Thursday, November 24, 2016

Monofilament Fishing Line Tote- Part 1

Laying out a large piece of nuno pre-felt...


      ...and taping twists of monofilament fishing line to one half of the wool surface...

                                            ...with easy to remove painters' tape.



                              Basting the line to the pre-felt with small hand stitches...



                                                  ...and then sandwiching it...



                                          ...between the top and bottom layers.



                                 After folding the project in half (to enclose a resist)...

                         ...the sides of the tote are stitched together with wool yarn.



                     Narrow pieces of yarn-embellished pre-felt are added as straps...



                                                  ...and as surface decoration...



                            ...and small rubber bands are used to gather the pre-felt...

                                                    ...for additional interest.



                                                     Wetting out the project...

                                                   ...in preparation for felting.



                                                 Next time: the finished tote!

2 comments:

Rachel said...

This looks intriguing. The monofilament presumably doesn't felt in, so I'm trying to work out what will happen next....!

Heather Woollove said...

Rachel- None of us could have predicted it!! ;)