I made another felt flower hat. Here’s my friend Alex modeling it:
This time I did several different colors for the petals.
This hat is currently for sale at Weaving Southwest. Want a felt flower hat? Email me at twilly23 @gmail .com
Here’s my orange muffin looking adorable:
Pattern: mash up of several patterns
Source: N/A
Yarn: Lamb’s Pride Worsted Wool, 7 skeins, some partial
Needles: 6.0 mm
Size: custom
Modifications: N/A
Started: October 2011
Finished: November 2011
I felted my knit flowers in my little hand crank laundry machine. I threw in three tennis balls to help with the felting.
Felting is often a surprise craft. I like how the orange flower petals curled though I hadn’t intended it. The flower vine turned out super cute.
These flowers are currently for sale at Lori’s Yarn & Fibers store.
Here’s the pre-felt flowers:
My Sadness Jumped is a fiber art piece about grief and transformation. The dimensions are 32 1/2″ H x 26″ W x 3/4″ D.
The piece is needle felted and embroidered. A significant portion of the yarn is my handspun. The bridge is knit and sewn down.
A woman is standing alone on the Rio Grande Gorge Bridge at night. She is crying and her head is in her arms. Clear beads embroidered underneath her represent this.
Her tears fall off the bridge and transform into goddesses. Each goddess has a clear bead on the top of her head.
This art deals with my depression surrounding Thebes’ diagnosis of Crohn’s Disease. Over the winter we both feared he would die. In the months since he has healed considerably and while still sick he is doing much better.
One of lessons I learned from this experience is that out of grief and sadness comes hope and rebirth.
The frame was made by my friend Jim who also made The Portal frame.
My Twi signature on the front.
Here’s me with my piece at this year’s Taos Open.
I’ve been working on some small pieces lately. First up are some felt flowers for Lori’s Yarn Store (FB link).
They are partially felted and need another round or two.
There’s new yarn on my wheel. I’m teaching myself how to spin cocoons. They’re a little tricky but I think I’m getting the hang of it.
It’s probably overtwisted but I’m hoping I can correct that some during plying.
The deadline for the Taos Open is in five days. Am I done yet? Erm…not quite. I just have a few more details to add. Here’s a sneak peak.
One day I’ll get my art down way in advance of the deadline. A girl can dream right?
The deadline for the Taos Open is two weeks from today. I’ve been hustling on my Bridge piece. The bridge is complete. There is a woman on the bridge with her head on her arms.
She is grieving. I will be adding beads as her tears shortly.
Last night I did more embroidery on the river.
Much like Prana, Granola helps me felt.
When I brought in my Poppy Purse to Weaving Southwest they commented that people kept trying to wear my them. Could I make a hat? I said yes and went home to figure it out.
I made the petals small to lighten the weight of the hat. The smaller the petals the more the hat could hold. I used I-cord for ties. The I-cord trim made the hat a bit snug on my head. I’m sizing it as an adult small/children’s large.
Lion’s Brand felts so lovely.
I have a flower on my head!
I’m thrilled with how this turned out and plan to make more. I combined several patterns into a new pattern to make this hat. A bit more tweaking and I think I’ll have an easy pattern to work with.
The majority of this hat was knit during our Durango trip. Car knitting feels so productive:
Here’s Granola helping me put up laundry.
This hat is currently for sale at Weaving Southwest. Want a felt flower hat? Email me at twilly23 @gmail .com
Pattern: mash up of several patterns
Source: N/A
Yarn: Lamb’s Pride Worsted Wool, 4 skeins, some partial
Needles: 6.0 mm
Size: custom
Modifications: N/A
Started: July 2011
Finished: August 2011
The Taos Open is next month so I’ve been hustling on my art piece. It’s similar in a way to The Portal. I’m trying to develop a motif and look for my art.
I’m really happy with how the sky turned out. I’m also putting vegetation in the rock area with my usual embroidery.
After Chezzie’s death I wasn’t sure if I should continue with this piece right now. I meditated on it for awhile and it feels right to keep going with it.
I studied pictures of the Gorge Bridge because I want my bridge to look realistic.
I had white felted I-cord left over from The Portal that I used for the bridge. The metal under the hand rail still needs to be put in.
The river is coming along and will have lots of embroidery on it.
You can see some plants here by the river and tucked into the rocks.
I’ve reached the panic stage because the deadline is next month. This is a good phase though because I actually get a lot of work done when I’m in it.
This piece is self reflective and deals with depression, sickness, grief, letting go, destruction, creation, renewal and faith. I’m not ready to write about it just yet but will as it develops.
I made a few felt examples for my felt class back in May. One of them was this felt flower:
I felted a sweater and cut it up into triangles. Originally I intended to make felt bunting but the felt wouldn’t go through my sewing machine. It kept getting sucked into the bobbin hole. So I took a handful and handsewed them into a flower shape.
For the stamens I rolled up four of the triangles and sewed them into place. I sewed a recycled button into the middle.
Sieben and Granola like hanging out together outside.
We let the cats outside during the day but keep them inside at night.
When I brought my Sunflower Purse into Weaving Southwest to sell they requested a poppy one. Here’s my first poppy purse:
I left the leaves the same but the petals are different. I think it turned out well.
The colorway for the green is Grassy Knoll. I love how it felts up.
A peek at the pockets:
And a pre-felting shot:
I’m really happy with how much it looks like a flower. Will there be more of these purses in my future? Oh definitely. For now this purse is for sale at Weaving Southwest.
Want a felt flower purse? Email me at twilly23 @gmail .com
Pattern: Tentacle Purse
Source: Abbey
Yarn: Lamb’s Pride Worsted Wool, 5 skeins, some partial
Needles: 6.0 mm
Size: custom
Modifications: altered to look like a flower instead of tentacles
Started: May 2011
Finished: June 2011