Saturday, April 16, 2016

Knitted then Nuno felted shawl

Large Nuno pieces are difficult to handle.  They have to start out so large to end up big enough in the end.  I like how it came out though.  The colors are a bit too bright or dark or something.  But, I do like the finished piece.   I'm going to make another but use more subdued colors of wool.  I've also got a couple of plain scarf/shawls that I am going to use to make Nuno shawls.  I'm not sure of the fabrics, so it will be interesting to see how they come out.  One of them is Viscose and Silk.  The other I have no idea.  Both have very loose weaves, so I'm hoping that means they will accept the wool.  Stay tuned to find out.  This piece was created by knitting some lace weight wool and tencel yarn using 25mm needles (yes - huge needles).  Then I added the wool (turquoise and white), silk (pink) and bamboo (brown).  Then proceeded to rub and roll and throw.  I love the backside too which you can see at the top where it is rolled over a bit like a collar for the picture. 

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