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Is the texture of the finished face doughy or the colour? have you tried colouring it after? I used to play around with dye mixes when silk painting, If you have a cream, you could add a few drops of yellow 1: 3 with a carmine type red, then brush this on.( or airbrush, or fine atomiser spray).I have been able to dye some merino, but unfortunately, I didn't take note of what I used ;( as I was on a retreat, very early in my felting .
What about a mix of corriedale & merino? Have you tried a batt?
Are you needle felting or wet felting? forgot to ask.
Hi Fellow felters, Wendy and I spent an hour and half today buying merino tops (First Edition) at Virginia farm. I am on a bit of a roll and for once seem to...
Hi Allison, Is the texture of the finished face doughy or the colour? have you tried colouring it after? I used to play around with dye mixes when silk...
Dear Barb, I have tried needling then wet felting, even just steaming over a boiling kettle and patting dry. . The texture was what a found to be a bit doughy...
Hi Allison Have you tried Romney?? Or try blending the colours together my hand before using or dying your own fibre. Romney is much spongier then the...
Dear Sandie, OMG I have just finished doing a little experiment with a failed merino pink hat I prefelted last week. Have done an underneath needling of Downs...
Will chase up the contact for getting romney, know my girlfriend is trying to get some in to sell. I actually dont like it for wet felting but use it for dry...
Hi Allison If you dont mind me asking and if you want to email me off list that is okay, how much are you paying per kilo for your corriedale? I may be able to...
Dear Sandie, That would be terrific -I just need to find the samples to see what price. Actually I havent ordered in over a year -so it would probably be more ...
Hi Allison You would be most welcome to visit though I have sold a lot of my work at the moment and have been very restrained in making as we are hoping to ...
A local to me has Romney at $10 per kg. It is very, very clean and is mainly a mid brown colour. A couple of the sheep are a beige colour (not white). ...
Here is the latest on the fibre exchange People taking part: Sandie, Julie, Barb, Natalie, Wendy People not taking part: Kerry, Jacqui, Allison I'm not sure...
We SHOULD ask our newbies to join in the exchange. It is not too late for
them, as we still have not sent off our fibres yet. This is because I have
made up...
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