Felting Adventures

Recently I have begun to experiment with felting. So far I think it is a medium I could really get into. I don't tend to see much felted Steampunk clothing and I think it is very underused. The mixed colors and textures that are produced from felting are very unique and nothing else looks quite like it.

So far I've learned from felting that stabbing your fingers with felting needles hurts quite a bloody bit, putting your hand in boiling water is not a good idea, and as soon as your hands are covered in soap the cat will start to do very bad things.


This "doodle scarf" (as my sweetheart so aptly named it), is not specifically Steampunk in style on its own. However, I think that if it is used to compliment a clearly Steampunk outfit it will work quite nicely. The process I used to make this was very easy. I took some very loose yarn and cut it into long lengths. I then braided it together and repeatedly stabbed it into submission with a felting needle. I followed those steps repeatedly and pieced this scarf together from a bunch of different braids. To get the braids to attach themselves to other braids I simply placed the end of one braid onto another and used the felting needle to mesh them to each other. I plan on making more of these scarves, so a real tutorial complete with pictures will probably make an appearance within a fortnight. I tried to give myself a realistic time frame there, lets hope I can stick to it!

 This here is another felting piece I'm working on. It has been much more of a failure then I expected. The "doodle scarf" was quite the ego boost because it happened so smoothly. This one, however, did not felt together correctly and has holes and had bits falling off that I had to sew back on. I think that it didn't felt together correctly because I tried to use wool that wasn't the right texture for wet felting. I intend to use this as a shawl like thing in a gypsy costume and I making. Hopefully sewing some beads and other decorations on it will help hold it together.

Any tips and suggestions would be very welcome!