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| The review of the raw fleece (local Tunis). This stinky fleece cannot come into the house, so must be felted outside! |
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| Hmm, I appear to have a table issue. Remedy entails moving dye kitchen. This is not going to happen. Guess we are working square! |
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| Ohhh, the lovely Tunis batt that I had washed and carded locally. I only had to wait 4 months and pay a small fortune. I'm thinking "worth it", at this moment! |
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| Layout begins. This is 2 layers where I split the batt and laid out strips. I then decided to move to shingles to make it more uniform. It also fluffs up the fibres a bit more allowing everyone to get friendly. Garage door partly down to protect from the breeze. |
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| 4th layer is layer of natural fine merino. "Why?", you ask? Merino will be my little insurance policy assisting in the wet out. I am putting it in the middle. It's my condiment. Everyone loves a good condiment. Merino is my mayonnaise, if you will | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | . |
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| Another layer of Tunis over the Merino |
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| ...and another. That's 6 layers total so far. |
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| A pat down that would make Homeland Security proud. |
Then I took a break for coffee and to create this post. The layout only took about 1.5 hours. Not bad. I can actually layout shingles better, quicker and more evenly than I can split the batt. Much better for me. Okay. I have another hour before I have to hit the shower to get ready to head out with the family for a bit. I would like to be ready to wet out before we go. you know I will keep you posted.
...I'm baaaack. I have determined a raw fleece rug is like childbirth. I must have forgotten the trauma from the last one a few years ago and, in spite of no good reason, decided to do it again. The poop was ridiculous. Just like childbirth also followed by whining, tantrums and more poop.
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| Laying the raw fleece on top took minutes. Unrolled it, voila! added a silvery circle. |
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| Icelandic detail |
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| Wet out begins |
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| after some felting (rolling) |
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| It is so heavy that I cannot drag it towards me as I roll it up requiring me to climb on the table. My effort to stay poop free in vain. |
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| Oh, so amused. Standing in rivers of sheep shit. Rivulets running down my legs. Nice. |
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| Progress. Brought to you by the letter "O". |
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| friggin' heavy | | | | | | | |
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| Fulling | | |
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| My shadow is now very long and my energy short. Time to leave this where it is and pick it up again tomorrow. |
I will keep you posted!
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5 comments:
fascinating can't wait for the next installment
Wow.. I kinda hope I'm never so committed to felt-making that 'rivulets of sheep shit' run down my legs.
Thanks for sharing the process with us! Hope you got to take a very long shower after that :)
Lol...Yes, I actually showered with my clothes on first and Shana, oh, you just wait.
I love the texture of the rug! But, I'm not sure I could deal with the sheep poop...lol! I admire your commitment to the art and craft of felting. Thank you very much for posting the process. I have been curious about using raw fleece. One of these days I will probably talk myself into trying it, so it is good to know what's involved. :)
Great job and sence of humor :) so interesting what you will do next.
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