Roving and Needle-Felting

Mr. Mallow, dressed to impress (this was supposed to end up being a penguin)

I have accumulated a great deal of wool roving. At first, I bought some of it (to make those infamous bacon bracelets), but then my friend Annie had bought some and decided that she had plenty of hobbies and gave me more. It's beautiful stuff, ranging through a rainbow of colors... but what to do with it?

Well, I could just make more of the 2-dimensional style items, like the bacon bracelets and the birds I like to make, but I decided I would try my hand at the 3-dimensional needle felting. I've watched a few videos online, but I still think I haven't quite got a handle on it. My ice cream cone turned into a pear, and this Mr. Mallow here was going to be a penguin, but he persisted in lacking the appropriately rounded shape!


I may have to resign myself to just letting the process dictate what the roving becomes, but it's hard to get started. Does anyone have any recommendations for 3-d needle felting? Or should I just stick with the 2-d stuff?

Merch for the Crafter's Flea Market

I apologize - I'm not trying to over-promote myself. I was just so busy earlier that I didn't have time to upload pictures, and now that I'm waiting around for screenprints to dry, I figured I'd post a few of the items and stuff I've made for to sell tomorrow:

Crafter's Flea Market in Raleigh

Crafter's Flea Market!

This coming Saturday (7/14) is the 7th Crafter's Flea Market, an open-air market filled with some of the triangle's favorite designers and artists. You'll find awesome handcrafted goods, as well as craft supplies, all in the parking lot of the great local bead and craft store, Ornamentea.

It's a great opportunity to buy handcrafted products as well as one-of-a-kinds, samples and clearance items.
Products include:
Jewelry, Pottery & ceramic sculpture, Clothing, Purses, Baby gifts & children's clothing, Fabric, Vintage items, One-of-a-kind art, Aprons, Flameworked beads (come see some being made!), Hand screened t-shirts, Greeting cards & stationery, and lots of other stuff.

Date: Saturday, July 14, 2007 (rain date - 7/21)
Time: 9 AM - 3PM
Place: Ornamentea's parking lot, 509 North West St., Raleigh, NC 27603 (behind Glenwood Towers & Havana Deluxe on Glenwood Ave.)

I'll be there, selling some new screenprinted designs, as well as felt robots, duct tape wallets, and other newly designed stuff

See www.craftersfleamarket.com for more information and a complete listing of vendors.