Felting

Felting is what takes loose strands of wool and transforms it into a workable and versatile fabric.  For thousands of years felt has been used for shelter, clothing, armor, musical instruments, rugs, bags, and is a hard to beat option for hunting camoflauge.  While being a noteably versatile fabric, it is also easy to learn.  This class will focus on the properties and techniques of wet felting/fulling with sheep's wool.  For the class we will lay out our wool and felt seamless bags.  While felting we will discuss wool preperation, natural dyes, and more exotic fibers.  We will cover dry needle felting at the end of the class time allowing.  So come learn this tradtional art, and go home knowing how to make fabric!
 

Cost: $150
Deposit: $50
Prerequisites: None
A felted bag from the fall felting course 2008.
A felted bag from the fall felting course 2008.