our first go at *felting*
At steiner today, (on a gorgeous clear skied sunny day) we were talking about *w*i*n*t*e*r* and we all made cute little pink-and-purple felt hearts, which we stuffed with Peter's sheep's wool and stitched around the outside.
Cornelia also taught us how to "felt".. we arranged dyed/carded wool on little woollen squares and pricked a large needle through again and again to "stick" the picture on.
The finished square looks really funky. You can even make it into a cushion!!
posted by skatey katie @ 5:36 PM
5 Comments:
Nice! I love fabric arts.
what is steiner? is it a new zealand term that's going over my american head?:)
Very fun art!
yo sweetpea
you probably call it waldorf..
it's named after rudolf steiner whose educational philosophy it is.. we have friends who are steiner-people and caroline runs a wednesday at her farm for the home ed'ers..
we LOVE it !!!!!!!
Have I mentioned how much you are living my imaginary life? This looks like exactly the way kids -and moms! - should learn.
Oh, needle-felting. My son is in a Waldorf school here in NJ, and his teacher taught me the basics of needle-felting last winter. I made him a gnome and a goat. I have a kitty under construction, but not anywhere hear finished yet.
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