It's a vacation 悠閒假期

My vacation the first part in England was perfect with beautiful weather, lovely friends and tranquility. Cycling in the sun........ 

Nature walk in the marsh with high school mate.....

With the neighbor cat under the pear tree watching us....

Doing wool felt vest with sweetie

Tiffany laid the raw fleece to make her wooly vest

With the little helping hands she made the two-sided reversible vest, one side of Eco printed silk and the other of wild curly Teeswater, Wenslaydale, Romney and other unknown fleece.

Absolutely talented little girl made her own reversible vest with me in 3 hours. 

Tiffany you made it !  Put on it and let's model it. All in a natural look.

Gorgeous sweetie in her wild fleece vest. She's quite pleased with her work and I'm proud of her talent.

Cycling, walking or wool felting all are such leisure activities. Not to miss the stunning view in town. This year the Tower of London is spilling with tens and thousands of ceramic poppies marking the centenary of World War I - "Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red". Installation is on going till 888,246 in Nov. Each poppy in honor of the soldiers killed in the war. 

The stunning and emotional view of wash of red 

High street shopping is not my cup of tea. A walk to Portobello market on Sat is more than enough to browse the vintage stuff and food.

The night I arrived in London a few days ago was pretty good. Leaving for Tuscany tonight for another adventure. Wish the same good weather when I back again in nine days.

See you again black magic.

Well wrapped for my North America trip 整裝待發

 

Walk walk walk my way....... Upswing for my NA trip. Aware the chilly and snowing days.  I'm well prepared to wrap from head to toe.
為北美之行作好準備, 興奮不單是到加拿大教授我的植物印染技巧與nuno felt 3D手袋製作, 往美國與其他藝術家學習交流是此行重點, 彼岸天氣寒泠, 為此買了靴子, 不夠, 不夠..... 為雙腿保暖, 做對 leg warmer......

I bought the boots.  Thought it's good to have a style to go with leg warmers

  

A pair of leg warmers made with sorts of wool,  Oh, I can't remember what sorts.  Some finn, some alpaca, some wenslaydale..... They're lovely wool from my Dutch friend Kim.  I love the wool so much and have already made a few vests and bags.   "Wild", just like the curly wild style.

 

Here's the boots with leg warmers

 

It's done by nuno felt.  

I simply used my "not so good" natural dyed silk fabric as base, laid wool over it, then the wild curly fleece.  All covered and rubbed, rolled for a while.  A pair is  finished. 

 

Go wild with vest......

 

Warm enough we both.  I'm off this Sun,  thrilled for my upcoming workshop to share with like-minded and meeting renowned artists whom I admire so much.......

My first nuno felt garment student 我的第一位nuno felt 背心學生

 Making wool felt garment is not that simple.  Quite technical to do the right size, not to mention to teach students to make for their own.

Truly the cost of tutorial is quite steep. I have never offered to give a class.

Today my student WW has the honor (I'm too arrogant !!??) to follow me.

WW is interested so my pleasure to teach her individually in my yard.

做羊毛戟絨衣服要做到合適個人要有技巧, 有點難度, 學費及材料不便宜, 所以不曾應教學生, WW有熱誠想學, 今日就趁好天氣在我家露台利用一個星期天做了這件背心.

WW很聰敏, 她祗是第二次玩羊毛氈工藝便很好的掌握完成, 這個冬天暖暖啊 !

 

 We used the Wensleydale and Gotland fleece. I love the smell of raw fleece.

 Almost finished the fleece layering

 Wet it

 Quality control by Mogi

 Rock and roll for hundreds times.....

 

 Finished -  front look

 Back look

 Reverse side - front look

 Back look

 A reversible vest is done

 Steps of making

 WW, have a warm winter

I hope it's not too tired for a 5-hour making a vest.

Thanks WW for coming and well done. 

Reversible raw fleece vest 雙面羊毛背心

 Fall is around.  Feeling well and felting good.  During the 4-day long weekend, I made two vests with raw fleece. 一連四日悠閒假期, 藉著秋高氣爽, 開始我的羊毛背心製作, 也是新款式的嘗試, 用的大部份是未經處理的 Finn 及 Wenslaydale 原毛, 這是我很喜愛做冬日衣物的羊毛.  做了一件雙面背心及一件大碼背心 .

 This short one is reversible.  I used the nuno felt skill so in between is a chiffon that's a nice way to do the seamless wearable.  One side is mainly of Finn fleece and Wensleydale fleece. More textural, wild and curly locks I love most.

 The other side is of merino wool,  colar with curly locks.  

 Could be a warm vest with curly locks.

 Steps of making : First layered merino wool on both sides, then the  Finn and Wenslaydale fleece.

 Since the raw fleece are quite muddy and the wool needs lots of water, I have to do this in the open yard.

 Mogi examinated my layering.  He's a great helper ! 

 After the "rock n roll" for sometime, it's done.

 A pin of ceramic sheep is a good match.

 Hmmmmm, my laptop.....

Am I too slim or Mogi is huge ?! 

 This fluffy is warm enough.

 What so yummy?

Two vests made, one is large size and mine is small.

 Love this one, reversible with two looks.

"Mum, you  indulged too much time in your own stuff.  You should make me something next time."

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