[Jacob-list] rug felting

[Heather Fogel]

We can put up a gallery on our websight.  Just email me any photos that you 
want to show, and I will put up a link.

Heather Fogel
Stewart, MN
heather at littleshadyacres.com
www.littleshadyacres.com
Home to Jacob sheep, Soay sheep and many chickens.


Quoting Bill Thompson <Emma at netins.net>:

> Hi again    
> Several of you have written you have tried rug making, and different
> materials for doing it.  One of the neat things about working with wool, or
> felting etc is the only thing stopping you from doing it is not trying.  The
> most exciting part of the whole thing is that we can turn our truly unique
> wool into another sellable product.  Not everyone spins etc.  
> 
> When you do get the hang of "wet felting" the possibilities just go from
> there.  Clothing, toys, chair pads and on and on.
> Color can be painted on with dye, colored wool added before you start, inlay
> soft felted shapes or needle felt before you start wet felting.  We have been
> doing this with the felt covered soaps.  At a demonstration we did in another
> county this summer, several of the men asked if "after harvest" I would teach
> them how to make the rugs to lie on when they need to get under the tractor.
> Who knew, and they want to make them themselves!!!!!!!!!!!!
> 
> I feel very strongly about promoting our darlings for more than their good
> looks, or if they taste good, even though I am not sure of my love for my
> rams right now.  
> 
> I am computer phobic, but when I can get some help, maybe we can set up a way
> to have a picture gallery of what we can to non-traditionally with our
> Jacobs.
> 
> Keep in touch,,,   Lou Anne in S.W. Iowa
>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: gordon johnston 
>   To: jacob-list at jacobsheep.com 
>   Sent: Monday, November 10, 2003 6:26 PM
>   Subject: [Jacob-list] rug felting
> 
> 
>   Hi Lou Anne
>   I for one would love the instructions for rug felting. I think it is
> wholely appropriate to the list - we all need things to do with our fleeces
> !
>   Juliet in Scotland UK
>