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Well, I certainly hope it will work! But I will let you know anyway!!! You might have to wait a while though, as it will be a few days before I get back to it. Life always interrupts my play, and...

Thanks for sharing this, your work is soo well made, and conceived!

Stunning stuff !

These are my 2 experimental pieces so far:

I separated the locks, picked out inclusions and gave them a scour. (they were very dusty)
I then laid the locks out in a row all loose ends facing in...

Hi,
I'm afraid you will have to wait on the photos till.next week though!
I am away at the moment.

Warning! Still experimental at the moment!
The piece that I am working on is not near...

Hi Parvana,

What do you mean by pelts!
Do you mean loose locks felted at the back to resemble a sheepskin (alpaca skin)???
By springy, do you mean that the front (end)of the locks are loose?...

There is a guild of weavers, spinners and dyers in Edinburgh that you can join. Just google it!
I recently joined one in my area Dumfries, and it is brilliant. So much to learn and wonderfull people...

Seen that the issue is now sorted, thanks! She did let me know.
I am just finishing off projects and looking at sewing machines at the moment though, so not in the market till I've done that. Your...

Soo much help!

I will really look out for that model particularly then, as I have loads of leather that I would love to incorporate.

'Oh joy ' you are all fantastic!

Have a great day!

Thank you so very much for the advice,
It's great that you gave me model and numbers.


I had a look at your website and after seeing what you do, that I think that I might just look more...

Thank you for that,

I had a look at the Toyota machine,and also looked on amazon (not very good reviews re the tension though and other reviews state that the stitching is uneven).

I'll do...

Thanks for the advice,
I have had an old singer in the past it was wonderful,as was the Nechhi that I stupidly gave away before relocating to the Uk. I wont be bothering with a computerised machine,...

Hi there,
Thanks for the help,
I did try the link , but it goes nowhere, a comparison site would be great,as the one that I found only has American models.I had thought about a second hand machine,...

Thanks for that, but that is not an option for me!

I live in a small town, and as I am a carer, I cannot go and look myself at sewing shows, which will only be happening next year, and would...

I am in a state of confusion? What do I need to look for?
I want to make garments, bags etc and also some home furnishings in nuno ( silk,cashmere etc.), felt and other fabrics, possibly also...

I felted marino and BFL for boots.
It is harder to felt the BFL ,but the effect is interesting, though it is coarser. I did not blend it though,but got a nice random colouration. There are quite a...

No problem,
I just realised that I missed the last lines and so added them in!
what are you making, and please let us know what works?

Magic stuff!
A brilliant sculptor!
I have worked with many sculptors when we had our foundry,and though the material is different,the results speak for themselves!
Most of them said that...

Here are some recipes and info I saved for myself a while ago.

I have not yet used them as my lampshade did not need it!, but Thought it might help.

I posted them on another thread but am not...

Really glad that I could be of help!

I AM A BIT OF AN INFORMATION HOARDER!!!!!!!
Some is more useful than others!

Did you know that you could also add scent to a starch mixture?

Hi there,
Just got this message when trying to look at your site?

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You have asked Firefox to connect
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Hi there,

I saved some info on stiffener which I will attach below. Various sources.
I have not used these methods yet, as I did not need them for my lampshade in the end, but the info might help...

Thanks for the welcome,

I will sort out my stuff and update shortly, as soon as I have figured out the technicalities of the website and the settings of my browser etc.

I am far better at...

Here are some recipes and info I saved for myself a while ago.

I have not yet used them as my lampshade did not need it!, but Thought it might help.

As I saved them on word I cannot seem to...

Hi there,
I just a quick introduction. I am fairly new to felting,I got going earlier this year because I wanted to make lampshades (done) ,and then got carried away! I always was interested in...