Wednesday 16 October 2013

More Skill Sharing - Felt

Making real wool felt
Peter carding raw wool fibres, to untangle them.
 Removing the carded fibres,
Ta-da - part 1
The fibres are laid out in alternate horizontal / vertical layers,
then subjected to much friction and some lathering,
before being rolled up in bubble wrap and ridged matting, rinsed and subjected to more friction.  

Ta-da - part 2 - still to come!

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