Yesterday I attended a fleece felting workshop. Honestly it has attracted me to learn to felt a whole fleece a long time now, but I would not know what to use the final fleece for. Then, the teacher of the workshop showed me that you can do a lot more when felting fleeces, e.g. you can felt several smaller pieces to be used a sitting cushions on a bench or chair. This was really attractive to me so yesterday I learnt how to do this. And here is the result:
The 'whole' fleece. |
I have parted it in two halves, for the sitting cushions, but you can still 'see' how the fleece has covered the back, neck and sides of the sheep before shearing.
This are the two separate sitting cushions:
The one to the right must be the tail side of the fleece. The shape is more square than the other halve. The side facing the grass is covered with brown mountain sheep fleece, much like the brown colour of the Oussant. This mountain sheep fleece is felted too and this keeps the Oussant fleece staples together.
The fleece in the pictureto the left must have been the neck side of the fleece. The side facing the grass is covered with a lighter colour of mountain sheep fleece, which you can see at the borders of it.
I feel that this is not the last time I attempt fleece felting!
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