Modified another pair of wool felt boots 新做一款羊毛靴子

 

 The woolly boot I made with wet felt technique learnt from Natalya Brashovetska.

 The Austrian mountain sheep wool is really so easy to felt with.  I added UK Wensleydale curls for the textures.

 

Up to the hill where I live......

 

Lift up and relax over our city view........ Hong Kong is in the sub tropical zone.  We do have winter.   Normally Nov - Feb are cool days, cold below 8C at times.  But this year still not cool even hot. 

 Come on I need the cold days to cool down.........

 

 Indeed I made the boots last year started with wool layering.  After some rubbing, rolling and fulling......

 The hard work is to glue it and hand stitching.

 

Finished with the slip-in boots with flap.  After a year I thought it's no harm to do something and modify it to another style.  I cut it to have the lace style.

 Then punch the eyes for the lace holes each boot with 10 holes.  This is the only part I can't do it myself so it's done in a shop.

 

Though I don't have the former style of slip-in.  I can make another one later.

The pair now is lace tied I love.

Wool felt boots of styles 羊毛氈靴子製作

 

After the workshop in Cyprus by Natalya Brashovetska, I back home practiced the techniques learnt. A pair of fold-down collar boots was made. 

從小兒科到大孩子的靴子製作, 不一樣的做法, 不一樣的款式多得 Natalya Brashovetska 的獨特而專業的教授.

 

 The boots of styles with fold down and fringes 

 

 It's made with wool from Austrian mountain sheep and Wensleydale freece as well mulberry silk for the fringes decoration

 Quite a few steps to make the boots but with the tools and nice set up I managed to make the pair comfortably

 Shoe last to shape it ........

 ....then hand stitched shoe soles

 The professional way to make the boots with Italy design shoe soles

 My stylish boots for the upcoming winter

 Before I only made the slippers for babies. Now I can make the professional boots.  Thanks to Natalya Brashovetska.

I'm delighted to learn the making of wool felt boots from scratch to finish. The making is challenging but sense of satisfaction.