A great Saturday morning

Without thinking well and as always letting myself be guided by impulse, curiosity, and the desire to know a little more, I ended up doing an online training course on wet felting, that is, felting with water and soap.

Felting is a very old and everyday technique that cannot be traced to its origin, however, there are those who argue that is about 6300 years old with origins in Asia and widely practiced among nomadic peoples, which remains almost unchanged, present and practiced to the present day in many cultures

This practice produces non-woven fabric, felt, which is still widely used in carpets, blankets, footwear, clothing, shelters, hats and various artifacts. Let there be creativity

What I thought was an easy process; it turned out to be complicated.  It isn’t difficult to confess, a little strength and resistance are necessary so that the natural fibers of the wool when lubricated with water and soap are rubbed until they come together and gain a pasty consistency that, at the point, becomes felt.

I always thought of this process as the union of two carded pieces of wool, and here was my mistake, when it came time to prepare the material, I who do not approach sheep pens, nor can I taste the “beauty of the Chandana”, typical Portuguese Beira food, because only smell turns my stomach, I come across merino wool, shorn, still full of grease and impurities, I thought, I will keep everything and give up, but there is always one but that makes me go around and give up is not my motto, between feeling bad, some anxieties and drafts, I opened the whole house, managed to turn the situation around and there I mixed merino wool with carded wool, lubricated, soaped and rubbed, I pushed, it took me much longer than my colleagues, but I managed to reach the end and reach the goal, learn to felt

It wasn't perfect, it could be a lot better, I don't know if I'll do it again, but I love the result.

What do you think?

Maybe it is better to learn and practice dry felting :-)