Yesterday i played around with my five needle embellisher and some to be upscaled sweaters. For those of you who don’t know, an embellisher is a machine that uses no thread but only barbed needles to mesh wool fabric and fibers into a new fabric. I had specific ideas in mind, involving polka dots but designing and playing took over. These rectangles will become barrettes after some beading and embroidery. The squares on the right were cut from the initial garments.
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January 7, 2014 at 3:38 pm
Anne Marie - Toronto
Oooh, the embellisher! I’m still bummed out that I never bought
January 7, 2014 at 4:04 pm
yarngoddess
Great starting points. Good to have beautiful little projects.
January 7, 2014 at 7:00 pm
Rachel Murphree
I can really see you Anne Marie, having great fun with the gadget. Maybe you can get a used one from someone that wants to upgrade to more needles? Diane, thanks! I had fun felting around today again, this time with browns, blacks, rusts.
January 8, 2014 at 5:45 am
nuvofelt
Whatever you do stick with your 5 needle. The 12 needle will work as well, obviously, but the 5 is much more versatile. I like what you are doing.
January 8, 2014 at 7:53 am
Rachel Murphree
Thanks so much! Considering yesterday I was breaking a lot of needles (doing too thick of a piece) I’m glad I don’t have a 12 needle because I would break even more. yikes!