Wet felting with alpaca

After spending a good many hours getting acquainted with the new stash of Navajo-Churro wool , there was enough carded to experiment wit...

Alpaca Fleece . . . . Now What?: A dear friend and fellow fiber enthusiast generously gifted me several pounds of raw alpaca fleece in 3 colors - black, white, and cinnamon brown. Happy Dance! via GIPHY So what do you do with this wonderful bag of warm, fuzzy fluff? This Inst…

Having pet Alpacas might seem crazy to most but I know there are lot’s of people who have them in their yards to keep the grass down. In fact our local rural area I swear every second house h…

This is a first anniversary for Wool Tribulations. Old posts are now project records that I can find without storming about the place, turning out drawers. Publishing them has exceeded my hopes, connecting me with the crafting world. I gave up on becoming a writer decades ago, after one too many magazine rejection slips. To my pleasure, over 30,000 page views tell me that, if not exactly an author, I have readers. On the blog, I feel in good company. At home, they still think I am out of my…

I taught two wet felting purse classes recently, and promised I'd share some information, so here it is. The pictures below are felted purses that I have made. Almost any size or shape purse can be made this way, love the magic of wet felting! There are some good tutorials out there, though there are

Scouring Wool correctly without felting it. Step by step instructions for how to scour or wash raw wool and other animal fiber

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I recently purchased some wonderful Gotland locks from Zara (Tuulikki Rooke) in Sweden. I know that quite a few others from the forum purchased some as well. But it seems everyone is holding back f…

This is a tutorial that I did for my personal blog and because it is so popular, I thought I would re-post it here in case some of you don’t follow my blog. If you already know how to wet fel…