Wet felt workshops on Saturdays: 17th September and 1st October 2016

Wet felt workshop on Saturday, 17th September 2016 14.00-16.30

This wet felt workshop is suitable for adults and children from 8 years upwards, accompanied by an adult. We will start with felting beads from colourful wool fibres to get to know the amazing process of felting. The participants can then chose to either felt a flower e.g. for a brooch or hair piece, or make a flat felt to create a brooch out of it. It’s fun and rewarding! Feel free to invite friends. A complementary cup of tea will be served. Please book and pay in advance to secure your place! Costs: £16 incl. material Venue: Bishopbriggs
Find more info here: www.laryna.com

Create a seamless felted pouch - Wet felt workshop on Saturday 1.October 2016, 14.00-17.30

You’ll learn to create a seamless pouch, wrist cuffs or a vessel using colourful sheep’s wool fibres, warm water, glycerine soap, and friction and felt around a template. It’s great fun to experience the process of wet felting.
You’ll start with fluffy soft wool fibres and transform those into a firm, felted, useful item. No previous experience needed.
Costs: £22 Max. 4 participants. A complementary cup of tea will be served. Please book and pay in advance to secure your place. Venue: Bishopbriggs
Find more info here: www.laryna.com

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Last Saturday's felt workshop with four talented participants

Various colourful wool tops

It was great spending an afternoon teaching wet felting to four talented beginners. Everybody started with felting a bead to experience the process of felting and the transformation from fluffy wool fibres into a well felted object. 

Then templates were chosen or cut to create a seamless pouch, vessel or wrist cuffs. Now the question, which colours to choose from a vast variety of colour shades.

Merino wool tops

Then everybody was ready to start laying out the fibres in scales, covering the first layer with a net and sprinkling hot water on the surface, adding glycerine soap and eventually gently padding down the fibres which were absorbing the water. Trust in the process and my reassurance that all was going well was needed. Some little mistakes helped to demonstrate how to improve for a better outcome.

One layer of wool fibres

Two or three criss-cross layers on each side of the template were felted into beautiful felted objects. Embellishments were made with creativity and accuracy and well designed colour combinations. Then the rubbing started to connect and interlock the fibres into a felted fabric. Eventually the pinch test showed that the fibres were matting together and the rolling and waulking could start which helpsed to shrink and firm the felted items. "Yeah, it has shrunk!", was the happy and amazed expression I've heard a couple of times.

The fibres have bonded

-I still find it magical when the fibres bind and a firm fabric develops under my hands. The following photos show the finished items from this wet felt workshop. Four happy participants left with a new experience and their beautiful felted items. The little bags still need a cord and a lining for the finishing  touch.  
The next dates for wet felt workshops will be on Saturday, 19th March and 16. April 2016, 2.00-5.30pm. Costs: £22. Please book your place asap.

Wrist cuffs from Shetland wool

Felted vessel

Little merino wool bag

Little felted bag

Wet felt workshop 4.Nov. 10.00-13.00

Felted wrist cuffs

Create a seamless felt or a flat felt:
Felt making is a traditional technique to create a fabric out of sheep's wool fibres, using warm water, soap and friction.
In this felt workshop you will learn the skill of wet felting or improve your existing felting skills.
You’ll start with colourful fluffy, soft wool fibres and transform those into a firm, felted, useful item, like a seamless pouch, or seamless wrist cuffs or a flat felt. It can be a fantastic opportunity to create a very unique gift. It's fun and rewarding! 
All hollow items will be felted around a resist pattern.
This workshop is suitable for beginners and intermediate.
Cost: £18/£15 concession.
A complementary cup of tea and biscuits are included.
Booking in advance is essential, as numbers are limited to 4 participants.
Please feel free to invite friends!
Venue: 63 Crowhill Road, G64 1QY, Glasgow/Bishopbriggs
My website: www.laryna.com

Pouch for a pair of glasses

Felted pouches

Felted vessel

Wrist cuffs

  

Paint with wool fibres on a piece of pre-felt Saturday, 25/07/2015, 10.30am-2pm

Wet felted and then needle felted landscape on pre-felt

In this half day workshop we will combine wet felting and needle felting. You will first wet felt your nature inspired design out of colourful wool fibres on a pre-felted sheet. Then you will needle felt on the dried project to embellish the design, work on details, enhance colour, shape the design, light up or deepen certain areas etc. To help your inspiration you can bring a photo, print out or postcard for your design.
It is fun and very inspiring to combine both felt techniques!
Craft experience is very welcome and felt experience too, but not necessary. 
Cost: £21/£17 conc. Max. 4 participants.
A complementary cup of tea and biscuits are included.
Please book in advance to secure your place. Please contact me.
Bring a friend and you’ll get 10% off your fee.
All skill levels are welcome.  
Venue: 63 Crowhill Road, G64 1QY, Glasgow/Bishopbriggs (near the train station and Bishopbriggs town centre)

Wet felt class on Saturday, 31. of August 10.30am - 1.30pm

Wrist cuffs

Felt making is an ancient technique to create a woolen fabric. It is amazing to experience the transformation from fluffy sheep’s wool into a sturdy fabric, using warm water, soap and friction! 

In this wet felt class you will...

• learn about the process of wet felting

• experiment with colours and design

• use a template to create a seamless, hollow vessel e.g. a pouch, a little bag or wrist cuffs.

Please bring a towel, a bar of glycerine soap (e.g. pears) and a plastic bag for your finished items. 
Tea will be provided. 
Cost: £20/£16 
This class is for beginners and intermediate. 

For 4 participants only.
Please book in advance to secure your place! 
Venue: 63 Crowhill Road, G64 1QY, Glasgow/ Bishopbriggs, 3 minutes walk from Bishopbriggs station
Email: laryna108@gmail.com  Mobile: 07503 210 416

Cases for a pair of glasses and a mobile phone

Cases for a pair of glasses and a mobile phone