If you like being creative with colors, textures, and natural fibers then nuno felting provides all that. Initially I took a felting class to make embellishments for my contemporary quilted wall hangings. Now my studio is full of wool, yards of silk, dyes, yarn and a carder. It's been some time since I've worked with all the yards of beautiful batiks--eventually it will happen. There's just not enough time to make all the items that my mind creates.

One thing that I have found fun about nuno felting is that the results are often not what I expected, often they are better. It is fun to see the results of the color combinations as it looks different once the item is felted. Is it really possible to make an ugly piece? It would be difficult. To me the computer can be difficult but not working with fibers and fabric.


For this shawl I put down a light layer of fibers (purchased from Kathy Withers') and then laid down a hand-made boucle yarn that I had purchased in Taos several years ago. Then I added another light layer of wool. It certainly has the colors of the southwest and will be nice to wear on a cool eve or even in A/C.

This shawl, that I made for a friend, is lovely shades of cranberry embellished with mohair locks. It is much more interesting than I expected. I liked it so much that I made another one to sell.

Sometimes I get a little help from my friend, Foxy Lady. She likes to know what g0es on and checks all fibers that come into the house. She's plain nosey which is why she has only 7 of her 9 lives left.

In the next few days I plan to make totes from some wool that I carded today. We shall see how the color combinations turn out.