Nuno Felting How To

The base of this scarf was made by dampening a gauze silk scarf and creating lengthwise 'pleats' in the scarf on top of the prefelt. Dampening the scarf helps the pleats stay in place while they are formed. This scarf was made by felting the base until it was about 8 1/2" wide. Then the prefelt shapes were placed on the base and felted into place. The prefelt shapes are added near the end of the felting stage to minimize distorting the shapes. The scarf was felted with a sander, fulled by folding and dropping, and finished by rubbing on a glass washboard.

Materials: Charcoal Gauze Silk Scarf, Deep Sapphire Merino Wool Prefelt (9" x 71"), Circle Prefelt Shapes (19 Deep Sapphire - 2")

Finished size: ~ 7 1/2" x 56"