I was able to incorporate wet felting into my spinning. I started by wet felting my vines, I added leaves to some of them, while others I left plain. I also finished some of the ends off so I could leave them free hanging in the yarn while others were only felted in the middle leaving the ends us felted so they could be drafted and spun as part of the yarn. I fell in love with this yarn and wanted to try adding wet felted flowers to the mix. Here is the fiber prep for spinning with the wet felted flowers and vines. I included super soft mohair from my goats that I dyed a deep green.
Here is a picture of the finished spun yarn.
I knew that I wanted to somehow incorporate this yarn into a weaving, but had no idea how I was going to accomplish my goal. I decided to go pull other fibers for the weaving, and "wing", the rest of it. 
As I wove and added textures, I realized this weaving was coming together without much planning and I figured that since I wanted an organic feel to the weaving, that I was open to letting it just happen. I am thrilled with the final result and now my mind is spinning with possibilities of incorporating all 3 of these fiber arts into one.
This definitely screams Spring to me!
Happy Creating!
Kelly
I love how you combine your wet felting creation into your weaving. Lovely combination.. Very lovely art indeed. Hugs Judy
ReplyDeleteIt's very good to feel Spring on its way, and especially to feel the inspiration seeping into your work!
ReplyDeleteWonderful! You are so adventurous with your spinning Kelly :) How on earth do you get them to spin with such large elements? I have a friendly old Ashford Traveller so can't really do anything very big. This art yarn is soooo far beyond anything I've done or seen it amazes me :)
ReplyDeleteThe yarn with the flowers looks great in the woven piece! I can imagine you could putting together an brilliant exhibition with these sorts of pieces.. I love the first yarn with the vines too!
xx
ooooooh, I LOVE the felting, the spinning and the weaving! GORGEOUS!
ReplyDeleteJudy, thank you. It has been fun looking for ways to combine all of the mediums.
ReplyDeleteRachel, the colors of the new growth have really inspired me lately!
Deb, I have an Ashford Country Spinner spinning wheel with a HUGE orifice. They just slip right through and onto the bobbin.
Andrea, thanks! I have finally found a way to incorporate it all! :)
Very pretty and rich textures. Vivid color and spring feel.
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