all in the family

My mum opened an ETSY store. She is selling hand felted bags, pouches, clutches as well as nuno scarves and wraps all made using Australian alpaca fleece.
www.eellee.etsy.com

Pre christmas SALE

My ETSY store is having a sale on all stock including new stuff. Get in early and grab your self a christmas bargain!!
www.thevibrantcity.etsy.com


New 'from the woods' toys
Zigana, brain flap in dark brown tween and tan herringbone


Vivienne, cleaved butt in tan alpaca felt and plaid.

Varick


Guillermo, flayed stumps in velveteen and rose grey alpaca felt.

Kidney+Lint

Monster bag of lint! well not lint but discarded fleece that catches in the machine when being dried after washing.
I'm using this cast off alpaca fleece as stuffing. It smells surprisingly sweet like honey. weird.
Kidneys stuffed with the fleece

Offal nice kidney brooches 2008 to control temperament and disposition
heat transfer, cotton fabric, gold velveteen, black, mint + neon green thread.

felt making developments

After making a few sheets of felt from scratch, I have decided that from now on i will use pre-carded alpaca fleece in the process rather than doing the washing and carding myself.
The lovely Freshfield Alpacas farm gate shop has an amazing selection of alpaca tops in variety of colours ready to be felted.
I have not given up entirely on making felt from scratch. Being able to know which alpaca the fleece has come from is a wonderful thing, but the process in converting the raw fleece into the base fabric is a lengthy one, especially when using flick carders!! So I will retain my handmade felt from OUR alpacas for very special limited edition 'From the woods'....and switch to using my handmade felt from pre-carded alpaca fleece from here on in.
Prioska is the last to use fleece from our alpacas (Seamus to be precise) so she is the precursor to the very special limited edition