Tuesday was officially the first day of Fall! You'd probably never guess it from the weather, its still quite warm and {oddly} humid for this time of year!
One of my fun side interests is needle felting, and sometimes wet felting {different technique} wool. Yes, in tropical florida - I love to play with wool! I buy mine from places "north" or "west" of here where they have sheep! The wool is cleaned and combed, then dyed (not be me, that's the point I buy it at). Its at this point it may be made into yarns with spinning wheels or it can be used for felting. I use specially made needles that lock the fibers together.
These start out as a piece of wool, rolled into a ball - then punched/stabbed about a thousand time to lock the fibers together. I use several shades of oranges for these, and they blend together while I felt. The "leaves" are created with shades of green wool. I attach the pumpkin "ribs" onto the woolen balls by holding a drawing a piece of the wool roving in my fingers till its thin and yarn-ish, like I am going to spin it.
Okay ... so these might not be everyone's cup of tea, but they're really lightweight! And a lot of fun to make! Needle felting is a great stress reliever - much like stamping. These are for sale in my Etsy store: Handmade by Rebecca! <---- click to go see them!
