Today, my creative space is the kitchen table. The past week I have been really busy making tutorials for felt necklaces. I made the last tweaks to them this morning and now they are listed in my Etsy shop. I'm really excited about them as they contain loads of full color photo's and will make a felting wizard from those who never even felted. I also have the instruction manual for my new kiln laying there because I will need to read it today. First firing will be today, it will be an empty kiln though as that's how it's supposed to be the first time you fire a new kiln.Over the weekend I'll be listing 4 SPECIAL tutorials. Actually, these will be one of a kind listings. You can buy the tutorial with shippingcost. A bit strange you think?
Well, I will sent you the tutorial via e-mail and the necklace I made to make this tutorial. So you get the necklace by only paying the shippingcost & you get to see in person how it's made.
And with the tutorial, you'll be able to make your own necklace too! :)
So, if you want one of those special tutorials, you'll have to keep an eye on my shop as I'll be listing them randomly. :)
And on top of that, I have a BIG sale in my Etsy shop as I will quit making felted necklaces and other felted ware. Holey moley, look at this insane sale section! :)
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Materials you need: wool roving, glas and spoon, soap flakes, olive soap (not neccesary but I like to use it), bubblewrap foil.
Hold the end of the woolroving loosely in one hand and gently pull off a section with your other hand. Hold your four fingers against the pad of your palm and trapping the wool there. Put it horizontally on the bubblewrap. Lay it out in a little square overlapping each other. 
Put another thin layer of felt on the little square vertically. That way the fibers will be in the opposite direction to the fibres on the first layer. Repeat this until you have four thin layers of wool put onto each other. You can use different colors to have more variation. 
Put some soapflakes in a glas and pour hot water over it. 
Sprinkle with the spoon some of the soapy water over the felt square you layed out.
Push the soapy water gently in the wool roving and rub gently in circles.
Make three squares in total. Lay out the roving in different sizes so that you have three different size squares. You could cut out three different squares out of paper and put them underneath the bubblewrap so you can see through and lay out your wool on that. I do that with children sometimes and it works really well.
Rinse the felted material underneath running water and lay out to dry.
Fold the three squares together and sew them together at the back.
Sew the bead in the middle of the squares by going from the front to the back.
Sew the brooch pin at the back.
