New Thing- Learn how to felt wool and make a little sheep
Inspiration: Ellyn, Rebecca, Little D., Mimi (D.'s stuffed sheep)
Time: About 2 hours
Bottom Line: Baa
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| Little Sheep |
Reflection:
My friends Ellyn and Rebecca from Bethlehem are the type of
people who are very good at making "crafty" things look easy. Amongst
their many talents is the ability to felt wool into beautiful little dolls and
animals (and other things I am sure). Well, today, I wanted to try my hand at
this old art form so I found a beginners kit on-line and tried my hand at
making D. a little lamb for her Easter basket. Sheep are her favorite animal since her lovey
(Mimi) is a sheep. (Also, the lamb is a perfect Easter symbol since Christ was the
True Pascal Lamb and we celebrate his sacrifice and resurrection then. But
mostly, she just loves sheep.)
Felting, for those who may not know,
is achieved by taking a felting needle (which is barbed on the end and hurts
like heck when you stab yourself in the finger--which you almost certainly
will) and rapidly sticking into wool causing the fibers to gather together
more-and-more tightly.
Eventually, you will make a tight
little ball or a smooth piece of felt depending on what what you are going for.
Then you attach the pieces together with the same technique until you have made
something. Above and below is my little something, and
while it did not come out nearly as cute as the one in the pictures on the kit, it still
has a certain charm, I think.
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| ok- maybe the cat does not love it. |
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