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How to Care for Felted Garments
Many of us create, wear, and sell felted garments, which are unique and cherished additions to one's wardrobe. Consequently, when I offer...
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Lena Archbold
- Oct 20
- 4 min
Navigating the Woolly World of Felting: Choosing the Right Wool for Your Project
It's a question we often encounter in the world of feltmaking: Which type of wool to choose? The abundance of options can be...
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Lena Archbold
- Oct 13
- 3 min
Pilling Problems: Understanding, Preventing, and Managing Felt Pilling
Pilling can occur in felted garments, just as it can in knitted or woven textiles. In many cases, it is a natural process for woolen...
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Lena Archbold
- Oct 10
- 8 min
Crafting a Path to Mental Wellness: The Healing Power of Textile Crafts
World Mental Health Day is a poignant reminder of the importance of prioritizing mental well-being in our lives. It's an occasion to...
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Lena Archbold
- Aug 26
- 4 min
Ignite Your Creative Flame: Exploring Boundless Creativity in Feltmaking
Hello, fellow feltmakers and artists extraordinaire! Are you ready to set your creativity ablaze and venture into the mesmerizing world...
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Lena Archbold
- Oct 11, 2022
- 2 min
Making a Neck Warmer Template
Before writing this blog, I looked for more neck warmer designs on Pinterest and to my surprise, I discovered a new word, a neck gaiter....
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Lena Archbold
- Aug 2, 2022
- 5 min
Margilan Silk
You will learn how to use different types of Margilan silk which is great for feltmaking. I will introduce you various projects to create.
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Lena Archbold
- Dec 4, 2021
- 2 min
Fine fibre layout and how to achieve it.
It became popular to create felt adding layers of fibre. Fibre gives the luxurious finish to felted items. How much fibre do we need to...
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Lena Archbold
- Nov 4, 2021
- 2 min
Making Feltmaking Process Less Physical & More Fun
Feltmaking is a physical process. It can take a long time to make a wool layout and then when we are tired, we need to start the real...
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Lena Archbold
- Jul 11, 2021
- 1 min
Let's Dye a Cobweb Scarf with Fleeces
I made many samples and many scarves with a technique of Cobweb with Fleeces using natural colours. This became part of my online class,...
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Lena Archbold
- May 5, 2021
- 1 min
How to keep laminated felt smooth and prevent wool from coming aggressively through embellishment
I heard many times, 'wool ate my embellishment'. Oh yes, wool can be hungry and swallow all the beauty we planned to create. How to stop...
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Lena Archbold
- Apr 15, 2021
- 2 min
The main wool layouts I use in my feltmaking practice.
I use five main wool layouts in my work and will share the three major layouts with you: Classical; Herringbone; and Clouds. Please check...
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Lena Archbold
- Feb 6, 2021
- 1 min
Let's ruffle, let's create ruffle scarves and play with colours
Ruffle felted scarves became another popular class. I had many questions, such as: Lena, how do you create two different sides of the the...
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Lena Archbold
- Nov 18, 2020
- 2 min
Cobweb Felted Scarves Technique
What is Cobweb Felting? Just like the name suggests, Cobweb Felting creates a felted fabric with a 'cobwebby' texture. A cobweb felted...
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Lena Archbold
- Sep 18, 2020
- 2 min
Our September Project
Hi everyone, many thanks for reading and listening this v-log. I would like to introduce our September project. We will be creating a...
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Lena Archbold
- Sep 10, 2020
- 1 min
Feltmaking Membership - August Update
I was on holiday for a week on a canal boat without stable internet connection and my students have been creating, learning and...
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Lena Archbold
- Aug 16, 2020
- 1 min
WOW!!! Amazing prints from my talented students.
The major joy for me is to see how my students develop their skills following my online classes. Our July online class and a project was...
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Lena Archbold
- Jul 29, 2020
- 1 min
Why I Use Super Fine Merino Wool
Hi, thank you for watching my video and reading this short blog. I love to create with merino and superfine merino wool. It can be...
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Lena Archbold
- Jul 21, 2020
- 2 min
June Projects From My Students
Starting a feltmaking membership in June and sharing my skills and knowledge with many people who would like to learn more feltmaking...
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Lena Archbold
- Jul 4, 2020
- 1 min
Let's print with leaves on silk - our July project part of the membership
Printing with leaves on silk using a mixture of medium and botanical print techniques is our July project part of the feltmaking...
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