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Ruffle felted scarves became another popular class. I had many questions, such as: Lena, how do you create two different sides of the the...

What is Cobweb Felting? Just like the name suggests, Cobweb Felting creates a felted fabric with a 'cobwebby' texture. A cobweb felted...

Hi everyone, many thanks for reading and listening this v-log. I would like to introduce our September project. We will be creating a...

I was on holiday for a week on a canal boat without stable internet connection and my students have been creating, learning and...

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...

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...

Starting a feltmaking membership in June and sharing my skills and knowledge with many people who would like to learn more feltmaking...

Printing with leaves on silk using a mixture of medium and botanical print techniques is our July project part of the feltmaking...

If you are like me who wants to try different projects and learn many techniques immediately, spending too much time searching for ideas...

I am falling in love with silk hankies more and more. It is all about rich textures and colours. What are silk hankies? They are produced...

1. Percentage of Shrinkage Feltmakers often need to know the percentage of shrinkage, they need to know how much their piece is going to...

I often hear from people, "Feltmaking makes my back bad, I can not roll felt". I would like to share my tips on how to roll felt safely...

Hi everyone, Here you will learn how fast to dye silk with minimum equipment. I was dyeing three types of Margilan silk, rarefied, gauze...

Hi everyone. This vlog will tells you more about dye process I use to dye Margilan silk, silk laps, silk caps and silk hankies for...

I have been felting with a sander for over five years and found the following advantages: 1. speed up a felting process by 60%; 2.less...

I am often asked, 'Why does my felt not drape well?' The quality of wet felting begins with the quality of the wool layout. While there...

********************* Lena Archbold is running three workshops in February. Please read through the newsletter to find some offers....

I use Margilan silk extensively in my designs and have decided to share with you how to dye this silk fast using acid dyes. The silk is...

In this blog I would like to share with you how I use viscose in my feltmaking practise. I have been following and learning from East...

We had five amazing evenings printing with proper leaves, flowers and weeds as part of the Eco printing course I taught from my studio in...