Felted Geode

I started by scrunching up a ball of bubble wrap to act as a resist.

Laid out three layers of my inner colour.

Laid the netting over and wet it out.

Added soap and felted the wool.

And wrapped it around the bubble wrap as tight as I could.

I took a deeper purple and laid out three layers and did the same process as above.

Then rolled it around the resist and the first layer, again, as tight as I could.

Next the white layer, exactly the same process.

Wrapped around to make the third layer.

And finally the fourth / outside layer. I used two layers of solid brown and then a layer of a brown and cream mix.

Again I tried to get the last layer as tight as possible.

I put it inside material from a pair of tights, tied the ends and put it in the washing machine for half an hour with a towel.

Once it was done, I took it out the tights, but the last layer had moved around quite a bit, so I soaped it again before I cut it in half and took the resist out.

I rinsed each side out in the sink and did the hot and cold shrink thing and they are now drying in the airing cupboard.

Once they were properly dry, I tided up the edges with a bit of needle felting.

 

Then I added a few beads.

And to give it some extra sparkle I added in some sequins and seed beads and some different colours to the one on the right.

I have no idea if this is the 'correct' way to do this, but it worked for me and I'm pretty happy with the results, so just thought I'd share.

Wet Felting - 3d mini vase

I also watched another Youtube where the person used an orange and the foot of a pair of tights to make a vase, so off I went and this is what I ended up with. Instead of an orange, I used one of Fraz's balls. I found that using this method it was really hard to stop the wool from slipping off and it was also hard to get an even coverage.

But I did like the colour wave, which was actually more of an accident, as when I tried to place the ball in the end of the foot of the tights, it was that tight it moved all the wool.

It pulled up from the bottom of the ball and this is how I ended up with a really bare patch at the bottom of the vase. As you can see, you can see daylight through it. Had I have known what I was looking or feeling for, I could have actually cut this part and made it the top, but I didn't see it until I had shaped it and it had dried.

This is the back as it's the tallest part.

And this is the front, you can just see on the left that there is another bareish patch, as you can see through it.

On the video, they used sheets of batting for this method, but I didn't have any and wanted to try it, but now I know why!!!