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Category Archives: felting
Nicosui and Harunobu Aihara: The Couple that Felts Together
Yuko and Harunobu Aihara felt together. The pair recently had a fiber sculpture exhibition called Ikimono Expo 2 at Gallery Choukou (ギャラリー澄光) near Okusawa station (on the Meguro line) that shows how creative and detailed needle felting can be. The … Continue reading
Posted in craft, felting, Interviews, Japan, Tokyo, Uncategorized
Tagged angels, animals, artist interview, Creativity, fiber art, Gallery Choukou, Haruobu Aihara, interview, needle felt, needle felting, needlefelt, Nicosui, soft sculpture
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Hand-stitched Piggy Charm
Walking around in Jiyugaoka in December I came across a branch of Hobbyra Hobbyre. This store sells higher end yarns, fabrics (Liberty Cotton mainly) for quilting, sashiko (a Japanese embroidery style) supplies and some small toys. I looked in the … Continue reading
A Cup Cosy for All Seasons. Sock Monkey vs. Hello Kitty
Maybe I’m excessively delicate, but I don’t like to hold on to a cup that is burning hot or a cup that is icy cold. I feel guilty when I use the paper cup holders, sleeves, cosies, whatever you want … Continue reading
Posted in craft, crochet, design, felting, Uncategorized, Yarn Addiction Thursday
Tagged coffee, crochet, cupholder, hello kitty, pattern adaptation, sock monkey, stashbusting
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Mission Yarnpossible: Helsinki
So the next Yarnpossible mission in my European adventure was to find some yarn in Helsinki. Thank heavens for ex-pat sites and blogs. If you are travelling to a foreign country, I really recommend checking out some ex-pat sites. Knitmap.com was … Continue reading
Posted in craft, crochet, felting, knitting, travel, Uncategorized, Yarn Addiction Thursday
Tagged Florica, Helsinki, Huopanen, Knitting, Lanka Deli, Novita, review, rihiivilla, wool, yarn
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Mission Yarnpossible: Tallinn
Our trip to Tallinn was a complete surprise and totally unplanned. We read about the ferry from Helsinki to Tallinn in a brochure in our hotel room. The Old Town in Tallinn, Estonia is a UNESCO world heritage site for … Continue reading
Posted in craft, felting, knitting, travel, Uncategorized, Yarn Addiction Thursday
Tagged Estonia, Europe, felting, Old Town, Tallinn, travel, UNESCO World Heritage, yarn
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Felting an iPhone Case
This felted iPhone cover is one of the things I made with the yarn I bought in Helsinki. Instead of the traditional souvenir, I thought I’d buy wool and make my own. I already made wrist-warmers from wool I bought … Continue reading
Posted in design, felting, knitting, Uncategorized, Yarn Addiction Thursday
Tagged Estello. felting, Helsinki, Huopanen, needle felt, Novita, wool
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Froggio Froggeddabaddit
Froggio Froggeddabaddit is based on a La Drougerie pattern with a few modifications. The pattern is very similar to the one I used for Kitijiro Nekowski so it was really easy to make this one up. The first modificiation is … Continue reading
Posted in craft, felting, knitting, plushies, Uncategorized
Tagged felting, fiber arts, frogs, Knitting, needle felting, plushies, toys, yarn
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Kitijiro Nekowski’s Cousins: cats with a fish in a bag
These are the cats I knitted my my nieces and nephew. They are the same pattern as Kitijio Nekowski, from La Droguerie. When I finished the cats, I felt that they needed a little something more so I gave them … Continue reading
Posted in craft, creativity, felting, knitting
Tagged character design, Creativity, felting, Knitting
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Snowmen Fight: Samurai vs Ninja. Get Your Winter War Mittens Here!I A Post in 2 Parts. Part the Second.
Today, I finish the article of the making of the Fuyu no Jin Mittens. As I wrote in the previous post Fuyu no Jin means a winter war in Japanese. Traditionally, it’s army against army in winter but my mittens are going … Continue reading
Posted in craft, creativity, design, felting, learning, mixed media, recycling, Uncategorized
Tagged craft, Creativity, design, felting, fuyu no jin, Japan, mittens, ninja, recycling, samurai, wool
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Snowmen Fight: Samurai vs Ninja. Get Your Winter War Mittens Here!I A Post in 2 Parts. Part the First
Time: 10 hours (depending on skill and gear) Materials 100% wool sweater to be recycled Mitten Template (made from tracing hand) Felting wool in 5 colors Embroidery thread 4 tiny black beads for eyes Needle Felting Gear Sewing Machine (or … Continue reading
Posted in craft, creativity, design, drawing, felting, inspiration, mixed media, recycling
Tagged arts, craft, Creativity, design, felting, fiber arts, mittens, mixed media, recycle, recycling, reusing, textiles, wool
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