Flat Felting for the Kitchen

Since the party always seems to end up in the kitchen, it’s the perfect place for handmade felted woolen goods that are fire, mildew and odor resistant as well as beautiful and durable. In this two day course, students will work with wool to create potholders, coasters, trivets, placemats, table runners and more. The focus on flat felting techniques allows for the use of needle felting to create designs that ought to hang on the wall, not hide in a drawer. Potholders, tea cozies, cup cozies, placemats, hotpads, table runners, dish scrubbies, felted soap balls--all these projects use the basic method of taking wool batting or roving, adding designs with a felting needle (or not), and using water, soap and agitation to create durable, washable, beautiful, and practical things.