How to Make Felted Hand Warmers

I love how this scarf and the hand warmers, along with the red cowboy boots, so snazzily adorn this solid outfit.  Who wouldn't want to follow this gal where she's going!  

These seamless hand warmers and matching scarf are reminiscent of stained glass with uneven texture, stunning colors and black outlines. With five fingers exposed on each hand along with the textured colors, they also bring to mind the colorful, hillside towns of Italy's Cinque Terre.  They were made from several layers of black wool roving and a vintage sari along with other natural fibers.  

 I made the right and left at the same time using one resist and cut through the felt, to make two, once it was stabilized.

The matching scarf has cords that were formed by cutting in to the felt once it was stabilized. I rolled each cut portion on a bamboo sushi matt to form the cords.  I adorned the cords with both bronze and African beads.

Making a seamless nuno felted handbag

I love felting with a resist, for me it's like sculpting a collage.

This is the finished handbag made with 4 layers of both Merino and Navajo Churro wool roving.  I embellished the top layer with some Teeswater long locks from Namaste Farms and pieces of a prefelt I made with merino and vintage saris. Thanks Pilar for your modeling, you sure wear it well.

After I made the prefelt, I gathered a portion of it up and secured it with string.

To make the handbag, I started from the inside out.  I first laid out two layers of magenta colored roving perpendicular to each other.  This will later be the inside of the back and the flap. I then added a plastic resist to the bottom portion which I covered with two layers of magenta roving letting the roving hang over the edges and bottom of the resist.  I then flipped the package.

 

 This is the side without the resist.  I folded in the rays from the resist. I then added a layer of Navajo Churro.

I added a layer of blue merino and embellishment- I concentrated my embellishment on the portion of the handbag which will be the flap.

 

 

I again flipped the package and am ready to finish to bottom part of the bag.  I already laid down two layers of magenta roving on to the resist in the first step above, so now I only have two more layers to go. I first folded in the "ray's over the resist. I then added a layer of Navajo Churro, a layer of blue Merino and embellishment.  Then I'm ready to felt and full.

Hold Everything

I made this large bag using a resist and mainly Navajo Churro wool roving and bats. I placed 4 layers of wool on each side of the resist and on top of the second to the last and last layer, I added BFL curly locks, new and upcycled silk fabric and fiber. There is an inside pocket made using another resist. The handle is made from wool cords with it being thicker in the middle where it will lie on the shoulder with two thinner cords coming off of each side. It is attached at the side with adjustable knots that can make the purse hang shorter or longer.