This was the club AGM which took up the first half of the evening – all the committee members were re-elected and thanked for their contribution to the club.
The second half was a very interesting talk by one of the club members – Margaret Grinter who talked about the felting she had been experimenting with.
She had brought a huge range of samples with her and described the yarn she used as well as the process of felting itself – using lambswool and other yarns with a high lambs wool content, it was possible to create the most interesting fabrics by simply machine washing the knitting in a domestic washing machine at 40 degrees C.
The fabric needs treating to ensure it doesn’t roll tightly at the edges.
One method she described of creating thicker fabrics was to layer several felted pieces then machine stitch a pattern of lines, cut between these and then wash again to felt the fabric further. The effects were absolutely lovely and Margaret had made several cushion covers and a blanket using this technique.
A range of items with tassels and interesting detail were passed around and Margaret showed some lovely soft scarves with tassels which she had made in one piece. She gave us detailed instructions for these and I’m sure a number of club members will be inspired to experiment themselves.
