Wet Felting Vessels

After my big effort with weaving towels, I've found it hard to switch to wet felting and face all the big ideas I have. So I simplified and stuck to a comfortable pattern that I've made several times before - a circular resist - and added a little twist from elsewhere.

I have shared this link with a few fetters in our group: https://sherstival.ru/zapis/ . Its a Russian site that I seem to be able to display in english on my phone, but not my browser. The videos are in Russian as well, but you can still fast forward to the demos and follow along. The March 27 video has a demonstration on making thin leaves felted with silk fiber lines or thread. 

So that encouraged me to make a vessel with 4 layers of light grey corriedale fibre, lightly add purple fibre to the base, and decorate the top of the vessel with purple silk and some purple rayon thread I had on hand.

Two wet felted vessels by Carolyn Steele Lane

I have also been collecting gotland fleece and decided to wash up a bit of it and put it into a vessel. I used two layers of Corriedale wool roving and then for the next two layers, mixed the same corriedale in with some gotland that I had carded. I was impressed how well this vessel felted. And then I got carried away adding some of the locks I had just cleaned. Its beautiful stuff and so soft.

I hope you enjoy some more photos of these two vessels. Looking forward to seeing what everyone else is doing to keep sane during these strange times.

Stay well!

Carolyn Steele Lane