I am in the room working on my felted pillow which turned out way better than I expected, but actually may not make it as a jury piece due to time constraints. Yes, I could have worked on it earlier, but it took a while to get the design straight in my mind....
The base fabric was machine knit. I'll save my love/hate knitting machine relationship for another day. Hundreds of rows of stockinette are not meant for hand knitting--at that stage I then become a human machine.
In any case here are some of the base pieces.
Working on the green variagated first, I wanted to incorporate my fern design from the scarf so I chose a nice long bolster pillow form. Here is coverage after the handsewing through the felt....Note to self --next time, sew pillow form together before felting and reduce wrist strain.
The fulling was very even with minimal reshaping after I pulled it out of the machine, any warping came out when I blocked it. But here is where I really got to have some fun and this is probably what will occupy the rest of my day on the drive....Thank God John is the driver, it means I get the entire view without having to drop the hand work....
Clearly the knitting Gods are kind. Here is the pillow as it stands now.
Duties in the next few hours.
- Take artist statement to printers.
- Complete application.
- Drive 1 1/2 hours to Comox
- Have return bus parcel weighed at Greyhound.
- Drop off at show
- Drive for 1 1/2 hours back to ferry.
- Eat huge dinner on ferry.
- Collapse into a satisfied heap and RELAX.
