The brooch – fastener can be tacken off the felted book cover and used as a necklace.

Soutache necklace white and silver imitation pearls and beads

My very last creation. I have not created design, just tried to copy one from Internet finds with some minor adjustments.

Felted pincushion needle felted wool Creazy Alian natural gray wool funny face

Felted wool Tree mushrooms in the forest

Terracotta dish with felted wool mushrooms and ladybug

Felted Miniature Landscape Seascape Islands in the Stream felted wool New Zealand shore abalone shell

Felted wool glass or gadget cases and a cosmetics bag.

There is a happy family of white flower lace decorated items – cosmetics bag and reading glasses cases. Two of them are aldeady sold and a bag and other gadget – glasses cases are on sale at my new Zibbet shop:
http://www.zibbet.com/FeltSoapGood
I hope they will find the right person to go to.
Regards,
Louisa

New Vest going public

Hello,

Yesterday was a first evening of Chinese New Year in Auckland, so we went to see the show in Northcote, as we usually do once a year. It was my chance to put on a woolen vest on in the middle of summer. As it was evening – from 7.00pm to 10.00 pm – the vest was just the right choice. It was not hot in the car or at the start of the show, and it was not cold after sunset. Merino is really grait fibre – very “body-friendly”.

In fact I liked it so much that I decided to make one vest for my brother who leaves in Russia and will appreciate a warm and light vest for everyday use and for going hunting. And even more umbitious plan is to make a winter felted coat for myself. As the winters are really mild in Auckland, I can make one of almost the same thickness as the mentioned vest of mine, and even without a lining. I just need to concentrate and have some good undevided periods of time about 3-4 hours at a stretch, also some good design. When I was looking on Etsy I found the artist who makes the coats I like: Olga Babenko @ ChicComplement, here is a link:

http://www.etsy.com/shop/ChicComplement

I hope to be able to make warm things like the ones she makes.

All for now,

Louisa

Silver Merino felted purse

Hello,

I have already done a little silver purse and even decorated it with lace and beads. Purse was felted from silver merino wool and soy silk, lace and beads were added later. I still need to add a zip, and it will be ready to go to a little home ware shop with “Romantic” written all over it. I hope it will be romantic enought for the owner Diane.

Here is a picture.

Louisa