Showing posts with label needle felt egg. Show all posts
Showing posts with label needle felt egg. Show all posts

16.3.08

Egg Nest

My entry for the NFEST (Needle Felt Etsy Street Team), which was 'Birds and Nests'. Starting from the rough sketch...




...it didn't turn out exactly like that; the wool did not like being felted so tinily. Each bird took about two hours to perfect. Or near as dammit.






But after about 12 hours (total) hard labour...



And finished off with a tag.



Thank you to everyone who left a supportive comment or e-mailed me, from the post below. I never cease to be amazed at how kind people can be, or actually how many of us are in the same leaky old boat.