This better weather really has lifted my spirits.. made me realise the months of constant rain had gotten me down more than I knew. I just HAD to make something 'Springy'.. but what?
Looking at all the green shoots appearing, a hat grew in my mind :)
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| An oddly shaped beret.. with 3 fine layers of merino and tussah silk fibre in several shades of green |
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| 3 green felted cords with fluffy root ends |
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| adding to the outer layer black and green silk fibre and a spiral.. looking like a hedgehog with crazy eyes at the moment :) |
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| attaching the fluffy roots of the cords to the ends of the 3 spikes to become tendrils |
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| Now it looks like a tentacled deep sea beasty with a big eye :) |
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| marking the head opening with tailors chalk |
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| cutting a strip from the piece removed.. I stretched this strip out, felting and shaping it till it was solid |
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| Fully felted and rinsed.. sitting on a hat block to dry.. I needed more height to allow for the tendrils |
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| The strip from earlier became a small upturned brim.. I securely hand stitched it in place after drying |
I hand stitched glass, stone and copper beads and findings on as and where they felt right
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| From the back.. |
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| and front.. |
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| copper and stone |
7 comments:
Gorgeous! Love the texture of the felted wool. A wee bit of the rasta thing going on there!
Thanks Kerry :) Gotta love dreads! xx
Very nice and organic! I like it! :-)
This is really beautiful.
Thank you :)
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I always love how your hats turn out. I can totally relate to dreary weather blahs, luckily ours probably don't last near as long as yours do. Spring is just around the corner.
Thanks Kelly :) We've had beautiful sunshine for the last 4 days.. it's been a real treat (I keep wondering when it's going to go cold and dreary again..)
xx
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