Black Sheep Gathering

Vendors galore!!

Abstract Fiber, my personal favorite!

Ultimate portable "Pocket Wheel"

Lots of beautiful fiber rich animals

Grand Champion Winner!

Prize Winner!

I spun a color experiment and entered it in the State Fair, and

it won 3rd prize!  I love the Shady Glade color way from Abstract Fibers.  

So I spun one hank of that roving that I first blended on my drum carder, and then 

spun the other hank from split lengths of the same roving.  Not the best picture

of the yarn, but a dandy shot of the prize ribbon! If you look closely, you can see
the blended yarn on the left, and the split roving on the right.

Ashford Knitters Loom

Looking for a new home for this beautiful rigid heddle loom!

Open Air Felting!

Wild and Woolly wall hanging workshop in Jullian

Etsy, like Betsy without the "B"

You can find my hand spun yarns on

Etsy

Wild and Wooly Wall Hanging

I will be teaching this workshop on May 4, at the Fiber Dance Festival in Jullian.  

It's a wonderful free form design, using raw fleece as a base.

Jumbo Ball Winder

Something special for all of you frustrated by those plastic clamp-on ball winders.  You know the ones that come loose and fly off the table when the going gets tough.  I present the Jumbo Ball Winder from Strauch.  Don't you just love when things work the way they are supposed to?  This winder is a dream to operate. To make things even better,  I have borrowed an idea I saw a few years ago at Art Fibers in San Francisco,  for a sturdy core to wind my yarn on.

The Jumbo Ball Winder 

Clamps securely onto a flat surface

I purchased foam plumbing pipe insulation in 8' lengths from the hardware store.

I cut the foam in 4 "pieces, which slide easily over the large center dowel of the winder.

 To start, I push the yarn into the seam of the foam and let it hang out the top edge

The yarn winds beautifully onto the foam core.

I tuck the end into the other end of the seam which gives me 

a ball that can be pulled from the center or the end.  

This is fantastic for knitting, plying and casting on knitting stitches.  

I recently purchased the Madd Batt'r drum carder from Strauch, 

a work horse that turns out fantastic art batts.  

So I knew this ball winder would be a winner!

Thanks Otto, for these well built and beautifully designed products

A Wall of Plied Handspun

Rich Jewel Tones

Chunky Art Yarn

From Carded Batt

Spun and Unspun

Going Batty!

Art Batts

My Strauch Mad Batt'r is my new best friend!

Chunky, glitzy bits to card into the wool.
The Mad Batt'r takes it all!

Blue and Green

I am having such fun making,

Yarn, yarn, beautiful yarn!

Talmadge Art Show

~Our booth with my new scarf display~

Plying Magic!

I had a skein of thick-thin hand spun wool yarn, that was 

lovely in it's own way, but a bit dull for my purpose. 

So I plied it with wool yarns and ribbons, silk and novelty yarns!

Not a bit dull anymore!

Let them make scarves!

 After such a great scarf class last week, and considering feedback from my students, I have decided to re-structure my classes.  I will be offering the Nuno Felt Scarf Workshop straight off, no pre-requisite.  And the reason why?  Everyone wants to make scarves!  Beautiful, wearable scarves.  And honestly, who can blame them.

January and February Studio Workshop schedule is posted on my website,   

www.arlenesfelt.com

Student Work

Nuno felt, to cover a soft pillow for

a dear friend.

Monty's Favorite Felted Pillow

Talmadge Fall Art Show

                                                           

 Lots of my nuno felt........Shawls and other wearables.

And all the latest Burt Watson Originals, leather handbags.