||Home | Peggy
Fleming has been creating charming miniature teddy bears since the 80's. This
teddy and bunny are the first she made by needle felting.
Peggy shows and sells her teddy bears and friends on her website The
Pleasant Ridge Collection and in shops around the world. You will thoroughly enjoy viewing her site. |
| Judy
Helmholdt came to the shop to buy yarn but was so intrigued by the new art of
Needle Felted Hats that she went home with a foam hat
form, card of needles and 4 ounces of natural colored
wools. She came back a week later for roving and top to make more hats and
allowed me to take a picture of her lovely creation. I wish my photo efforts were good enough to show the cute design detail she made by separating some of the lighter shaded wool from the mixture. She said it is warm, comfortable and lightweight. |  |
 | Maggie Romage of West Virginia needle felts rugs with wool from her Karakul and Icelandic sheep. The plaid rug is all Icelandic. The bouncing sheep in an American Indian style has a Karakul base with Icelandic on top and in the design. Maggie says it has a parchment appearance...very earthy!
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| Alison McKee uses the name of "eTeddys" to sell her very creative teddy
bears. She shared this picture of Cheeky Monkey, her second needle felting attempt. She said the first was a small bear that turned out "hideous". She certainly made great improvements with the second one. After sculpting and needle felting all over the monkey, she airbrushed his features with Jacquard Dyes. |  |
 | Lou
Deles sent a picture of her Yorkie in his finished Dandy
Dog Sweater and said, "The mini-circular needles
made this a very fast project." His name is "Chorung" (Korean for 'Bright
Eyes') . Lou and her husband work in Seoul, Korea. Beautiful sweater on an equally beautiful dog, his name is fitting for his eyes and coat. |
 | Frances Stroscio of
Maryland knit this Wonderful Wallaby for a friend's coming grandchild. Note the
added detail to the sweater shown on the right. The initial "L" is knit
with an embroidered flower plus jingle bells on the hood ties. What a Wonderful
Wallaby from a Wonderful Friend. Frances used our Marr Haven Natural worsted weight yarn. |  |
 | Judy Schani of Texas sent this beautiful scarf made with a Hairpin Lace Loom, also known as a Crochet Fork. She taught me (a non-crocheter) much about this unique tool and gave some great information to share with all of you. See the page, Hairpin Lace Loom. |
| Raven OKeefe of Oregon started using wool from her Wolston Farms home and a technique based on dry needle felting to create "wool sculptures". This is a sample. |  |
 | Grandmothers
often get requests for special knit items, probably not too many have the request
that Dolores Karner had from her teen age grandson, he needed kilt hose. She used
mohair and wool yarn to give both strength and comfort. Matthew Karner strikes a very handsome pose with his pipes and now complete kilt costume. I am told he plays as well as he looks. I love to hear bagpipes and am glad there will be another piper in the Midwest for quite awhile. |
| This
is a new twist using the Hat Shapers, at least for
me. Judy Jurgensen of Kentucky has a business, Custom Cameos, making glamorous fabric hats. She bought one of the hat shapers to help her and made up the gorgeous hat shown here. They also make cameo jewelry with people's pet and family pictures. Judy said if anyone wants information they can e-mail her at: highbridge_ky_1999@yahoo.com |  |