Felting

I have an immense stash of wool that was gifted to me. I'm bound and determined to use it before my children say, "What were you thinking?"  Our fall has been rather dry, sunny, and warm - perfect weather for washing the fleece. 

I'm fortunate to have a drum carder. What a fabulous time saver!

 My tools for felting are rather simple. I pulled out one of my glass frogs and a bar of olive oil soap. My "make no purchases" has been my rule for many of my experiments and projects. Use up the stash!

I discovered some little white, what looked like eggs, in the pieces. Not sure if it really is eggs, or possibly some seeds that were on my work table from another project. A quick search for info sent the piece to the freezer for a few days. After I pull it out, I think a steaming will certainly kill anything that survived the freezer. I hope.

I have a vision of what I want to stitch on this felted background.  Once again, I have too many projects started and not enough time to do everything that pops into my head!