September 2013

September 9^th 2013

Felting and Embellishing

This month’s meeting involved a demonstration by Hazel Green, who featured on the cover of the latest Guild of Machine Knitters’ newsletter.  She brought us a huge collection of felted knitting, and showed us how she made various bags and other accessories, including embellishments.

Although the picture is not good, the bag is, and the pattern can be had by clicking on the picture!

After she had explained how to make many of the items, she took to her machines, and showed us how to attach items with an embellisher [or even by hand with a felting needle], and used her sewing machine to attach leather and fabric to felt, with blanket stitch and zigzag stitch.

Left:  embellisher Right: sewing machine

It was an extremely inspiring demonstration, with many club members asking questions and intending to use Hazel’s expertise as a starting point for their own projects.