felting over the winter. She is always amazed to see the creativity that her students have, and their amazing creations.

Over the sumer we are expanding our felting courses. Both beginners and more advanced students are welcome. Wet felting courses include the basics, hat making, and nuno-felting. Needle felting courses we are holding include the basics, appliqué, as well as advanced techniques to create realistic wool sculptures.

Jennifer is also holding a wool painting course that takes felting to another level. Explore colour theory, composition, framing of the wool piece, and so much more. Use both wet and needle felting to create your piece.

More courses will be added soon!

Here are some of the amazing felted creations done during courses!

 

Happy Felting!

Family Day Felt-In

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Family Day was definitely a fun day for us. We were demonstrating at The 3rd Annual Family Fun Day will be held at the Royal Distributing Athletic Performance Cente, in Guelph. We had such a blast! So many kids and their parents came to see what we were doing. They all had a chance to try their hand at needle felting, and wet felting. They even got to bring a felted something home with them!

We are always amazed when felting wins out over bouncy castles! We even had one young lady stay around long enough to make a hedgehog that she could take home!

Our Store is FINALLY OPEN!

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We have been working on our store for a very long time. Frankly, it isn’t finished yet, but it is at least OPEN!

We are now offering a whole range of products:

  • lamb
  • eggs shares for the upcoming season
  • pasture-raised, non-GMO chicken shares
  • local wool
  • felting kits
  • felting supplies
  • eco-friendly dyes
  • education opportunities

All can be bought on-line, picked up, or shipped (except the food). More will be added as the season progresses!

Check it out!

Trillium Waldorf School – Felt-In Fund-raiser

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I am so thrilled and privileged to be running 2 felting workshops at the Trillium Waldorf School in Guelph.

Wet Felting is Sunday February 24, from 11-3pm.

Wet Felting Examples

Wet Felting Examples

Each participant will learn how to do basic wet felting. Beginning with a simple project, moving onto making a piece of felt fabric, and then onto making their final piece which is either a purse, book jacket, or scarf. In total people will make 2-3 items that they will be able to take home with them.

Class Outline:

  • Learning about the properties of wool.
  • Demonstration explaining how a raw fleece goes from sheep to felted item.
  • Teaching how to use the equipment – picker, drum carder, felting tools.
  • A starter project to get participants comfortable felting, learn the tactile qualities of felt, and get an idea of the time it takes to felt.
  • Mixing a base colour using the equipment for the second project.
  • Choosing embellishments for second project.
  • Making second project of felt fabric.
  • Lunch/Rest
  • Choosing final project of clutch purse, book jacket, or scarf.
  • Mixing a base colour for the final project.
  • Make the final project.
  • Needle felting demo.

Cost:  $55/person - $5 of each registration will go to Trillium Waldorf School.

 


Needle Felting is Sunday, March 3, 2013 11am-3pm

Needle Felting Examples

Needle Felting Examples

Each participant will learn how to needle felt three dimensionally, and applique, and/or paint with wool, depending on their time. If people attended

the wet felting workshop they are encouraged to bring their wet felted piece back to do some needle felting embellishment on it. If someone wants to concentrate on a larger wool sculpture, they will have the option of doing so instead of the applique and felt painting.

Class Outline:

  • Learning about the properties of wool.
  • Demonstration explaining how a raw fleece goes from sheep to felted item.
  • Teaching how to use the equipment – picker, drum carder, felting tools.
  • Learn how to create a 3-d needle felted object
  • Lunch/Rest
  • Learn to transfer and applique a design onto another fabric object.
  • If time, do a felt painting onto a sheet of wool.

Cost: $50/ person - $5 of each registration will go to Trillium Waldorf School.

 

 

People interested in attending one or both workshops are asked to contact:

Leah Herman at leah.c.herman [at] gmail.com

 

A New Ewe

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Blackie, our new ewe!

Blackie, our new ewe!

Her arrival was uncerimonial to say the least, but we are very happy that she is here. Introducing Blackie, our new ewe.

Blackie arrived from Quebec on the evening of Friday February 1. She, and her people had had a long drive and were glad to finally stop. It was dark, cold, and she was quite content in her truck, but our place was her final destination. I picked her tiny frame (very tiny, she is just knee high) up off the truck, and placed her on the snow. She didn’t mind her halter, but wasn’t too sure about this cold white stuff under her feet again. Blackie felt VERY pregnant.

She hesitantly at first, but after the sheep treat was introduced, joyfully walked to her new stall. She will be in there until she lambs, which shouldn’t be too long now. Everyone was surprised to find her user so full, and imagine my surpass, when on Monday I felt her user again and she presented it to me. Lamb following soon!