Friday 21 June 2013

Taking Care of Hand Felted Little Things

* Handling: hand felted items are shaped from animal (in this case dog's) undercoat or coat. In order for them to last, friction and crushing should be avoided.

* Maintenance: felted items can be washed by lightly tapping them.with water or mild soap (same soaps as wool). Before drying, it's important to make sure that the items are straightened and that their shape is unchanged (you can shape them in some degree when they are wet). After drying they will maintain the shape in which they were dried.

* Info: everylittlething.crafts@gmail.com


* Rukovanje: ručno filcane sitnice oblikovane su od životinjske (u ovom slučaju pseće) poddlake ili dlake. Kako bi filcani predmeti potrajali, potrebno je izbjegavati trenje i gnječenje.

* Održavanje: filcani predmeti mogu se prati na ruke vodom ili blagim sredstvom (kao i vuna) tako da ih se lagano natapka. Prije sušenja važno je pripaziti da se sitnice izravnaju i oblikuju ako su izgubili svoj prvotni oblik. Nakon sušenja ostati će u obliku u kojem su sušene (tako se mogu ispraviti i manje nepravilnosti nastale trenjem ili gnječenjem)

* Informacije:
everylittlething.crafts@gmail.com  



Saturday 19 January 2013

Soft Icy White



This one was a Christmass gift for my little sister. She's also interested in various crafts so I knew she'll appreciate a hand made gift. Also, I think it'll really suit her!
The bracelet is hand felted from husky undercoat (thanks for donating Nives & Inya :) ). I realized that the felted beads come out much smoother if I combine wet felting with needle felting.
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Ova sam narukvicu napravila mlađoj sestri za Božić. Sestra mi se također bavi raznim kreativnim hobijima, tako da sam znala da će je razveseliti ručno izrađen poklon. Osim toga, mislim da će joj jako dobro stajati!
Narukvica je filcana od dlake haskija (hvala na donaciji Nives & Inya :) ). Zaključila sam i da filcane kuglice ispadnu puno pravilnije i urednije kad kombiniram tehnike mokrog filcanja i filcanja iglom.

Black on White



Black and white again! (Or, more precisely, black and cream, since the undercoat came from my black and cream chows.) I just had to try felting a small black paw on a cream surface and I have to say I'm very happy with the result. 
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Ponovno se zabavljam crnim i bijelim! (Točnije crnim i krem, s obzirom na to da je narukvica izrađena od poddlake mojeg crnog i krem chowa.) Jednostavno sam morala probati nafilcati crnu capicu na krem površinu i moram priznati da sam jako zadovoljna rezultatom.