My creative need - Part 2 Felting

It was four years ago in Nimbin that I discovered felting. In the groovy gallery I brought a felted scarf that I fell in love with. I decided that this was going to be my new career (it was at the stage in my life where I was thinking of what I was going to do after admitting to myself that chances are my German will not be good enough to work as a social worker. Nor did I know if I wanted to. The question, what will I do next?). For the next few months while I was still in Australia, I collected various wools to felt with. I have white and black alpaca wool which I brought in the Salamanda Markets in Hobart. I have some lovely cinnamon coloured wool from the wool shop in Oberon. A devine reddish colour I brought from a farm near Chiltern. I brought books from Weavers and Dying groups. I picked up other books in op shops. I brought it all back with me and put it in a drawer waiting for the perfect moment to try it. I was scared. It was something new and I didn´t know exactly what I was meant to do, let alone finding the time in between looking after the family.

But my girls going away was the impetus to try it for the first time. I collected all my equipment, laid it out and decided on a pattern to Nano felt (felting onto silk). And I did it. I actually felted. And it is so much easier than I thought it would be. Here is my result.......... (a birthday present for my husband) It´s not perfect. But I made it with pride. I don´t know if I have a career as a feltist, but I will definitely be doing it again. My girls want a pink and yellow and blue one for their walls.